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6 responses to “The most effective communication tool that I possess…”

1. 2008/12/16

   Ian Smith

   They aren’t ugly! Freehand drawings have a charm all of their own…

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2. 2008/12/16

   Brian Herman

   Communications that are simple and clear make for an effective means of transferring information. This accomplishes that task in spades. The fact that it saves you hours of messing about in a drawing tool and $$$ in software licensing makes it so much the better!

   Imagine where civilization would be if instead of carving on cave walls with rocks and sticks we had to wait for the invention of Visio before we could communicate?

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3. 2008/12/17

   Carolyn A. Colborn

   Ahh, Alec! You color my world!
   ;^)

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4. 2008/12/17

   Lee Long

   I have heard one presenter describe it as the ‘MS Casual Font’ – if you want to see the value of it, next time you are presenting something use this format and see how happy the customer is!
   Suggest you read ‘The back of the Napkin’ as it drives home the point that you should be able to describe most problems, solutions with a one page diagram.

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5. 2009/01/01

   Anna Baik

   Actually, do you find that you pay more attention to hand drawn diagrams than to “perfect” Visio diagrams?

   For me, they trigger thoughts of “colloquial=conversation=participatory=need to pay attention”, so are more effective at communicating content because I’m *expecting* content. Seeing a Visio diagram doesn’t raise the same expectation for some reason.

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6. 2009/01/03

   Jeff Huber

   I second the “The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures” suggestion…

   http://tinyurl.com/5uhn75

   Put two architects/engineers/managers in a room and they can’t agree on the color of paint on the wall. But draw a picture and you’ll get something accomplished.

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