Communication Historian Gifts

The early version of accidentally hitting 'reply all.'

Then: phone static. Now: email spam filters.

John's Early Attempts at Direct Messaging Proved Futile.

"I sure hope he means that ironically."

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"And do you, Deborah Tannen, think they know what they're talking about?"

"You've got to learn about verbs. How else are you going to verbalize your feelings?

"I don't believe I've missed a single sign since you made the switch to Power Point."

"Hello? Speaking, not listening."

'Bob, I know you're a Mockingbird, but a few compliments every now and then would greatly help your marriage...'

She - Interpreter - He.

'I'm majoring in communication and minoring in pizza delivery - What about you?'

'The sole reason I haven't talked to my wife for five years, is that I was too polite to interrupt her...'

Ruddy bloggers!

'The usual ‘nod, nod, wink, wink' will do, Walter. We don't need the eyebrow twitch and nostril flares.'

"Hi, you've reached Susan's desk. I am monotasking right now, so I'll call you back it's the phone's turn again. Beep!"

"I like it but does it get only the one channel?"

"When we first started seeing each other, we would always use the same word for snow."

My wife's been talking to the skin I shed for over an hour.

On-the-job creativity may go unrewarded an may even create consternation among co-workers.

Presentation Skills: 1. Be Prepared.

The Love Psychologists

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

'I said, how do you like my new communication tool?'

'We finally learned to communicate, and he's worse than I thought he was!

"Abbreviations here, abbreviations there, and one is more incomprehensible than the next!"

'Before we get started, let's go around the table and practice making eye contact.'

'I was just ringing to see if you'd got the email about my letter.'

'No, there's nothing on my mind, but if there was I don't want to talk about it.'

Technological advances within the office.

Relationship Issues.

How to engage an audience