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."

Campaign for Plain English

Moses on the web

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

'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!"

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

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

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

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

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

Presentation Skills: 1. Be Prepared.

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

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

The Love Psychologists

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

'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.

"Go ask your mother ... and I'll tell you why she's wrong."

"We don't talk."

'We had seven gloriously happy years together, and then he learned how to talk.'

'He says he needs his own space.'

"I've never seen a resume that's entirely made up of emojis. Let me take a few moments to decode it."