by Margaret Anderson | Apr 13, 2022 | Blog, Book Excerpts, Communication, interest talk
Today I read an interesting quote from Alan Alda, “Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.” That quote might seem a little scary at gut level. Why? In these times of such extreme polarization, we might think that listening could mean we...
by Margaret Anderson | Apr 2, 2022 | Blog, Communication
I get most of my national and international news in email newsletters from well regarded sources such as the Poynter Institute and Axios. Axios recently launched a new one, Finish Line, that focuses on upbeat stories. A recent issue summarizes how Axios trains its...
by Margaret Anderson | Mar 20, 2022 | Blog, Book Excerpts, Books, Communication
“I will never attend an antiwar rally. If you have a peace rally, invite me.” – mother Teresa Last time, I wrote about the power of listening. I got some feedback I thought deserved more than just a comment from me. Rather, I decided to build a new...
by Margaret Anderson | Mar 13, 2022 | Blog, Communication
Many of the principles of persuasion and consensus building are counterintuitive, perhaps none more so than the value of listening. When we disagree with someone, our knee-jerk reaction is to go into defense mode, don our mental boxing gloves and prepare our...
by Margaret Anderson | Oct 27, 2021 | Blog, Communication
Last time I posted a little story I wrote for a contest and asked you all if you could see any communication skills lessons in it. “Jody” wrote that she would have liked me to have Mom and Iris to look into why Dad was so negative and grumpy. That was a...
by Margaret Anderson | Oct 17, 2021 | Blog, Books, Communication
If you’ve read my books, you know that I use fiction to enhance my nonfiction work about consensus building, persuasion and communication. My first book, Bridges to Consensus, includes a number of realistic sample dialogues. Love on the Rocks with a Twist...
