Category Archives: communications

Transparency, engagement and social media: fulfilling a need

The author, who has worked on the internet since 1990, and used social networks such as Facebook and Twitter soon after their inception, looks at how these new media can impact on branding strategies and transparency.

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Blackberries and Bahrainis

How Bahrain’s media landscape was changed by one man, and 11 Blackberries.

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Who’s kidding who?

An English-language version of d’Huy’s article ‘Nul ne peut se jouer des signes’.

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Strategy, Teams and Momentum

Harris introduces the technique he calls a visual Mind-Map via a supporting audio file. This alternative to the conventional PowerPoint presentation allows all the key points of a talk to coexist on a single page, and personalizes the process. Harris says he sometimes begins with a blank page, filling it in with participants in an interactive scenario.

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Turning Discord Into Harmony

Ultimately, change is simply what happens to us all, all of the time. The lesson is not in the amount of change we can handle, but in the way we manage that change.

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PowerPoint: Rhetoric Machine

Pierre d’Huy’s commentary of the ubiquitous application, tailored to English speakers.

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PowerPoint, la rhétorique universelle

Is PowerPoint an aid to communication or destructive force in the art of rhetoric? This essay in French deconstructs the controversial Microsoft presentation program from the point of view of a mediologist, making references to works by Roland Barthes and Régis Debray to support its conclusions.

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