Communications won't Improve with Presentations

Somebody offered once again to improve communications by organizing technical presentations. I disagree on principle.

Communications is not about presentations, i.e. not about distributing information. It is about getting information, receiving it.

It is all too easy to talk, and to write, and all too hard to listen, and to read. And to understand.

So, communications should not be synchronous, and driven by the time of the producer, but should be asynchronous and driven by the consumer, the one who needs the information, when he needs it.

What is important is to track, record, analyse, the search for information, and to make improvements based on this data.

So, organizing presentations is not a way to improve communications, on the contrary.

-- MarcGirod - 14 Apr 2008