Technology that helps (and hinders) good communication
Last week I went along to an event for Science Week It involved five school students giving short presentations about their science projects and Queensland’s Chief Scientist speaking about the future of science It was inspiring – particularly for the children in the audience, who were given a glimpse of what science can offerThe communication technology used to support the event caught my attention – partly because the surroundings were deliberately high-tech, and partly because the...
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It's all too easy to create communication confusion - and often difficult to work out how or why it happensI recently managed to create confusion amongst some work colleagues, and it has left me wondering about how to prevent similar mistakes happening againThe situation was simple enough I was due to have a meeting with three colleagues, at the university campus where I work one day a week But a few hours before the scheduled meeting, I had a phone call from school: I needed to collect my...
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