Speak Last, Speak Little, Speak Well by Mark J Kingsfield
The power of effective communication is clear. No matter how refined, insightful, or world-beating your thoughts and ideas are, if you are unable to articulate them effectively, they have limited use.
We all have good ideas, and all want to get them out there. This is entirely the problem. Everyone is speaking or communicating all the time — it is hard to find your voice.
This is, even more, the case in the workplace, as colleagues and co-workers jostle for position. Ruthless ambition often driving a cut-throat environment. In a world of competition where you are your own brand, what you say and how you say it matters.
This is a story about a man who said few words, but with disproportionate effect.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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