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Comment on How To Track Clicks from your MS Word Resume by stephanunrau

stephanunrau — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:37:12 +0000

Hey, I updated the code a bit and see you probably have too! http://stephanunrau.wordpress.com/?p=13

Comment on How to Set Traps in a Presentation by dsohigian

dsohigian — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:06:05 +0000

Meta,

That's cool. My wife does not know any other Meta's - interesting that that you know several in your family. Although she does have some German roots it is not at all clear where the name came from in her case. I think her parents just liked it. Her siblings have fairly ordinary American names.

Happy selling!

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Comment on How to Set Traps in a Presentation by Meta Brown

Meta Brown — Wed, 19 May 2010 01:13:47 +0000

Dave,

I'm just now seeing that you asked me a question – 44 weeks later, LOL.

Yes, I pronounce the name with a long "a" sound, too. It's from my German-speaking Swiss family. Several relatives have the same name, and of course they pronounce it the same way, but better.

Comment on Giving and Receiving Presentation Feedback by dsohigian

dsohigian — Sat, 08 May 2010 18:37:53 +0000

@Ben – I agree that once that trust it built that lowering the ratio makes a lot of sense. That element of trust is really important, but it does take time to build. If I were working with a rep for the first time and they just piled on the criticisms, I would have a tough time not taking it personally. But there are people who I can take 0:1 ratio from (you are one of them, in fact) because I know that they have respect for my abilities and just want to help me improve. The 3:1 ratio can start to feel pretty forced with people you count on to to give you honest feedback. But even from people I trust I don't mind the occasional specific compliment to keep my spirits high…

Comment on Giving and Receiving Presentation Feedback by Ben

Ben — Sat, 08 May 2010 07:27:33 +0000

You've covered this topic well. One of the things that frustrates me about it, though, is how transparent it is when you actually do it. I mean, if both the critiquer and the critiquee know that the whole reason you're giving 3:1 niceties is so the 1/4 is taken more seriously, isn't it just silly to spend all that time giving so much of the positive stuff?

Part of me thinks this ratio should slide down to ~1:1 in an "iterated game" with the reviewee. After all, after a whole bunch of these sessions, the person being observed should realize that (a) she hasn't been fired yet and (b) her observer is either giving legitimate feedback or full of it and worth ignoring.

I found myself gravitating towards the same ratio, but I have to admit I find the whole thing… annoying. I also know that I don't want someone else giving me 3:1, and I'd take 0:1 and just enjoy the constructive critical parts fine. I have other more quantitative ways to validate that I'm doing a good job.

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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:05:47 +0000

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