Online Communication Podcast

         This week, I listened to a podcast titled Public Speaker (which can be found at this link https://open.spotify.com/show/5ICmAnNsLvdsk8V2kJ6o81). This podcast can also be found on all podcast platforms. It is hosted by Lisa B Marshall, and goes over multiple quick tips and tricks about how to communicate better in a variety of different scenarios, including online. The specific episodes I listened to was "How to Write High Quality LinkedIn Recommendations" as we have spoken about business communication online recently. Overall, the podcast was great, and it was a lot of fun to listen to.

        The main idea of the podcast was obviously how to increase the quality of your LinkedIn references, but it spoke a lot about how that needs to be done. At the forefront of it all, was the fact that you need to be genuine and well-spoken when writing a recommendation, which ties in greatly to our week four learning material about Email Etiquette. In that article Max Freedman states "Acronyms and buzzwords can confuse recipients and make you look unprofessional, according to Smith. Stick to writing out full words and using layman’s terms to get your point across"(Freedman, 2024), he also states later "Keep your punctuation professional, and unless you’re friendly with the intended recipient, Smith said you should avoid using emoticons or emojis"(Freedman, 2024). While these were originally written to reference emails, it is a good rule to use whenever writing something digitally. This is especially apparent when not only are you writing something that is an example of yourself, but others as well. This could mean your business, school, colleagues, or a random person you're writing a reference for. Overall, we can mend these ideas to get a good how to guide on business communication. You must be genuine, to the point and grammatically correct, doing these three things will ensure your online communication is taken the exact way you intend it. 

        I was also curious how this advice translated to online communication of great public speakers, so I went digging through social media to find out. I ended up on the twitter page of former president Barack Obama. 

        What we can see with this post is that he is concise, to the point, and grammatically correct, while being genuine with his message. He isn't trying to convey something that he obviously doesn't believe in. He conveys his message with a sense of genuine care and consideration. Doing that will help you in communication in more ways than one. 

        Overall, it was very interesting to listen to the podcast and reference that to our lessons in this class. I learned that a lot of the things we learn help in facets of life that are in no way online or digital. Not only that, but it is incredibly important to make sure you are genuine when you speak, as it is easy to see through that.

Works Cited

Freed    Freedman, Max. “Professional Email Etiquette Dos and Don’ts - Business News Daily.”                  Www.businessnewsdaily.com, 2023, www.businessnewsdaily.com/8262-email-etiquette-tips.html.

Marsh    Marshall, Lisa. “The Public Speaker’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Improving Your Communication Skills.” Spotify, Quick and Dirty Tips, Jan. 2021, open.spotify.com/show/5ICmAnNsLvdsk8V2kJ6o81. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.