http://scottjeffrey.com/2009/04/six-levels-of-urgency-in-modern-communication/ Thu, 17 May 2012 12:46:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://scottjeffrey.com/2009/04/six-levels-of-urgency-in-modern-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-911 Fact Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:26:34 +0000 http://scottjeffrey.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-911 You've got text-messaging and telephone calls mixed up. Telephone calls are more urgent than text messages because they require immediate response once the connection is made. Text messages can be saved and left for a little bit before answering them, while calls, if taken, require immediate dialogue between to people that doesn't end until message has been delivered. In other words voice calls have one less degree of bureaucracy in the manner that interaction is closer to a person giving the message directly, as opposed to having to transpond to and from text - a much slower medium. You’ve got text-messaging and telephone calls mixed up. Telephone calls are more urgent than text messages because they require immediate response once the connection is made. Text messages can be saved and left for a little bit before answering them, while calls, if taken, require immediate dialogue between to people that doesn’t end until message has been delivered. In other words voice calls have one less degree of bureaucracy in the manner that interaction is closer to a person giving the message directly, as opposed to having to transpond to and from text – a much slower medium.

]]> http://scottjeffrey.com/2009/04/six-levels-of-urgency-in-modern-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-708 Discernment | Enlightened Business Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:04:48 +0000 http://scottjeffrey.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-708 [...] of us forget we even have a choice, convincing ourselves that all things are equally important and urgent, and that there simply isn’t enough [...] [...] of us forget we even have a choice, convincing ourselves that all things are equally important and urgent, and that there simply isn’t enough [...]

]]> http://scottjeffrey.com/2009/04/six-levels-of-urgency-in-modern-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Todd Alexander Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:19:07 +0000 http://scottjeffrey.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-15 Great actionable idea I can begin using right now! While I am in the Philly airport reading your blog on my pda. Great actionable idea I can begin using right now! While I am in the Philly airport reading your blog on my pda.

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