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Do you use Charts, Graphs, Slideshows , Progressive Schematics, PowerPoint Presentations, Video Animations, Virtual Tours , inspiring pictures of goal attainment and other visual aids in order to share your vision with your project or management teams? How do you denote phases, progress steps, sub goal attainment? Do you do it metaphorically... with illustrations of pyramids, thermometers, passing of a torch, jigsaw puzzles in various stages of completion? Pictures make deeper, richer, more impressive and lasting impressions than words do. They engage more of the senses at a more primitive, receptive level than articulating plans in speech or by elaborate plan documentation. Visualization motivates action more powerfully and more precisely than words do. Have you ever noticed that when people don't understand what you are speaking about, they tend to scratch their heads (or nod them) and say, "I just can't see it?" People are naturally intimidated by thick reams...

Think about this: Planning and Management require more pictures and fewer words. Why? It has to do with the way Human beings process information. And when you are trying to communicate or demonstrate an idea or observation, a picture arouses more senses than spoken or written language. If efficiency is key - video presentations are all the more crucial. ---------------- Dear Readers: I will be returning from a brief assignment out of town on June 21st, and will begin posting regularly then. Thank you for reading me and for taking some time to view The Twitterlinks Hubspot Blog in order to find some of our information-packed Twitter feeds which suit your interests to follow. Douglas E. Castle p.s.  Please feel free to visit my Linked In profile at Linked In - Douglas E. Castle Related articles Bulletize Your Presentations - Think Like A Mad Marketing Tactics Pro (sendingsignals.blogspot.com) The Special Ops ReTweet Button - Interact and Dominate (b...

Most managers tend to consider themselves leaders , and the field of Project Management is no exception. The principal difference between leaders and managers is that leaders tend to innovate and to brave new terrain -- they think outside the graph, chart or box. They are generally fighters and uniters, each in turn Managers, on the other hand, generally enforce the new rules pioneered by the iconoclastic and creative leaders who came before them. They tend to be more concerned with processes and conforming to rules than being involved with people and creating rules. The two (leading and managing ) are not mutually exclusive -- they are a rare but synergistic combination in any single person . A Project or Program Leader identifies a problem and innovates or conceptualizes a means to solve it. He or she is generally good at selecting a team and optimizing its potency through superior organizational skills, character assessment and instincts. The Project or Program Manager is more in...