Sunday, March 20, 2005
Practice What You Present
On Friday, I was getting my hair cut. Stacks of Cosmos, People, US, Family Circles, etc. awaited my inquiring mind! For every headline that promised a simple diet that would allow me to be bikini ready by May, there were at least ten recipes for cookies, candies, or pasta-laden with cheese dishes -- within the same darn magazine!
Now, I thought it was patently unfair to promise me a lean, buff body in one article; and then spend page after page showing tantalizing pictures and recipes of fat-laden snacks! It made me to seriously doubt the legitimacy of the miracle diet plan described a few pages earlier.
The point is: we all need to practice what we present. If I'm saying one thing, but visually present another, I'm going to confuse my audience. For example, if I say that communicating with my audience is important -- but I don't give my audience a chance to be interactive --- what am I really saying? ¶ 3/20/2005 06:31:00 PM
On Friday, I was getting my hair cut. Stacks of Cosmos, People, US, Family Circles, etc. awaited my inquiring mind! For every headline that promised a simple diet that would allow me to be bikini ready by May, there were at least ten recipes for cookies, candies, or pasta-laden with cheese dishes -- within the same darn magazine!
Now, I thought it was patently unfair to promise me a lean, buff body in one article; and then spend page after page showing tantalizing pictures and recipes of fat-laden snacks! It made me to seriously doubt the legitimacy of the miracle diet plan described a few pages earlier.
The point is: we all need to practice what we present. If I'm saying one thing, but visually present another, I'm going to confuse my audience. For example, if I say that communicating with my audience is important -- but I don't give my audience a chance to be interactive --- what am I really saying? ¶ 3/20/2005 06:31:00 PM
