Be a Better Consultant
Compiled by Betsy Frick
Email:
bfrick@mindspring.com
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As announced in the last update, this new section of
Consulting Success includes favorite websites from some of
our Board members and may include links to some of their
articles and books. All of the links should be “live” and
accurate. Please let me know via email if you have problems
with any of them.
Tim Krause recommends:
Boxes and Arrows
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/
This site is devoted to the practice, innovation and
discussion of Web design. If your communication consultancy
work includes Web design, you’ll want to consider advice on
interaction design, information architecture, and usability.
Useit.com
http://www.useit.com
Jakob Nielsen’s site offers dozens of articles reporting on
how to write for the Web, including how to support users in
finding useful information as efficiently as possible.
TouchGraph
http://www.touchgraph.com
Offers a variety of data visualization tools. TouchGraph
Google is particularly relevant in helping you to research
relationships between Web sites and the concepts they
illustrate.
Michael Knowles recommends:
Edge
http://www.edge.org/
A compendium of exquisite writing and modern thought. Edge's
goal is to "arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge,
seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them
in a room together, and have them ask each other the
questions they are asking themselves." Free and always
thought-provoking.
BusinessBalls
http://www.businessballs.com/
A phenomenal resource for career training, development,
ideas, templates, and more. Need an innovation and change
decision-making template? A primer on personality theories,
types, and tests? Want to read about becoming a life coach?
You'll find insightful information here. It's free and
always useful.
For those with exceptional stamina
http://www.greylodge.org/gpc/?p=67
R. Buckminster Fuller is one of my personal heroes. In 1975,
he gave a series of lectures about his life's work—42 hours'
worth, to be precise. Visit the site to stream the entire
series in either audio or video format. Get out the popcorn
and prepare to be impressed.
For your amusement
http://maps.google.com.
Click the Get directions link and enter New York City as the
starting point and Paris as the end point. You'll get a
chuckle from step number 23.
Deborah Bosley recommends:
Applying Research to Practice (Adobe Acrobat file,
1046.48 KB)
A great PowerPoint presentation by Ginny Redish on research
that informs writing and document design practice. [Provided
with written permission from Ginny Redish, Ed.]
Global Contexts: Case Studies in International Technical
Communication
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-3055119-9972068?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Deborah+S+Bosley
My book focuses on understanding cross-cultural
communication issues from countries around the world. It’s
part of the Allyn & Bacon Series in Technical Communication,
Paperback, 2000.
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