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Subject:RE: I just heard another one From:"Connie Giordano" <connie -at- therightwordz -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:40:05 -0500
My current favorites come from friends in RLCFs (Really Large Consulting
Firms). No longer do they compile a list of questions from a meeting--they
get a list of "asks." You don't ask for results or even outcomes from a
training class--you find out what the "key learnings" are.
Makes my blood run cold...
Connie Giordano
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Subject: Re: I just heard another one
The first person I know of who used "efforting" was Phil the Show Killer on
the Dan Patrick show on ESPN radio a few years ago. Dan would ask Phil if he
had a guest ready on the phone, and Phil would facetiously say he was
"efforting" to get that guest on the line. And yes, Dan would tease him
about that word.
Since then, I've heard other talk show hosts use the same term, apparently
unaware that it sounds ridiculous.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>wrote:
>
> That's how many people -- and lots of MBAs -- seem to talk these days.
> Here's another for you: "Efforting." As in, "I'm currently efforting
> that project through Marketing." I kid you not.
>
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