Re: Persistence in tech writing

[Roberta Hennessey <rahennessey -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Ah jez, they had no sense of humor! How creative.

Bobbi

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>wrote:

> I used to try to match the "bribes" to the meeting members. For example,
> doughnuts and bagels to marketing and engineers. However, I once brought
> Mexican jumping beans to a meeting with some accounting people. The
> metaphor
> was supposed to be "they jump through hoops," but somehow the bean counters
> saw it differently.....oh well, I didn't need that contract anyway.
>
> Al Geist
> Technical Communicator, Help, Web Design, Video, Photography
> Office/Msg: 802-872-9190
> Cell: 802-578-3964
> E-mail: al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com
> Website: www.geistassociates.com
>
> See Also
> Fine Art Photography
>
> "We can't solve problems using the same kind of thinking we used to create
> them." (Albert Einstein)
>
>
>


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