Tag: negotiation

Your social media feed and the snow job technique

Posted on by Andreea Sepi in COMMUNICATION, Decision-making, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, MARKETING, Negotiations, Psychology, Rhetoric, Speech Communication, Written Communication

Motto: "Indignation is still bondage."Bertrand Russell In negotiation, there is a hardball technique called "the snow job", which consists of flooding the other party with so much information as to overwhelm them and make it nearly impossible to sift through it all. The consequence? The other party will no longer be able to tell which … Continue reading Your social media feed and the snow job technique →

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Genderlect: Why Is It Important?

Posted on by Andreea Sepi in Übersetzungen, BRANDING, COMMUNICATION, CONSULTING ROMANIA, GERMANY, Decision-making, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, MARKETING, Negotiations, Psychology, Rhetoric, Speech Communication, Traduceri Romana, TRANSCREATION, TRANSLATION, Translation English, Written Communication

Good question. But what is genderlect, anyway? Linguists use this blending of gender and dialect to describe how language use differs between men and women (and also to sound cool). Do men and women use language differently? A large body of research shows that yes, indeed they do. With the advancement of gender equality, these … Continue reading Genderlect: Why Is It Important? →

Negotiation Impasse? How to Unlock the Deadlock

Posted on by Andreea Sepi in Übersetzungen, COMMUNICATION, CONSULTING ROMANIA, GERMANY, Decision-making, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE TRAINING, Negotiations, Psychology, Speech Communication, Traduceri Romana, TRANSLATION, Translation English

"Parties can become angry or entrenched in their positions. Perceptions become distorted, and judgments are biased. The parties stop communicating effectively and instead blame one another. One party has a conflict management style that is not compatible with the other. Perceptions are so different that the parties do not believe there is any possible compatibility … Continue reading Negotiation Impasse? How to Unlock the Deadlock →

Information and Persuasion: 3 Features of Conspiracy Theories (reloaded)

Posted on by Andreea Sepi in COMMUNICATION, Decision-making, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, Negotiations, Psychology, Rhetoric, Speech Communication

"Most people reason dramatically, not quantitatively" (O.W. Holmes) In light of the recent anti-Corona demonstrations (Stichwort #Aluhut), I feel almost compelled to post an older article I wrote about communication and the psychology of conspiracy theories. CRISES AND INGREDIENTS In times of crisis and upheaval conspiracy theories abound. When people experience unease and doubt, when old … Continue reading Information and Persuasion: 3 Features of Conspiracy Theories (reloaded) →

6 Secrets of Persuasion

Posted on by Andreea Sepi in COMMUNICATION, MARKETING, Psychology, Rhetoric, Speech Communication

If you need to communicate professionally, you've probably read your way through tomes of sales and negotiation literature by now. There is a plethora of tactics, techniques and tricks out there which purport to help you sway partners over to your side. But what is the underlying foundation of all these techniques?  How can they … Continue reading 6 Secrets of Persuasion →