Category Archives: Tone of Voice

Storytelling in Social Leadership – a first draft

Posted on October 14, 2013 by julianstodd

We need a new style of leadership for the Social Age: a style that is based upon our ability to collaborate and share within communities, to create meaning in the moment, to build our personal reputation and rely on this … Continue reading →

Posted in Book, Curation, Leadership, Narrative, Social Learning, Stories, Storytelling, Tone of Voice, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 53 Comments

Authority: the changing nature of authority in social learning

Posted on May 2, 2013 by julianstodd

I need to get the clutch fixed on Herman, my 1964 Land Rover. If i was in any way competent, it probably wouldn’t be a huge job, but my level of mechanical ability stops somewhere after changing a tyre or, … Continue reading →

Posted in Age, Agile, Authority, Brand, Community, Connections, Control, Culture, Effectiveness, Experience, Hierarchy, Knowledge, Leadership, Learning, Management, Meaning, Mentoring, Personal Learning Network, Social Learning, Tone of Voice | Tagged , , , , , , | 32 Comments

Learn excellence wherever you can

Posted on April 29, 2013 by julianstodd

Last week i wrote how i learnt about authenticity from the waiter at a pizza takeaway, today i’m writing about excellence and my experience at a hotel. They’re very pedestrian examples, but have great immediacy and relevance to me, hence … Continue reading →

Posted in Achievement, Community, Culture, Effectiveness, Environment, Leadership, Management, Mediocrity, Motivation, Performance, Pride, Sincerity, Success, Team Coaching, Teams, Tone of Voice, Training | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Social legacy: Paris Brown and the right to learn

Posted on April 10, 2013 by julianstodd

This isn’t a post about politics and policing: it’s a post about learning and the legacy of social media. The right to learn and the right to grow up. There’s been a scandal brewing in the UK over the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Age, Authority, Brand, Culture, Disclosure, Diversity, Equality, Experience, Facebook, Freedom, Information, Integrity, Leadership, Learning, Learning Culture, Legacy, Mistakes, News, Personal Brand, Social Learning, Social Media, Tone of Voice, Truth, Twitter, Understanding | Tagged , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Communicating

Posted on April 9, 2013 by julianstodd

I’m writing in the apartment in Amsterdam today, up on the fourth floor, looking out over the city. It’s a bright day, clear views. This morning i’ve been communicating with colleagues in the UK, the US, Germany, Ireland and Asia. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authority, Communication, Community, Conformity, Connections, Contact, Control, Conversation, Culture, Dialogue, Diversity, Edgelands, Formal Spaces, Global, Graffiti, Informal Spaces, LGBT, Narrative, Personal Learning Network, Rapport, Social Learning, Tone of Voice, Voice, Words | Tagged , , , , , , | 27 Comments

Tone of voice in learning: curating the experience

Posted on March 8, 2013 by julianstodd

When i look along my bookshelf, i see academic textbooks, graphic novels, fiction, autobiography, books i’ve read multiple times, books i’ve never touched since they landed, every flavour and style you can imagine. Each one presented with it’s own tone … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptability, Agile, Authority, Conversation, Curation, Experience, Identity, Instructional Design, Language, Learning Design, Message, Narrative, Rapport, Tone of Voice | Tagged , , , , | 16 Comments

People connect with people: why a conversational tone of voice suits social learning

Posted on February 8, 2013 by julianstodd

I was up in London earlier this week, sat in the reception of the Gherkin, one of the landmark buildings that houses a number of my clients. Ah, i thought, they’ve changed the chairs. They used to have large red … Continue reading →

Posted in Communication, Effectiveness, Formal Spaces, Informal Spaces, Jargon, Language, Learning, News, Social Learning, Social Media, Stories, Storytelling, Tone of Voice, Words, Writing | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Tone of voice in learning: the power of words and the texture of tone.

Posted on May 3, 2012 by julianstodd

I remember how the ball bounced, just before it broke the window. The thing about those hard rubber balls is that they get quite a momentum behind them, unstoppable you might say, especially when thrown down a concrete floored corridor, … Continue reading →

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Finding your voice. Discovering a coherent social media tone and strategy.

Posted on January 23, 2012 by julianstodd

We talk about ‘tone of voice’ in writing, meaning the way in which you pitch your messages, the language that you use and the ways in which you express things. You can take a conversational tone of voice, an authoritarian … Continue reading →

Posted in Informal Spaces, Language, Message, Music, Social Media, Tone of Voice | Tagged , , | 1 Comment