Comments on: Communication messages – from dog training to humans? http://steveellwood.com/2008/08/03/communication-messages-from-dog-training-to-humans/ musings on how technology is changing my business environment Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:48:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: phynbarr http://steveellwood.com/2008/08/03/communication-messages-from-dog-training-to-humans/comment-page-1/#comment-68 phynbarr Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:52:49 +0000 http://shaidorsai.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-68 For you http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ian_dunbar_on_dog_friendly_dog_training.html For you
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]]> By: sally http://steveellwood.com/2008/08/03/communication-messages-from-dog-training-to-humans/comment-page-1/#comment-67 sally Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:24:45 +0000 http://shaidorsai.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-67 Actually. You can learn a lot about dealing with humans from dealing with animals. We are, after all, only animals with some (slightly) more sophisticated software overlaid and when push comes to shove (actually, quite literally - when push comes to shove) animal behaviour will rule For instance, don't ever (literally or figuratively) push someone into a corner without giving them a way out. The only options you're leaving them is fight or flight. If you give them a way of getting out of a situation gracefully, you will usually find they take it gratefully Also I had a faciltation colleague who spent many thousands of pounds on an NLP course which taught her about the use of tone of voice in dealing with workshop participants. She roped me in at the end to act as an audience (and to gain some of the benefits of her experience) and I wished I'd brought the dog. I use about six different tones f voice with him and I could say "sausages and baked beans" in all of them and get the required response. On a workshop that lasts more than a day, it's quite easy to get your participants "keyed in" to a certain tone of voice initiating or concluding certain activities Fascintating stuff, thanks Steve Actually. You can learn a lot about dealing with humans from dealing with animals. We are, after all, only animals with some (slightly) more sophisticated software overlaid and when push comes to shove (actually, quite literally – when push comes to shove) animal behaviour will rule

For instance, don’t ever (literally or figuratively) push someone into a corner without giving them a way out. The only options you’re leaving them is fight or flight. If you give them a way of getting out of a situation gracefully, you will usually find they take it gratefully

Also

I had a faciltation colleague who spent many thousands of pounds on an NLP course which taught her about the use of tone of voice in dealing with workshop participants. She roped me in at the end to act as an audience (and to gain some of the benefits of her experience) and I wished I’d brought the dog. I use about six different tones f voice with him and I could say “sausages and baked beans” in all of them and get the required response.

On a workshop that lasts more than a day, it’s quite easy to get your participants “keyed in” to a certain tone of voice initiating or concluding certain activities

Fascintating stuff, thanks Steve

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