Josiah Fisk - The message and the meta-message: How to assess and control the "body language" of your communications
1. The Message and the Meta-Message
How to Assess and Control the “Body Language”
of Your Communications
Plain Talk in Complex Times, Arlington VA
September 26, 2013
Josiah Fisk
President, More Carrot LLC
Boston
140. To help keep air travel safe, the federal government requires
that you tell us your full name, date of birth, and gender.
Questions? Go to tsa.gov.
OK
Cancel
Check-In
141. Asking for your help
To help keep air travel safe, the federal government requires
that you tell us your full name, date of birth, and gender.
Questions? Go to tsa.gov.
OK
Cancel
Check-In
142. Goal we all support (and citation is credible)
To help keep air travel safe, the federal government requires
that you tell us your full name, date of birth, and gender.
Questions? Go to tsa.gov.
OK
Cancel
Check-In
143. Hey, it’s not our idea
To help keep air travel safe, the federal government requires
that you tell us your full name, date of birth, and gender.
Questions? Go to tsa.gov.
OK
Cancel
Check-In
144. To help keep air travel safe, the federal government requires
that you tell us your full name, date of birth, and gender.
Questions? Go to tsa.gov.
OK
Cancel
Check-In
No big deal
145. To help keep air travel safe, the federal government requires
that you tell us your full name, date of birth, and gender.
Questions? Go to tsa.gov.
OK
Cancel
Check-In
Same choices, non-threatening presentation
146. To help keep air travel safe, the federal government requires
that you tell us your full name, date of birth, and gender.
Questions? Go to tsa.gov.
OK
Cancel
Check-In
Helpful tone (vs. “if you don’t believe us” tone)
147. To help keep air travel safe, the federal government requires
that you tell us your full name, date of birth, and gender.
Questions? Go to tsa.gov.
OK
Cancel
Check-In
Design gives visual prominence to key elements, for speed
148. To help keep air travel safe, the federal government requires
that you tell us your full name, date of birth, and gender.
Questions? Go to tsa.gov.
OK
Cancel
Check-In
Design gives visual prominence to key elements, for speed
150. We know you’re in a hurry so we’ll be brief.
The meta-messages.
151. We know you’re in a hurry so we’ll be brief.
Yes, you have to. But security benefits us all.
The meta-messages.
152. We know you’re in a hurry so we’ll be brief.
Yes, you have to. But security benefits us all.
. . . unless you’re a terrorist, which we
assume you’re not.
The meta-messages.