Acronyms
Acronyms
Ifyouare like me, you work in an industry that is increasingly inundatedwithacronyms. This begins to seem like a second language, and thepeople wespeak too find it hard to keep up with any conversation thatwe use toomany acronyms in. For example, I am in the graphiccommunications field,and a typical conversation could go like this;
Person 1: I need this TIFF in CMYK not RGB please.
Person 2: Have you already Ripped the Tiff?
Person 1: No the DPI is too low RES, you could try a PDFX1A, but up the RES.
Person 2: Did you Rip the PDF ROOM or NORM?
Icouldgo on, but the average person would just be lost. I knowfromexperience, that many other fields have this problem. The problemisnot the acronyms themselves, but the lack of understanding thepersonusing them has that not everyone knows when the appropriate timeto usethem is.
As a member of the communications field, I seethis,and experience it often. Rather than using the "alien" acronyms,spellthings out for your customer. Don’t be afraid to ask if you aretalkingover their head, and most importantly, be more concernedaboutconveying the message, rather than rattling off information.Theimportant thing is that you are on the same page with your client.
Well, I will keep it short for now, as they say "KISS" (keep it simple stupid)
Snappy
Ifyouare like me, you work in an industry that is increasingly inundatedwithacronyms. This begins to seem like a second language, and thepeople wespeak too find it hard to keep up with any conversation thatwe use toomany acronyms in. For example, I am in the graphiccommunications field,and a typical conversation could go like this;
Person 1: I need this TIFF in CMYK not RGB please.
Person 2: Have you already Ripped the Tiff?
Person 1: No the DPI is too low RES, you could try a PDFX1A, but up the RES.
Person 2: Did you Rip the PDF ROOM or NORM?
Icouldgo on, but the average person would just be lost. I knowfromexperience, that many other fields have this problem. The problemisnot the acronyms themselves, but the lack of understanding thepersonusing them has that not everyone knows when the appropriate timeto usethem is.
As a member of the communications field, I seethis,and experience it often. Rather than using the "alien" acronyms,spellthings out for your customer. Don’t be afraid to ask if you aretalkingover their head, and most importantly, be more concernedaboutconveying the message, rather than rattling off information.Theimportant thing is that you are on the same page with your client.
Well, I will keep it short for now, as they say "KISS" (keep it simple stupid)
Snappy
posted by Snappy | 2/17/2006 03:32:00 PM
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