Book Review By:
Angela Mitchell, PMP
Introduction to the Book:
Potentially great projects can be dismissed by management, investors and regulators simply because those decision makers can’t understand their value. Opportunities can be missed and bad things can happen when content originators don’t explain their subjects in easy‐to‐understand language. This book is about how to successfully communicate complicated concepts in the new and exciting digital age.
Super Communicator: Explaining the Complicated so Anyone Can Understand By: Frank J. Pietrucha
Publisher:
American Management Association
List Price: $12.59
Overview of Book’s Structure
The book is organized into 9 Parts. Each Part contains three to five short and easy‐to‐read chapters. Part I ‐ How Digital Technology is Changing Communication
Part II ‐ Know Thy Audience Part III ‐ Part III Know Thy Subject Part IV ‐ Simplicity and Clarity Part V ‐ Guidelines for Effective Communication
Part VI – Humanize Your Communications Part VII – Getting an Audience to Care Part VIII – Building Blocks and Analogies Part IX – Visual and Interactive
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Angela has 15 years of
experience in enterprise and
cross‐functional project
management, systems
development, and process
design. Planned and
implemented 30+ projects with
budgets up to $26M, duration of
up to 2 years and staff of 5‐100.
Holds a Master’s Certificate in
Project Management and is
certified as a Project
Management Professional
(PMP) by the Project
Management Institute (PMI).
Performance reviews
consistently cite signature
strengths as managing
execution and delivering results
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itchellpmp.
Book Review
I liked that this book was organized into very short parts and chapters, which made it easy to maintain focus on one topic or idea at a time.
This format is exactly what the author
Highlights: What I liked
advocates to communicate effectively in the digital age: clear and concise blocks of information that get right to the point.
I also liked that each chapter used a real‐world
story to introduce a new topic, and provided a bulleted list of advice or guidelines to apply the concept discussed in the chapter.
You don’t need to create formal presentations to benefit from this book.
Anyone that has to present a concept to a
Who Might Benefit from the Book
peer or superior, or explain a complex topic/issue can find practical suggestions to bring meaning to an
audience through thoughtful explanation.
What I Liked!
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While the basic concepts of effective communication have not changed, proliferation of the Internet has altered not only how we get information, but how we express ourselves.
This book attempts to explain how digital technology is rewiring our brains and reshaping how we communicate, and how good communicators need to make the transition from print thinking to digital expression.
Highlights: What’s new in this Book?
Conclusion
Book Review
As project managers, we frequently have to explain a complex issue or the impact of a change request to stakeholders at various levels in an organization.
This book provides a refresher on basic communication skills that are always relevant,
as well as ideas on how to use new technology to explain complex information in a meaningful way.
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