{"id":879,"date":"2016-11-18T22:54:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T02:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zacharybaiel.com\/blog\/?p=879"},"modified":"2016-11-19T17:38:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T21:38:12","slug":"real-time-communication-is-more-memorable-and-cannot-be-deleted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zacharybaiel.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/18\/real-time-communication-is-more-memorable-and-cannot-be-deleted\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-time communication is more memorable and cannot be deleted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part of the How\u00a0to Not Limit Your Political Life to the Ballot Box <\/em>series.<\/em><\/p>\n

In writing a friend back this evening about an e-mail they wrote to an elected official, I encouraged them to also follow-up with a phone call.<\/p>\n

I have always been a purveyor of real-time communication, but tonight the following line was born:<\/p>\n

Real-time communication is more memorable and cannot be deleted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Think about it. \u00a0If you are a public official, or anyone for that matter, and you start to read an e-mail you want to forget or stop reading after the first line, you can click delete and be done with well thought out piece that took the author 29\u00a0minutes to write, pepper\u00a0with hyperlinks, quotations, citations, and other well meaning research. \u00a0All are vanquished\u00a0with the click of a mouse, never bothering you again, all the while with the constituent swelling with satisfaction\u00a0at their comfortable cathartic keyboard activism.<\/p>\n

Instead. \u00a0Be heard. \u00a0Prevent being deleted by employing real-time communication via the telephone. \u00a0Talk is cheap. \u00a0Pennies on the minute.<\/p>\n

With a phone call, the communication is projected into the ear and onto the official’s brain immediately. \u00a0Scrubbing this impression away is difficult, takes time, and may, in fact, be impossible depending on the quality of the interaction. \u00a0You will have achieved mutual knowledge (another important concept I will\u00a0elaborat on), creating a reference point to be recalled upon at a future engagement.<\/p>\n

Getting people on the phone can prove to be an art within itself, but with some practice and determination, you can get the person you are looking for on the horn and begin your\u00a0historical\u00a0transmission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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