Another aspect of our work is multimedia teleconferencing.
The letter kills the spirit. The written text is mute in the face of responding challenge. It does not admit of inward growth and correction. Text subverts the absolutely vital role of memory.
What we are going to offer is not a one-way communication, but one-to-one communication.
Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.
My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say.
Very few interviews are a conversation. It's usually a question and I have to answer for two minutes. By the end of the day, I kind of feel gross. It's like you go to dinner with a friend and then you get home and you're like: "Ugh, I dominated that conversation too much. I wish I let them talk more." That's how it feels for me every day I do press.
Or was he saying, "Hi! Wanna play?" And I did. Of course I did.
Real communication is an attitude, an environment. It is the most interactive of all processes. It requires countless hours of eyeball to eyeball, back and forth. It involves more listening than talking.
Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.
I like the connection with fans and people who have been supportive of me. And I love the idea of real feedback and a two-way street, which is very, very modern.
I like talking; I like playing with the audience.
When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to you because I want to whip you around and plunk you right there with me.
I don't feel ignored. But I'd rather engage readers than dictate my opinion to them. Opinion is so...subjective!
In churches, we live with the danger of one-way verbal traffic.
I don't like not saying anything. I don't like having a wall between me and the audience. I want to break down that wall and communicate with the people in the room, 'cause we're there together and we're having a nice moment.
