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According to Peter Kowalski's latest taxonomy developed for our client at Georgia Tech, there are 26 different categories of conversation. Whether it's a conversation in your living room, on Twitter, on Facebook or on Blog, pretty much everything falls into one or more of the following categories.
- Acknowledging receipt of information
- Advertising something
- Answering a question
- Asking a question
- Augmenting a previous post
- Calling for action
- Disclosing personal information
- Distributing media
- Expressing agreement
- Expressing criticism
- Expressing support
- Expressing surprise
- Giving a heads-up
- Giving a shout-out
- Making a joke
- Making a suggestion
- Making an observation
- Offering a greeting
- Offering an opinion
- Putting out a wanted ad
- Rallying support
- Recruiting people
- Responding to criticism
- Showing dismay
- Soliciting comments
- Soliciting help
And, I thought I was always being unique and creative. Nothing is ever new, is it?
Posted by: Myrna | August 25, 2009 at 01:28 AM