Organization and FlowOrganization and Flow

Link and FlowLink and FlowInspired by Maxine HairstonInspired by Maxine Hairston

Hooks and NudgesListsConjunction at the beginning of

sentencesRepeating wordsDirectional Signals

Hooks and NudgesHooks and Nudges Hooks (eg: moreover, nevertheless, however) Nudges (eg: this/that, first, next)

Outside the world of Eliot’s novels, moral philosophers, jurists, and social thinkers devoted considerable attention to the conflict between the individual will and the claims of others in the formation and interpretation of promises. […] In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, however, philosophers’ ideas about promises began to change. Utilitarian thinkers such as William Paley and John Austin now located the source of promissory obligations in people’s expectations, privileging the reasonable interpretations of promisees over the actual intentions of promisors.2

At about the same time, jurists began to consider the nature of promissory obligations as they reformulated the law of contract. Whereas judges previously interpreted contracts in ways that affirmed communal understandings of fair exchange, now they sought to give effect only commitments that people freely and deliberately made. […] Judges, in fact, began to speak of a contract as a “meeting of minds.”3 In practice, however, they found it very difficult to uncover the intentions of contracting parties.

Melissa J. Ganz “Binding the Will: George Eliot and the Practice of Promising” ELH

ListsListsFirst, also, additionally

As I have prayerfully studied President Hinckley’s words and pondered over how we can share the gospel, I have concluded that we need three things to fulfill our prophet’s challenge. First, we need a sincere desire to share the gospel. Second, we need divine assistance. Third, we need to know what to do.

Dallin H. Oaks “Sharing the Gospel” Jan 2002

Starting with a ConjunctionStarting with a ConjunctionWhen my editor suggested that I write about Rihanna this week, I

ran screaming in the other direction. (Well, not literally. Journalists aren't that physically active. But I did mope and overeat, which is like running and screaming without the sweat and noise.) […]

On some level, I wanted to shove this aside, not pick it apart. For every question raised by reports about the Grammy-weekend abuse that Rihanna allegedly took at the hands of Chris Brown there's an easy answer. Maybe too easy. What kind of pig hits a woman? Ummm...a criminal. Or an overentitled celebrity. Or someone who grew up watching men hit women, as Brown has said he did. Pick the option that best matches your sense of misplaced sympathy or knee-jerk contempt. And what kind of woman gets back together with the man who hit her? A fool. Or someone who is so self-hating she thinks she had it coming or so in love she imagines it won't happen again. Or someone who might have grown up believing that it's no big deal. Choose your favorite rationalization as your stomach turns. And that's leaving out the considerable percentage of ugly commentary that reminds us that we're not such a ''post-racial'' nation after all.

Mark Harris “Rhianna is NOT a Role Model” Entertainment Weekly

Repeating WordsRepeating WordsThe Great Depression wasn't the only depression the

United States has ever suffered, but it's the most famous. Part of that fame might be because it might be the most photographed economic downturn.

The icons are familiar -- the migrant mother, face worn by worry; a farmer and his son trying to make way through a sandstorm; a group of small-town inhabitants attending a dance. Most of these images are from an old government program called the FSA, or for those really into trivia, the Farm Security Administration.

The name Roy Stryker might ring a bell slightly. Stryker was the man who directed the photographers, suggesting with more than casual emphasis what to shoot. And photographers like Walker Evans, Arnold Rothstein, Dorthea Lange, Mary Post Wolcott, Ben Shahn, Gordon Parks, John Vachon, Jack Delano, Russell Lee, Edwin Rosskam and John Collier Jr. supplied the images.

Terry England, “Off the Shelf: FSA Photo Project Wasn’t All Rural or Jobless Despair” Santa Fe New Mexico 12 Oct 2003.

Directional SignalsDirectional Signals

Speed words push you forward (eg: therefore, it follows, then)

Caution words pull you back (eg: however, nonetheless, on the other hand, still)

Measuring employee performance can be a tricky business. While there are many schools of thought regarding how to conduct the performance review, most everyone agrees that a review must be conducted regularly, and that some type of measurement must be built into the system. […]

Take Jane, for example. She has worked for your company for five years and is considered a loyal, good employee who always gets her work done on time. However, upon closer examination, you see that her performance reviews or employee appraisals are based only on surface details. Although she asks for constant feedback, the only response she gets is, “You’re doing fine,” or “Thanks very much.”

“How to Make Performance Measurement Fun!” www.trueyoumarketing.com