U.K. Reporter And The Beijing Olympics

Finding the notes of Chris Chase on the web maybe annoying to many; not only for the 3 billion readers in China; but the whole world who appreciated what have China done for the Olympics – that is considered by the world as extremely incomparable, beyond norms, beyond compare, more than a magic, so beautiful.

Reading the article Chris presented to the public causes sour reactions.

In order to help everyone one of us to properly respond; properly present a reaction, an article maybe; the following parameters is helpful.

How to Criticize Effectively

1. Identify the behavior that you want to criticize. Direct your criticism at the action, not the person. The less personal you make your comments, the less likely the person will become defensive and uncooperative.

2. Make criticism specific. Not: "You always miss game reports." But: "You missed the March 15 game report." Rash generalizations are counterproductive and tough to prove. The more specific the criticism, the easier it is to justify the criticism.

3. Be sure the behavior you're criticizing can be changed. Foreign accents, baldness and other similar things cannot always be changed. Pick out specifics the workers can work on and see improvement.

4. Use "I" and "we" to stress that you want to work out the problem together, rather than making threats. Officiating can be a lonely business. By using "we," the readers will hopefully feel he/she is not alone in the idea.

5. Make sure the particulars you criticize understand the reason for your criticism is to improve their game style and their ways. Put a positive spin on your comments; they are meant to improve things.

6. Don't belabor the point. Short and sweet, no lectures. No one likes to be talked down to.

7. Offer incentives for changed of style and systems, therefore producing a better presentations. Offer to help identifying the root to correct the problem. Improved systems can lead to improved opportunities.

8. Don't set a tone of anger or sarcasm. Both are counterproductive. The more sarcasm used, anger is often true from the readers.

9. Show the public readers that you understand the probable reactions: Assure the readers that things can be changed.

10. If you're putting your criticism in hard writing, cool off before writing the critical letter or memo. If you write your report shortly after the feeling of denial that you maybe fall from the group of second rated and or of less powerful creation, emotions tend to appear. Take good notes at the situation, then review them before writing a comment and or an article.

11. Start off by saying something good. Assure the readers that what China has and what they have made is one great thing; never in this earth one did have presentations of the same.

12. At the end, reaffirm your support.
Reassure the public that you are there to help China improve should it need be.

And for the people of China, congratulations; and the world who are into the blaze of the Olympic 2008 Trends; let us all learn the manners of criticizing.

arvin_gumato@yahoo.com