Small Group Communication
Katherine has been meeting with a running group of about 8 people every week for a couple years. She especially enjoys the camaraderie of a group and proudly wears a jacket with the group’s informal nickname. Which characteristic of small groups does this represent?
Shared Identity
Something you should do after conducting an informational interview?
Write a thank you note
Evelis was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 10. She will share her own experience with diabetes in her speech advocating for funding research for diabetes. What type of evidence is this?
Personal Experience
In her speech convincing her audience to replace their grass yards with wildflowers, groundcover and vegetable gardens, Adriana describes how grass promotes pesticide use and wastes water while offering few environmental benefits. Which step of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence is Adriana addressing?
The need step
Tracy wants to convince her co-workers in her department to spend their surplus budget on a water filling station in their common area. What is the following statement an example of: “A water filling station will reduce plastic and waste and promote drinking water instead of soda.”
Claim
Ravi is a graphic designer who will be starting a project with three of his company’s corporate trainers to develop PowerPoint slides for their training sessions. Before their first meeting, the head trainer asks him to come prepared for the meeting with some samples of his designs and animation. The head trainer mentions that she will be running the meeting while another trainer will take notes and set up deadlines and assignments. Which pre-meeting strategy is being demonstrated?
Clarify Roles
This technique is a good way to formulate answers to common interview questions
STAR Technique
Examples of a Webinar
Training, Sales Demo, Team Meetings
Malik ends his introduction by telling the audience what the three main points of his speech will be. What type of connector is this?
Main Preview
One of the purposes of this speech is to finish with an encouragement for the people listening to transcend loss and give thanks to the person who lived among them.
Eulogy
Tien has always wanted to be part of an online gaming group and has put together a group of friends, work associates and family members who game together a few times a week. After a couple weeks of playing and some squabbles about language and behavior, group members schedule a video call. During the call, they set up some ground rules for who will be playing when and what to do if someone misses a gaming session. They also discuss the possibility of competing in a tournament later in the year. Which stage of group development does this meeting represent?
Norming
Where you should go to create a list of questions for a structured interview.
Job Description and Requirements
This technique requires you to get your audience involved every 5 minutes.
The 5-minute rule
What type of concluding device is the following statement?
“I’ve brought in enough energy reducing lightbulbs for everyone to take one. All you need to do is take one and replace one of the incandescent lights you have at home. Then, enjoy a reduced electricity bill and the knowledge that you are doing your part to save our planet.”
Call to Action
There are four delivery styles when giving a presentation, which style was the goal for this course?
Extemporaneous
Sheila is working on a group project with 3 classmates in their Social Justice class. One classmate is really strong at creating engaging PowerPoint and another has access to a studio where she can create a short video. For her part, Sheila is an excellent writer and is excited to start putting together their research paper. What benefit of small groups does this demonstrate?
Shared Resources
Something you should NOT do when conducting an informational interview
Ask for a job
The purpose of this technique is to keep slides cleanly designed and easy to follow for both the presenter and the audience
10/20/30 rule
After describing the negative impacts of portrayals of gender in video games, Alan outlines a proposal for video game creators to challenge these portrayals. He includes rebuttals to possible objections to his proposals. Which step of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence is Adriana addressing?
The satisfaction step
Sam teaches film at a local college. At the campus coffee shop, she runs into Rahi, who works in public relations for the college. Sam quickly explains an idea she's had about how they could advertise their film program in local movie theaters by creating eye-catching slides for the pre-movie show. Which concept provides the description or idea of what Sam is sharing?
Elevator pitch
Dr. Khouzam co-owns a family dental practice with 3 other dentists. The four dentists meet each Monday morning to discuss and make decisions about staff, patient questions, growing their practice, etc. Although the dentists often have different opinions about how to manage the staff, they listen to one another and debate the pros and cons of different options. Even in disagreement, they are respectful to one another and try to reach a consensus by the end of each meeting. Which practice for effective group meetings are the dentists demonstrating?
Manage Conflict
Documents you should bring into a job information.
Cover letter and resume
When and where is the meeting? Who needs to be there? Why are we meeting? What will be discussed (and for how long)? What term help answer these question?
Meeting Agenda
Motivated Sequence in order
Attention, Need, Satisfaction, Visualization, Call to Action
In preparation for her speech about managing exercise burnout, Felicia has interviewed a personal trainer at her gym. Using information from the trainer is an example of what type of evidence?
Testimony