Presentation Assignment: Presenting Ourselves

We spend a lot of time trying to understand all the info that the world throws at us. So much so that it's easy to forget the world is also viewing and trying to understand us. The way we present ourselves to the world depends on everything from our speech, to our clothing, and even our physical characteristics. These cues stick to people in the form of primacy effects and recency effects. Otherwise known as first and last impressions.

For this discussion you will be reflecting on the various concepts and principles covered throughout this lesson. You will be required to write a two to three paragraph reflection in which you:

Identify the two most valuable lessons you learned about communication principles from this course. Provide at least two examples to support your rationale.

Consider the two most valuable business writing lessons you learned from this course. Provide at least two examples to support your rationale. Next, explain the significance of these lessons on your professional, academic, personal, and civic goals.

Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.

Use correct APA formatting rules for body of paper.

(2) most valuable lessons you learned about communication principles from this course

1. Presentation: Presenting Ourselves

We spend a lot of time trying to understand all the info that the world throws at us. So much so that it's easy to forget the world is also viewing and trying to understand us. The way we present ourselves to the world depends on everything from our speech, to our clothing, and even our.

Physical characteristics. These cues stick to people in the form of primacy effects and recency effects. Otherwise known as first and last impressions.

Each impression you give to the world is a little communication about who you are, the way the world interprets those messages helps form our relations with others in either a positive or negative way. The most positive method of presenting ourselves is by using prosaically presentation as opposed to self-serving presentation. This is a behavior aimed at benefiting others rather than yourself.

2. Clarity

A positive communication climate will make your audience more receptive to your ideas and pave the way for a productive conversation.

Now, let's discuss clarity. To get your message across clearly, you need to be as specific as possible in your choice of language. The more concrete and less abstract you are, the better able you'll be to communicate your meaning and avoid misunderstandings.

For example, the word "thing" is extremely abstract. "Animal" is less so. "Dog" narrows it down, and "beagle" is very specific. If I called the vet and said, "I'm going to bring a thing in." They'd be confused and maybe a little worried. Beagle would be more appropriate. The right language will give your meaning more precision.

Consider the two most valuable business writing lessons you learned from this course.

1.Tone

Since new media has a greater reach than most of us are used to managing, using common sense in our tone and selecting the correct medium to express ourselves is essential. What do I mean when I mention the word medium? I'm referring to the form by which we choose to communicate our ideas, which could be a Facebook post, a text message, LinkedIn share, or even a phone call.

The following questions can guide you. Who can see this message? Am I using the correct words to express it? Am I using the correct medium to communicate my ideas? Let's see this applied.

2. Making your writing courteous

The courtesy is one of the most complex business-writing concepts with much psychological impact. The two prongs of courteous writing are writing with a positive tone, and writing from your reader's viewpoint. Let's first discuss the importance of having a positive tone and how to achieve it. A positive tone results from positive words. Negative words often referred to as red flag words causes to have negative reactions. Negative words come in a variety of categories.

The obvious "no" or "not" words. The negative connotation words. Reminders of the negative situation. Preachy words and doubtful words. Think how you react when someone says to you,"You can't." "You won't be able to." "You failed." Human nature is such that we immediately become defensive and reply with something such as, "Well, it wasn't my fault." "No one told me."Or "You didn't make it clear what you wanted." Here's an example. The first thing someone says to you when you arrived to work is "You forgot to turn off the lights last night" "before you left."Maybe you're a kinder person than I am and might respond with, "Thank you for reminding me.""I'll try to do better next time." My response would probably be, "Everyone expects me to do everything," or "That's not in my job description." If you can keep out all or at least most of the negatives, then you reduce your reader's resistance.