COMM 2030 Fall 2013 Midterm Review Chapter 1: Be able to answer the following questions: What are the four elements of a problem-solving group‚ and what does each element entail? 1. 3 or more people up to about 15 2. Sharing a common task 3. Interacting face to face (or at least in real time) 4. Influencing one another What are the four characteristics of a system‚ and what does each characteristic entail? 1. Interdependence: each part relies on one another *Synergy: sum of
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Active listening in 4 steps: The best managers make the best listeners Managers spend a good part of their workday listening to other people. But bear in mind‚ there’s a big difference between “passive” and “active” listening. Effective listening includes a four-step process to ensure understanding: 1. Listen to the total message. 2. Prove your understanding by using nonverbal signals. 3. Use open-ended probes. 4. Paraphrase what you hear. Motivating employees through realistic deadlines:
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Preparing myself to face my first speech to a large audience‚ I’m going to extend to come off as if I’m going to be confident and try to do my best as in not sending the audience an opposite message. The strategies that I’m going to use to control the butterflies in my stomach are the pacing method. With the pacing it is going to the nervousness away from me. Also while presenting my speech I’m going to listen to the audience to make sure they are enjoying it and not getting bored or the opposite
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“Action Plan for Effective Listening” Please respond to the following: Discussion 1: “Action Plan for Effective Listening.” Create a formalized action plan with specific steps describing what you can do to evaluate your progress in becoming an effective listener. Look at the sample action plan in “Thinking Activity: 3.4” and you must review the “Eight steps of effective listening” before you are able to answer this question. Students will respond to the following: Describe exactly what you will
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"Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request." ~ Phillip Stanhope‚ The Earl of Chesterfield The greatest gift you will ever give or receive is simply – to listen. The act itself requires patience‚ on some levels even a bit of endurance‚ and though a modicum of empathy is always helpful as well‚ it really very simply comes down to our willingness to put our personal feelings‚ opinions and beliefs aside‚ if only to allow someone
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Due to: 13.11.2013 Submitted: 13.11.2013 By Olya Chermoskutova Summary (Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better) The problem that Julian Treasure states is that we’re losing our listening: we retain only 25% of what we hear. He defines listening as making meaning from sound. Julian says we use a lot of techniques to do it: firstly‚ when it’s noisy‚ we react at some sounds and words‚ especially our names – that’s how we recognize patterns. Secondly‚ we use differencing: if some sound remains
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Overcoming Barriers to Communication Barriers Physical Barriers Psychological Barriers Semantic Barriers Organizational Barriers Interpersonal Barriers Methods to Overcome Barriers Make suitable seating arrangement. Ensure audibility and visibility. Minimize visual and aural distractions. Provide environmental comfort. Proper Posture. Plan and clarify ideas and opinions. Collate ideas or suggestions of others. Support
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Barriers to Good Listening To be an effective listener‚ you should improve your listening skills and abolish the barriers or hindrance to a good and clear listening. 1. Prejudging * Happens when you jump to the conclusion that you understand the speaker’s meaning before it is fully expressed. * This results in the wrong interpretation of the message and the false belief that you have listened effectively. * Another way to prejudge a speech is to decide that the topic has little
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Katherine Polzin Unit 2-CMD 160 Online NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE The reading assignment for this unit is chapters 3 and 7 in Plante and Beeson. You might want to look at other sources‚ as well. This unit will be worth 50 points and is due at 11:30 PM on Sunday‚ February 10th. Respond to the following questions: 1. In reference to the nature of sound‚ define: frequency‚ amplitude (intensity)‚ rarefaction‚ compression‚ equilibrium. a. Frequency: The number of
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There are several major ways that I could easily improve my listening in classrooms‚ for me sitting still in a college class for even an hour is so difficult for me to do. When I read this chapter i was reminded of several things that I do that are making it harder on myself to listen to what is going on in my college classes. Starting with the process of listening‚ jumping to the second stage which is understanding I know that this is a huge flaw that I have and that is assuming that I understand
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