Unit 1 The Person Building Responsibility What is

Unit 1 The Person Building Responsibility

What is communication?

What is a communication barrier?

Solution for communication barriers?

How can the sender help communication?

How can the receiver help communication?

What setting should good communication be used?

What setting should good communication be used? • Social • Professional

What are two types of communication?

What are two types of communication? • Verbal communication • Written communication

Example of bad communication

Variables of communication to consider • Wheelchair person • Elderly person • Non-English speaking person

What is nonverbal communication? • Look up the best definition everyone will understand.

Nonverbal symbols over time

Symbol communication globally • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=OWFPHW 7 BCCI

Gang sign handout

Nonverbal communication at work • 5 positive nonverbal examples • 5 negative nonverbal examples

Homework • Bring in an item from home, school, the community, or work that symbolizes something special. • Be prepared to share with the class what your symbol means and what it should communicate to others who see it. • Could it send different messages to different people? • Explain.

What is the proper foundation for people building?

What is the proper foundation for people building? • Working to be a good person • Communicating constructively • Caring about your audience

Working to be a good person Powerful Speakers with Positive Effects Powerful Speakers with Negative Effects

Working to be a good person Powerful Speakers with Positive Effects Powerful Speakers with Negative Effects • Martin Luther King • Winston Churchill • Adolf Hitler • Jim Jones

What is intrapersonal communication?

What is intrapersonal communication? • Conducting an inner dialogue with yourself and to assess your thoughts, feeling, and reactions

What are the ingredients to be a good person?

What are the ingredients to be a good person? • Solid work ethic • Sense of integrity • Compassion for others • Personal honesty

What is interpersonal communication?

What is interpersonal communication? • Communication between 2 or more people

What is oratory, rhetoric, and orator?

What is oratory, rhetoric, and orator? • Look up the best definition everyone will understand.

What is a Quintilian?

What is a Quintilian? • Being a good person • Speaking well • Affecting many lives through being a great orator; “building up others”

How do you care about your audience?

How do you care about your audience? • Respect the members of the audience • Show a genuine concern for their thoughts and feelings

What should you consider before talking?

What should you consider before talking? • Is this material appropriate for this group? • How would I feel if I were asked that question? • Am I giving my audience new information? • Is my material too difficult or too easy for my audience?

How can I appeal to my audience?

Things to think about • A university professor wants to teach his theater survey course by email. However, university officials frown on his plans, saying that students need to be taught by a “live” instructor giving “live” instruction. What might be the harm of teaching by e-mail? What part of the communication process is lost when teaching is totally technological? • Audiences can often make things tough for a speaker. How can an audience often make or break a person’s ability to be a responsible speaker? What can you do (as the speaker) to get off to a good start with your audience?

How do you build motivation?

How do you build motivation? • Treat both people and situations fairly and to avoid stereotyping others • Set a good example for others

What are some stereotype examples you have experienced?

What are some stereotype examples you have experienced? • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=h 68 UJa. Hv. G_c • Do you believe the stereotype “all people lie”?

Effective Communication Leading to Real Understanding

Effective Communication Leading to Real Understanding • How do you think that both Caleb and the teacher learned a valuable lesson? • What role did intrapersonal communication play in this story? • What role did interpersonal communication play in the story? • How might stereotypes have been a factor in the relationship between Caleb and his teacher? Please explain.

Homework • At the age of twelve, Ishmael Beah fled from attacking rebels in his homeland. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army and forced to be a soldier. Although Beah was a gentle boy, he soon had to do terrible things. When he left the army, he was rehabilitated in a UNICEF center. It took a long time for him to reenter the world of civilians, where people viewed him with fear and mistrust. Beah is one of many child soldiers, but one of the first to tell about his journey from refugee to soldier to an inspirational writer and speaker. Now 26 years old, Beah shares his story of redemption and hope with school and community groups.

Homework • What do you think motivated Beah to want to talk to school kids and community groups? Is he a “good person speaking well”? • Explain. Think of a celebrity you admired who you no longer look up to because of something he or she said. What do you think motivated that person to say what he or she did? Then give an example of someone in the public eye you did not respect who you now admire because of something he or she said or did. Explain what happened.

Chapter 1 Building Responsibility Conclusion