Communication is key!

  How to have  good Conversation By: Celeste Headlee  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6n3iNh4XLI&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=TEDxTalks When Headlee first begins her TedX talk, she automatically starts with asking the audience a question, which was one of the ways we were taught to catch an audience's attention and have them engaged in the topic. She goes on to lists ways to actually enjoy better conversations. These are some that stuck out to me: to be present, be in the moment. Do not compare your own personal experience with theirs. All experiences are different. Listen. Do not think of what you will reply with. Soak in everything they have to say.  A quote that stuck out was, "A conversation requires a balance between talking and listening, and somewhere along the way we have lost that balance". When we are in a conversation, if we're not interrupting the other, we are waiting for the person to finish speaking so we can get our point across. One is always...

 CH. 12 & 16 I thought I would compare informative speech with persuasive speech for this blog. After reading chapter 16 Persuasive Speaking, persuasive presentations appear to emphasize the problem and then offer a solution. People will not act unless you can provide a solution to a problem they have. When comparing informative and persuasive speaking, informative presentations use this concept less often.  Also, in a persuasive presentation, you need to outline the benefits of the solution, what the audience will gain from purchasing, supporting, or accepting. An informative speech is aimed at presenting given information, whereas a persuasive speech is aimed at convincing you to believe or to do something specific. Persuasive speaking urges us to choose from options, while informative speaking reveals and clarifies option. Persuasive speaking asks the audience for more commitment than does informative speaking. The moral responsibilities for persuasive speakers are ev...