Monday, January 12, 2009
Welcome!
Welcome to Communication 240: Business and Government. I am looking forward to a creative and productive semester. I look forward to getting to know each of you and watching you evolve as effective communicators. I am excited to be here at TCNJ. This is my second semester. I enjoy teaching this class because I teach from a practical perspective, although we will examine some ethical and theoretcial dimensions too. It is so satisfying to help so many of you get prepared for your professional careers. We will be examining communication from a number of different directions all in the context of real life in both business and government settings. A few of the many paths that we will explore include investigating how messages are created from the perspective of the sender to how they are received from the perspective of the receiver. The channels used, the effective of culture in the formation of a message and the networks used. We will understand how to effectively communicate in business and examine how messages travel in a business environment whether you the management or subordinate. Additionally, we will focus on the presentational skills needed to give a talk, train an employee or ace a job interview, just to name a few. We will address the message shared in government and politics by using the issues in today's government. Examining the message and learning that making important decisions is more than the charisma but, analyzing the message. We will observe and apply technology and explore how it creates and changes in the message in new and fascinating ways. And, lastly, we will focus on networking and interviewing that occurs in professional settings. Blogging on our class blog will be an important method of capturing our thoughts. We will be using this blog to communicate in many ways in the class, so it is an important class requirement that you visit this blog a few times during the week to keep abreast of assignments and other important class information.We will be using blogs as a means of recording our learning and studies. Every student is required to blog. You can begin by posting your blogs on our class blog post or as the semester evolves, create your own blog. Whatever the case, it is important that you remember that this is an extension of our academic classroom. You must use appropriate grammar, spelling and ideas in all your posts. Also, trying to rush through an assignment or making a weak effort in posting will be evident for all persons to see. Also, be sure to adhere to copyright issues in all posting. Only your originals work(s) whether words or pictures may be used. Please check out the Com 240 links throughout the semester for helpful places needed while in this course. You should feel free to email me at the address on the syllabus at any time for help, questions, concerns, or possible class absences.
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I thought last weeks class was great with everyone having a different prospective on public speakers. Although there were some duplicate speakers, the presenters were able to identify what they admired most of the person they chose. Everyone did a good job at presenting, especially for the first speech & there was great feedback and supportive criticisms. It's going to be hard to concentrate on not saying the 'uhm' word but hopefully that won't consume me and I'll be able to get my message across.
ReplyDeleteLast week’s class was very intimidating for me because I am a very nervous public speaker. While I waited for my turn to speak I kept trying to organize my thoughts and my main points in my head, but I only made myself more nervous. As nervous as I was I am very happy with how I did. My speech was not perfect – I did not expect it to be – but I was proud that I was at least somewhat composed and articulate. I really appreciated hearing my classmates’ opinions and suggestions for my speech. I enrolled in this course to become a better public speaker and I know that without valuable feedback from an actual audience I will never accomplish that goal. The opportunity to see that everyone else also has similar problems and anxieties about speaking in public is comforting. Although I was very nervous to speak in front of everyone for the first time I am pleased overall with the experience and it helped to reaffirm that this class will teach me to establish and refine my public speaking skills.
ReplyDeleteFor me, I was definitely nervous about last week's class. I always get nervous when speeking in front of a large audience, which is why I am glad I am in this class. I know that I need to work on being more confident when speaking, which was valuable feedback from my classmates. My nerves got the better of me, and that was very obvious when I spoke. I enjoyed watching the clips of all the admired speakers, and it made me see clearer the potential that I have as a public speaker. I thought that everyone did a good job for their first speech, and that everyone gave great feedback for each person. This feedback will greatly help all of us in the future, and I enjoyed hearing it in class to know what I now need to work harder on.
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