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 really enjoy teaching at TCNJ. 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. We will be using this blog to create discussion and complete written assignments this semester. Please be sure that you create a gmail account so you can post on our blog this semester. Please email me if you have any problems asap.
Use this blog post to introduce yourself to the class. We will use it as a practice post. I am looking forward to a pleasurable and productive semester! Share with us similiar information from class and be sure to include how you hope this course will help you further your career or personal goals.
My name is Gina Colati and I am currently a junior communication studies major. I have one brother who is older than me and we have gotten along a lot better ever since I left for college. Both my parents are Italian and all my grandparents speak/spoke Italian so it was a lot of fun growing up and being involved in that culture. I have not visited Italy, but I plan to in the near future, hopefully. I played soccer at TCNJ for my first two years here, and then I got hurt, so I had to stop playing. I have been involved in sports my entire lifetime, so it was a little difficult getting used to not playing any sports anymore, however, the extra free time is nice. Throughout my sports career, I have broken my nose five times and have dislocated my shoulders several times. I just had surgery on my left shoulder and I hope that will be the last one. Now that my summers are spent going to the beach with friends and family since I don’t play soccer anymore, I have learned to appreciate them a lot more.
ReplyDeleteFrom this class, I want to gain the ability to speak to someone without having anything prepared and to be able to think of the right words to say so I don’t say the wrong thing. I have taken one public speaking class, which was challenging, and I am sure that taking another one will only improve my confidence speaking in front of a group. I also want to learn better ways to grasp the attention of my audience and to also keep it throughout my entire speech.
My name is Jess Leeds, and I am a senior Communication Studies major with a double minor in English and Marketing. I have six people in my family, including two brothers and a sister (and my parents, of course). I've grown up owning pets, and have owned pets such as chinchillas, iguanas, a snake, guinea pigs, dogs, cats and more. I started horseback riding when I was 8 years old, and have competed at many, many horse shows over the years. In addition, I played basketball in high school.
ReplyDeleteFrom class, I hope to get over my classroom public speaking nervous habits. I am a Facilitator for the Leadership Development Program on campus, so I often create and present workshops to on campus organizations without getting nervous. I find that in a classroom setting, however, I get more nervous which is shown through swaying, crossing my legs, and more. Essentially, I want to increase my confidence as a public speaker.
My name is Shakia Mayer and I am a Communication Studies and Psychology double major. I plan to attend grad school. I write and perform original poetry.I also have a younger brother.I want to learn how to speak in front of a small group of people and learn how to control my body language on stage.
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