Today, my team worked on unifying the format of all our outside-of-class work. We discussed how we wanted the finished product to look and worked with our site keeper to make it happen. After collaborating on all of our outside-of-class work, we began to break down the last few chunks of the project and assign them to the team. Although no one did any of the writing work while in class, we did get a lot done with discussing and…
I was really interested in the different types of leadership that this chapter talks about. I think that often, when leaders step into their role they feel like they should be task leaders. However, when I’m put into a leadership role, I tend to lean towards socioemotional traits. One way is not necessarily better than the other, so finding a way to balance the two is crucial in good leadership. Another subject I read about was different types of power….
When project two was initially introduced to the class, my group had a lot of ideas about how to go about the assignment. We split the eight testimonies so that each of us would be interviewing two people. My team also traded contact information so that we could begin collaborating outside of class. In my own time, I was asked to get the testimonies of a Junior and a professor. After some thought, I decided on who will be good…
One subject that this chapter talked about was “Vocational Anticipatory Socialization” which is essentially defined as the “exposure” of the workplace through various forms of media (Television, social media, communication w/ others, etc.). What interests me about this, is that from an early age our society trains us on how to act. Media discussing school, work, or other public formats, has been ingrained into the daily lives of almost every citizen. Personally, I can think of shows such as Gilmore…
I really enjoyed today’s homework (which is not somethin I can say often). I think it’s so intresting that there is scientific evidence backing up this phenomon. When I was younger, I was never given access to technology, my parents only let me read. In fact, in middle school I was reading a 1,000 page version of Narnia. Similarly to what we read about, as soon as I was introduced to technology, I lost my attention span. These days I…
Now that I have finished this project, quite honestly, I just feel relieved. Although I enjoyed drafting, reviewing, and practicing my speech, I dreaded the final presentation. When the project was first presented to the class I felt a pit form in the middle of my stomach, I had no idea what to write about, how to write it, or how I was going to present it. I went home and just began to type “word vomit” into a Google…
I really feel like I learned a lot from this TED Talk. Before watching this I had some previous knowledge of power posing and the idea of faking it until you make it. However, Cuddy’s in-depth explanation of what power posing is, what it looks like, and its effects were mostly new information for me. I thought it was so interesting that in only two minutes someone could potentially alter their hormones to convince themselves and others that they are…
After the dry run, I feel so much better about my speech. Initially, I thought that seeing a recording of myself would make me more nervous for the final presentation. However, after looking at the video, I feel slightly more confident about how I will look while presenting. I purposefully stance myself so that I was not trying to make myself look smaller, and I moved my hands and body in a way that made me look more dynamic than…
The best advice I offered to another peer was to re-organize their speech. Although the evidence and lessons were thoughtful, they had them organized in a list format. By combining some of the examples and moving the lessons to the end of the examples, the point will come through clearer, and the speech with sound more organized. I consider this my best advice because it doesn’t ask them to change any of the content; it just helps suggest a way…
I found this chapter really interesting because of the emphasis on the audience. When giving a speech the speaker’s main goal is to express how they feel to a large audience. If done incorrectly, the speaker can become so focused on their subject that they forget their subjects. This chapter not only punctuates the need for an audience-adapted subject, it went in-depth about ways to connect the audience to the subject. One technique that this reading mentioned was creating a…
