COMM 470 Agenda - Week 4 Team Pictures – Teams 4, 8 ITE4a – How was Listening this Week? ITE4b – How was Acknowledgement this Week? Lecture Move to JMZ 0220 ITE 4b – The Last Straws - Team “Building” Exercise Listening Exercise for Week 5

In-Class Team Exercise # 4a Discuss: How did you do on “not interrupting” this week? Count how many times; share 2 examples Deliverable : Summarize in a table how many conversations you each 1) thought about the assignment, and then 2) succeeded partially 3) succeeded completely One More Round of Acknowledgment Deliverable : No Written Deliverable

In-Class Team Exercise # 4b Discuss: How did you do on acknowledging others this week? Count how many times; share 2 examples Deliverable : Summarize in a table how many conversations you each 1) thought about the assignment, and then 2) succeeded partially 3) succeeded completely

MTW I: Acknowledgment Acknowledgement is... Personal Powerful A Contribution to Another Person A Connection with Another Person Simple Satisfying An Aid in Building “Team”

MTW I: Acknowledgment Accepting Acknowledgement is... Generous Open Honest A Connection with Another Person Simple Allowing Another to Contribute to You

In-Class Team Exercise # 4c ‘The Last Straws’ Your Task: Build the tallest free-standing structure you can from the 40 ‘flex’ straws your team has been given The Rules: When 5 team have finished, all other teams have 5 minutes to complete First prize is two bonus team points (for each teammate in c lass); Second prize is one point The judgment of Dr. Finn is final and not subject to whining, complaining, nor instant replay review

Overview of Listening Four Levels / Aspects to “Listening” Technique Attitude Worldview / Paradigm / Lenses Meta-conversations

Listening Exercise – for Week 5 Focus on: Asking Questions to elicit more information Also Make it a Point to: Continue to Acknowledge People in Your Life Practice Accepting Acknowledgement