1. Welcome to Episode #3!

2. What does communication look like?
Linear Model
Interactive Model
Transactional Model
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                            

3. Linear Model Communication is “one way”
Messages flow only from sender to receiver.
                                                                                                            

4. Interactive Model Communication is “two way” Receiver gives “feedback”
“Behavioral” rather than just “encoding”
                                                                                                            

5. Transactional Model Communication is “two way” and simultaneous.
Sender and receiver give lots of “feedback”
Makes communication relational.
                                                                                                            

6. Communication Misconceptions:
Always a good thing? NO!
Will solve ALL problems? NO!
More is always better? NO!
Meanings are in words? NO!
Always simple? NO!

7. What is communication? Aristotle Francis Bacon Donald Bryant
Pearson/Nelson

8. Aristotle Communication is:
the art of discovering all of the available means of persuasion in a given instance.

9. applying reason to imagination for the greater moving of the will.
Francis Bacon
Communication is:
applying reason to imagination for the greater moving of the will.

10. adjusting ideas to people and adjusting people to ideas.
Donald Bryant
Communication is:
adjusting ideas to people and adjusting people to ideas.

11. Pearson/Nelson Communication is:
the process by which meaning is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, and behaviors.

12. What is the Art of Conversation?
Organize your thoughts logically.
Tailor your message to your audience.
Tell your story for maximum impact.
Adapt your message to listener feedback.

13. How to deal with nervousness?
Acquire speaking experience.
Prepare! Prepare! Prepare!
Think positively.
Use the power of visualization.
Know that most nervousness is not visible.
Don’t expect perfection.