Mid-Term Review Flashcards
Basic Principles of Presentation Speaking
Purpose, Audience, Credibility, Logistics, Content, Organization, Performance
Rule of 3
List things in 3, easier to remember 3 things
Effective Listening Definition
The ability to understand, analyze, respect, appreciate and appropriately respond to the meaning of another person’s spoken and non-verbal messages
4 Types of Listening
Informative, Relationship, Critical, and Appreciative
Informative Listening
To understand the message
Key Variable: Vocabulary, Concentration, Memory
Relationship Listening
Understand the information with the emphasis of the other person
Key Variables: Attending, Supporting, Empathizing
Critical Listening
To evaluate and assess what they are hearing
Key Variables, Review and Preview, and mapping (identifying main points)
Appreciative Listening
Answering the question, understanding if you like , value or enjoy what is being said
4 Causes of Poor Listening
Physical, Personal, Gender, and Semantic (World View)
Bad Listening Habits
Pretend to listen, assume topic will be boring, interrupts, listens only for facts
Good Listeners
Pay Attention, Listen for big ideas, make it personal, focus on non-verbal behaviour, avoid assumptions
Active LIstening
The receiver actively demonstrates that they’ve heard and understood by feeding back to the speaker either literal meaning, emotional content or both
4 Active Listening Techniquees
Encouraging, Paraphrasing, Reflecting Feelings, Ask for information/clarification
3 Elements of Paraphrase
A sentence stem, repetition/summary and checking for for accuracy
Giving Feed Back
Be specific, descriptive, Focus on something that the person can act, balance the positive and negative, talk to the person now, choose one or two things the person can concentrate on, avoid inferences, use all aspects of communcation
Presentation Anxiety
A physiological response to stress
Causes of Presentation Anxiety
Fear of Negative Criticism, fear of the audience, avoidance, past experience, chemical imbalance
3 Sources of Confidence
Prepare, Relax, Practice
3 Employability Skills
Fundamental Skills, Teamwork Skills, Personal Management Skills
Fundamental Skills
The ability to use numbers, think and solve problems, and manage information
Teamwork Skills
The ability to work with others and participate in projects and tasks
Personal Management Skills
The ability to learn and adapt, be responsible, and have positive attitudes and behaviours
Meetings are
empowering, a great way to communicate, a way to develop work skills and leadership, and are morale boosting
Opening Meetings
Start on time, review the agenda at the beginning, note meeting recorder to take minutes, clarify roles
Time Management
Need to keep the process moving, ask attendees to help you keep track of the time