I don't know about you, but I really entertained by Jody's presentation today. Not only that, but I was able to make a lot of connections to what we are learning and will learn in Interpersonal Communication. I've heard the Power Talk presentation done by five or so different speakers, and I have to admit that Jody brought a whole new perspective! Here are a few of the concepts I can connect:
1) Culture. Right away, we, as a group, noticed that Jody represented a different culture when he said, "Y'all." He addressed it and identified who he was (clarified the difference), which made us all a little more comfortable.
2) Physical nose. I noticed quite a few examples of physical noise beyond the obvious during the presentation today. One big one was the technology not working. The squeaky band stand was one, too, but he covered that awkwardness well. The bells during the speech was one, too. That one represented out culture at the high school, because we all knew why it rang, but Jody didn't.
3) Psychological noise. That one was for me. I got a little internally distracted every time Jody said "y'all and "crud" for some reason. It was distracting. The blue screen when the technology switched off got me distracted, too.
4) Listening. We'll spend all of chapter 4 talking about the concept of listening, like listening vs. hearing and how to be an active listener. That will all come back.
5) Perspective. Jody mentioned this a few times. We'll get into that in Chapter 3. I even found a new video to show for that this past weekend.
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