Is always very helpful! Much Appreciated. :) Sherrillann

What are the difference from creative versus technical writing?

My colleague and I have found that including vivid, interactive videos throughout the meat of the presentation really helps to keep the audience involved. Often times we will include animated visuals that the audience can relate to, that spark curiosity, and/or that convey our point in a humorous way. We then only use our words to supplement the information they gain from the visuals. This helps push the informality of our speaking environments. It also lets our audience know that we are as relaxed as they are, and confident enough about the subject matter that we can play and have fun while getting our point across. I'd love to hear your experiences with visual presentations!

This course allowed me to see how I may have been unexpectedly failing to listen to our students. I multi task and often I am doing computer work while conversing. I now see how this can be mistaken for poor listening or less than sincere interest in what students are communicating to me.

I found this writing to be very helpful.

I have never found this to be a successful or productive endeavor. Unless the boss's behavior is immoral, unethical or illegal, I have found that no matter how tactful or constructive the feedback these communications usually do not go well. This is an obvious testament to the vocational endeavors I have pursued, coupled with the industry's typical leadership style.

Hello, Many times I've been handed difficult students or alumni to help and career advise. I first LISTEN, ask questions but being careful not to prob to much were they mught feel uncomfortable. 8/10 times I realize that they missed a small step on how they behave towards others negative comments. I reintroduce the issue and allow them to problem solve and they give them m y constrictive opinion. Thank you, Cynthia De La Puente

Explain the definition of verbal and non verbal language... The importance of visual aids...

What are the rules on Instructor texting students back...

Feedback can be hard for all parties involved. It is very key that all parties that are involved are on the same page.

Do you find that when communicating with multiple people within a work team, that you must use different communication styles to accomodate different personalities?

What are your thoughts on the reading and understanding of emails to employees? Sometiems the wrong wording can communicate things incorrectly, can't it?

I learning that coaching is about performance problem and mentoring is about career development.

I feel this training was helpful not only for myself, but when also dealing with people who are not comfortable or well experienced in relating feedback to others (especially with difficult subjects/topics).

How do you have the "tough conversations" with employees who feel that they are having these with their subordinates?

I currently coach/manage an instructor who is 40 years older than me and has about as much teaching experience. He is therefore very set in his ways and is constantly comparing education today to when he was in school. He is always frustrated, saying that students don't have the same dedication or discipline these days. While I agree on one hand, I also see that the world is a different place, and these students have responsibilities and priorities that didn't exist 40 years ago. My question is, how can I get him to open his mind to the evolution of education and stop being such a curmudgeon?

I currently coach/manage an instructor who is 40 years older than me and has about as much teaching experience. He is therefore very set in his ways and is constantly comparing education today to when he was in school. He is always frustrated, saying that students don't have the same dedication or discipline these days. While I agree on one hand, I also see that the world is a different place, and these students have responsibilities and priorities that didn't exist 40 years ago. My question is, how can I get him to open his mind to the evolution of education and stop being such a curmudgeon?

Rather than make a comment I would like to ask a question I hope will help me. I teach and lecture young adults mostly from the millennium generation on an almost daily basis and I've noticed a change. My colleagues and I have noticed a lack of investment when lecturing to this generation compared to other generations we've seen, they seem preoccupied. After lecturing I'm constantly asking myself if I'm getting through to this generation of young people. I use a lot of the techniques used in this course such as using a hook to get their attention, I define my purpose, I make sure they understand the value of my topic and I give a brief overview of the lecture. I also get them involved by asking questions and getting them to comment but most of the time its like pulling teeth. After working through the course I believe for the most part I'm doing what the course suggests and I realize there is always room for improvement which I'm constantly working on. With that said my question is this. Is it harder or different to present to the ME generation compared to other generations? If it is more difficult is there anything I can do to help get them more invested or involved that would be specific to this generation? Also, do you know of any research or articles on this generation that could be of help? Thank you, Val

I felt that the course on presentation was very beneficial. I have presented in front of different audiences and learned new techniques for successfully presenting. Although there is more than one way to execute a presentation, the first thing to do is to understand fully what your trying to present to other and helping them understand why they are there to listen to you in the first place.

The saying a spoon full of honey makes the medicine go down is very discriptive for useing a positive statement to open a coaching tecq. positive reinforcement makes it a little eaiser to digest the more negative words the coachee may hear. if positive statements start the conversation then it can sometimes lessen the more negative words opening the coachee to hearing constructivbe critizsm.