PART 1- Module 1 – DISCUSSION
Goal & Organizational Pattern
Identify a TED Talk that uses a persuasive presentation. As you watch, try to identify the speaker’s goal and organizational pattern.
Based on the descriptions in Chapter 12 of various types of persuasive presentations:
· Would you consider the presentation successful?
· Which of the speaker’s strategies did you find effective?
· Which strategies did you find ineffective?
· Did the presentation illustrate ethical persuasion?
· How did the speaker establish credibility?
· Explain your answers and provide examples.
Read
· Adler, R., Maresh-Fuehrer, M., Elmhorst, J.M., & Lucas, K. (2023). Communicating at work (13th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
o Chapter 1: Communicating at Work
o Chapter 9: Type of Business Presentations and Their Audiences
Submission Instructions:
- The essay is to be clear and concise and scholars will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, misspelling, and incorrect APA format.
- Your initial post should be at least 200 words; formatted and cited accurately in the current APA style with support from your textbook and at least 1 other academic source. Remember to include the TED Talk in your references.
PART 2- Module 1 – ASSIGNMENT
Communicating at Work
· You will need at least three work days to properly prepare this assignment.
· Complete the textbook activity in Chapter 1 “1. Invitation to Insight”
· Determine which organizational interactions (downward communication, upward communication, or horizontal communication) discussed in Chapter 1 of the textbook you use most in your workplace.
· Describe one of the situations that went wrong at your workplace that you recorded in your three-day log.
· What are the areas you identified as desirable in improving your communication skills?
· Based on what you read in Chapter 1, what was the cause of the communication breakdown? How would you approach solving the conflict?
· Outline your paper with the template Download template (LINK ATTACHED).
· Length: 4 pages, double-spaced
LINK: https://www.mediafire.com/file/9lag2lcrbz2d8dg/Short+Essay+Outline+Template.docx/file
Submission Instructions:
· The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.
· The paper is to be 4 pages in length double-spaced, current APA style, excluding the title and reference page.
· Incorporate a minimum of 5 current references (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
Required Textbook(s):Adler, R., Maresh-Fuehrer, M., Elmhorst, J.M., & Lucas, K. (2023). Communicating at work (13thed.). McGraw-Hill Education.Print: 9781264305087eBook: 9781266279287