Initial Post Step 1: Visit the library or do an Internet search, find a speech that teaches you one new skill or idea. The speech may be published in a book or newspaper, recorded in an audio file, or recorded on video. Provide the speech content into your initial post. Read or listen to the speech and identify the transitions the speaker has used. Please write down the transitions for your information, do not enclose them in the post. THE TRANSITIONS (WHERE ARE THEY, WHERE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL, WHY WHERE THEY USE). Include the link or a way for the other students to view the speech. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SUBMIT THE WHOLE SPEECH! -WRITE ABOUT WHAT THE SPEECH TAUGHT YOU, PROVIDE THE CONTENT IN YOUR WORDs, OR PICK OUT PHRASES WITHIN THE SPEECH. Back it up with experts in the field and cite them. Reply Response Step 1: Email format: In the response post, you will identify the transitions of the speech from the initial post. Identify the shifts (where are they, where they are successful, why where they used). Find research that supports your comments and look for value-added statements. Review the original poster review of the speech and their responses. Back it up with experts in the field and cite them. You must post ONE response, The original post, a response post, and lastly, the initial poster comparisons. Tips: Many students ask me how many sentences are supposed to be in a paragraph? A paragraph should be 100 to 200 words long or be no more than five or six sentences. Your replies will need to be formal and be at least a paragraph. You will learn to apply the concepts covered in the course regarding your daily communication encounters and opportunities by taking the idea (s) and reflecting upon how the phenomenon is enacted in your personal, professional, academic, and work life. Discussion Questions are opportunities for you to exercise (practical application) what you learn in each chapter. The objective is to improve as you go through each chapter’s goals, reflected in the grading. Remember, you will not be great at this starting because many have not learned to write formally or in a business environment. So be patient, read the book and the feedback, and ask questions along the way! Here are the objectives and expectations you will learn throughout the course: Pretend your peers/classmates are your co-workers in this course, not your best friends. Typically, I see many with DQ responses. Students write informally to friends. The object is to write in a FORMAL reaction, which we do in business every day. Avoid judgment statements (only using facts, data, and research). Remove the “I” in your writing and make it about facts and analysis you have learned. Remember to cite your sources after the salutation. Would you please use other sources besides your book? Do some online research on the topics! The discussion questions cannot be made up. DQs are based on the weekly chapter(s) outlined in the class schedule. You will be answering these questions through Canvas, under the discussion icon. The discussion questions will be posted on Monday and are due by Sunday at 11:59 pm. Search entries or author
