by talksmartly | Jun 28, 2015 | Listening, Marketing, Public Speaking
Marketing: Who do you think you’re talking to? Prior to becoming an instructor, I worked for a time as the brand manager of a medium-sized community. I was tasked with hiring a marketing research/creative firm, facilitating their work, and managing the brand....
by talksmartly | Jun 18, 2015 | Culture, Perception
The “Nest:” the Birthplace of Perception One morning as I went out to work in my flower bed, I found a baby robin hopping about the front yard. The anxious mother I am, I immediately sensed she was in danger and wanted to “save” her by putting her in her nest. In my...
by talksmartly | Jun 9, 2015 | Relationship
Is THIS love? In class when we discuss verbal communication (the words that we use to communicate), we talk about how language is both abstract (it denotes something but is not the actual thing) and ambiguous (it has more than one meaning). Yet we human...
by talksmartly | Jun 1, 2015 | Perception, Public Speaking, Self-Talk
One of the most dreaded components of my Introduction to Communications class is public speaking. Consistently when requesting first-day, “tell me your concerns” feedback from students I learn that they “hate” public speaking. I’m not...
