Non-Verbal Communication Ted Talk Videos Review
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Respond to the videos with an overall assessment of the importance of nonverbal communications and thoughts on the videos. Think about your preferred nonverbal tendencies and the messages you are conveying.
Share your own observations of the role nonverbal communication played in your interactions this week. Report to the discussion group on how effective you think your nonverbal communications were in the interactions you observed on the worksheet. How did you adapt your nonverbal communication to deliver more effective messages, and where do you think you might need to improve? Additionally, were you more aware of other's nonverbal communications this week?
As you watch these four videos, think about the nonverbal communications that are your preferred behaviors and consider what message you are conveying. Are you sometimes sending the wrong message and are you potentially misreading others. Use what you learn from these videos to answer this week's discussion questions.
TED Talk: How Body Language and Micro Expressions Predict Success - Patryk & Kasia Wezowski
Video link: http://bit.ly/1Nan0Vy Links to an external site.
TED Talk: Body language, the power is in the palm of your hands, Allan Pease TEDx Macquarie University
Video link: http://bit.ly/1tvJFiDLinks to an external site.
TED Talk: How to kill your body language Frankenstein and inspire the villagers: Scott Rouse at TEDx Nashville
Video link: http://bit.ly/1NxpwFnLinks to an external site.
TED Talk: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are, Amy Cuddy
Video link: http://bit.ly/1bprGjR
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The solution provides information, assistance and advise in tackling the task (see above) on the topic of non-verbal communication. It looks at a series of Ted Talk videos featuring the topic (see problem) and provides insight on each of them. An outline is suggested. A Word (.doc) version is attached.
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Hi and thank you for using Brainmass. The solution below should get you started. In this particular task, you are asking for help in putting together a discussion on body language and micro-expressions. I suggest using this outline:
1. Nonverbal Observations & communication on the week - 200 words
2. Video reactions - 150 words each x 4
3. Resources
This outline should yield up to 800 words, which should cover what you need. You can use the listed resources to further explore the topic. Just let me know via the feedback section if you need further clarification. A word version is attached. Since you are being asked to place item #1 in a worksheet, you can take ideas listed here and apply accordingly. All the best with your studies.
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AE 105878/Xenia Jones
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Non-Verbal Communication
Following the information from this week's non-verbal course topic, I became a bit more aware of what was being communicated non-verbally, either by myself or by others around me, as part of effective communication both as a speaker and a listener. Non-verbal communication is made up of visual, tactile, vocal & time/space/image elements (Wertheim 2008). For example, what we see as body language, as facial expressions, as eye movements, postures and gestures can fall into the visual elements. The use of touch like a handshake or a pat falls under the tactile heading, the intonation or how one speaks or how certain words are spoken can elicit meaning and expressions and one's actions of arriving in time for a meeting (or the reverse), people giving us respectful space when talking, and the way we dress and present ourselves all have impact in non-verbal communication (Wertheim 2008).
I had a meeting with a group at work this week. I arrived 5 minutes prior but there was someone else earlier than me. She was sitting in the meeting room, waiting for everyone to arrive. When I entered, she gave me a respectful nod and her face was welcoming and peaceful. She was professionally dressed and was sitting with a good posture. She was reviewing notes, which I presume was for the meeting. In return, I also greeted her in a friendly manner and engaged her in a quick ...
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