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Learner Expectation
We communicate with one another in complex and varied ways. How we move, use our voice, interact with space, and engage our breathing patterns while speaking words or while listening to others, all contribute to the communication process. This Lesson introduces a methodology that makes the classification of movement, intention, breath, and speech accessible and expedient for individuals in need of a unique communication strategy to address their personal use case. To be strategic in our communication we need a skillset. Let’s start by answering some questions.
What is Strategic Communication? Why does it matter? How does It work? What makes it mine? And, at the foundation of the methodology: how do we classify Fundamental Skills?
Learner Milestones
- Understand the three fundamental concepts present in effective Communication StrategiesÂ
- Employed Given Circumstances as a critical communication analysis toolÂ
- Recognize what fundamental skills are present in your everyday communicationÂ
- Recognize that patterns of verbal and nonverbal cues are interpreted during the meaning-making processÂ
- Understand that the Approximation of new skills is key to developing your own relationship to novel conceptsÂ
- Perceive how practicing a wide variety of new patterns can help you to better interpret the communicative intentions and preferences of othersÂ
- Understand how concepts and patterns work differently for each personÂ
- Perceive that personalizing a skillset requires deliberate practice, observation, and adjustmentÂ
- Prioritize practicing new skills during everyday low-risk communication opportunitiesÂ
- Recognize that discovering what communication styles and tools you prefer is useful when you have a clear understanding of why you prefer them – that understanding comes from implementation and reflectionÂ
- Familiarize yourself with the building blocks of verbal and nonverbal communication
