communicating effectively - part 1 know yourself

CommunicatinCommunicating Effectively:g Effectively:

Know YourselfKnow Yourself

Know yourselfKnow yourself

Know your audienceKnow your audience

Know your messageKnow your message

Know your channelsKnow your channels

Social/economic/experience

What Makes

You You

Birth Order

Personality Type and Temperament

Learning Style

Phase of Life

Spiritual Development

Culture

Gender

Generational Concerns

Education

Birth Order

What Makes

You YouPersonality Type and Temperament


What Makes

You You

Birth Order


Learning Style

Phase of Life


Culture

Gender


Education

Multiple Multiple IntelligencesIntelligences

Verbal-Linguistic

Math-Logic

Spatial

Bodily-Kinesthetic

Musical

Interpersonal

Intrapersonal

Naturalist

Multiple IntelligencesMultiple Intelligences Harvard professor Howard Gardner developed the multiple intelligences theory which Harvard professor Howard Gardner developed the multiple intelligences theory which notes that all humans possess at least eight areas of intelligence relating to a specific area of the brain. He warns against using notes that all humans possess at least eight areas of intelligence relating to a specific area of the brain. He warns against using multiple intelligences to label learners and instead encourages recognizing that all of us need all of the intelligences, interacting with multiple intelligences to label learners and instead encourages recognizing that all of us need all of the intelligences, interacting with one another, to achieve genuine understanding. While we have access to all, we also have our preferences. What’s yours?one another, to achieve genuine understanding. While we have access to all, we also have our preferences. What’s yours?

Intelligence Area Is strong in: Likes to: Learns best through:

Math-Logic

Intrapersonal

Naturalist

Spatial

Bodily-Kinesthetic

Musical

Interpersonal

Reading, writing, telling stories, memorizing dates, thinking in words

Math, reasoning, logic, problem-solving, patterns

Reading, maps, charts, drawing,mazes, puzzles, visualization

Athletics, dancing, acting,crafts, using tools

Singing, picking up sounds, remembering melodies, rhythms

Leading, organizing, communicating, resolving conflicts, selling

Understanding self, recognizing strengths and weaknesses, goals

Understanding nature, making distinctions, identifying flora and fauna

Read, write, tell stories, talk, memor-ize, work @ puzzles

Solve problems, question, work with numbers, experiment

Design, draw, build, create, daydream, look @ pictures

Move around, touch & talk, body language

Sing, hum, play an instrument, listen to music

Have friends, talk to people, join groups

Work alone, reflect, pursue interests

Be involved with nature, make distinctions

Reading, hearing and seeing words, speaking, writing, discussing & debating

Working with patterns & relationships, classifying, categorizing, working with the abstract

Working with pictures & colors, visualizing, using the mind’s eye, drawing

Touching, moving, processing knowledge through bodily sensations

Rhythm, melody, singing, listening to music & melodies

Sharing, comparing, relating, interviewing, cooperating

Working alone, doing self-paced projects, having space, reflecting

Working in nature, exploring living things, learning about plants & natural events

Verbal-Linguistic Stories

Statistics

Shots & Scenes

Something To Do

Songs

Something To Think About

Something To Talk About


What Makes

You You

Birth Order


Learning Style

Phase of Life


Culture

Gender


Education

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“History shapes generations and generations shape history.” William Strauss and Neil Howe, The Fourth Turning


What Makes

You You

Birth Order


Learning Style

Phase of Life


Culture

Gender


Education


What Else Do I What Else Do I Need to Know?Need to Know?


What Makes

Them Them

Birth Order


Learning Style

Phase of Life


Culture

Gender


Education

““I’m a I’m a teacher.”teacher.”

““I teach I teach to change to change

lives.”lives.”

““I want I want to meet to meet needs.”needs.”

Neighborhood Needs Map

Unemployment Truancy

Slum housingBroken families

Gangs

Child Abuse

Crime

Grafitti

Mental disability

Welfare recipients

Lead poisoning Dropouts

Source: Building Communities from the Inside Out by Kretzmann & McKnight

““I want to I want to help you help you

achieve your achieve your vision.”vision.”

Community Assets Map

Businesses Schools

Block clubsChurches

Parks

YouthElderly

Artists

Labeled people

Cultural Groups

Hospitals Community colleges

Income

Local Institutions

Citizens’ Associations

Gifts of Individuals

Source: Building Communities from the Inside Out by Kretzmann & McKnight

What’s best for your audience? • Phone call• Text• Face to face• Letter/card• Skype (or similar)• Website• Facebook• Twitter• Instagram• LinkedIn• Etc.

Grab attention

Make the point

Support the point

Create closure

(Think of your audience and what will surprise,

amuse, or challenge them.)

(Do this step FIRST!)

(Here’s where you explain or further develop your point.)

(What do you want people to do as a result? Tell them!)


What Else Do I What Else Do I Need to Know?Need to Know?

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