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Set in an ironically dysfunctional office environment, this dramatization introduces viewers to the strengths and limitations of spoken, written, and visual forms of communication; common barriers to good communication; and ways to overcome those barriers. Examples of communication disconnects are combined with tips on phone etiquette, speaking in meetings and one-on-one, writing e-mails and letters, and body language. Communication-killers are then...
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When a person has to rush to work in his pajamas because he's overslept (and, incidentally, his house has been demolished by accident while he was asleep in it), it's the start of what can only be a very bad day. This humorously surreal dramatization tracks "pajama man" around the office to make serious points about verbal vs. nonverbal and formal vs. informal communication; how communication can break down due to misunderstanding or distraction;...
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This program guides viewers through an E.A.S.Y. communication process. Students learn constructive communications by identifying the Effect they hope to achieve; understanding the knowledge and attitude of their Audience; explaining the Subject with specific and organized information; and seeing the positive effects of knowing and understanding Yourself.
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This video helps viewers learn how to accept and benefit from the differences in team members' backgrounds, discover the traps to avoid when participating in team meetings, and how to ask for specific performance feedback to ensure continuous improvement. It teaches users to communicate effectively in a team by accepting diversity, participating in meetings, and asking for feedback.
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This program is intended to teach people how to be interesting and effective while asking questions. Topics in this stimulating video include why we need to ask questions, the difference between closed questions and open questions, questions in a group, motivating questions, questions to use more carefully, and using silence.
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Gain a powerful formula for leading discussions in the boardroom and training room with this helpful video. The program will help you control meetings, keep time, and ensure that outcomes are achieved. The seven point formula will guide anyone looking to manage meetings effectively, with such topics as identifying objectives, managing time effectively, resolving conflict, and listing action.
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Body language can tell us about feelings, motivations, and attitudes. This video teaches viewers that understanding body language can help improve their communication. Topics covered in this program include being aware of your own body language; learning to read others' body language; body language for presentations; and body language for selling, conflict, and becoming more expressive.
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Are you involved in leading group discussions? If so, you'll want to ensure productive contributions, manage group dynamics, and achieve planned outcomes. Facilitation means "making it easy." In this video, you'll learn five common mistakes to avoid that new and even experienced facilitators make. Subjects covered include no clear plan, lose control, any discussion is good, uneven participation, no focus on results, and recommendations for new facilitators....
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There are five ways to communicate non-verbally: appearance, face, body, speech, and position. This fascinating program provides an introduction to body language, teaching viewers how to interpret it, how to respond to it, and how to increase awareness of your own body language and that of others.
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How do you excite an unresponsive group? What about dealing with over-talkative individuals? Are there ways to steer a discussion, and what do you do when no one asks questions? This program has the answers to these and other burning questions on leading group discussions.
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As leaders, managers, team leaders, and members, we often hear we need to develop and improve our communication skills. This program shows seven steps to put into practice straight away, including identifying a checklist of skills, getting feedback from others, summarizing skills that need development, developing skills, actively experimenting with new skills, evaluating progress, and celebrating your success.
12) Debates
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With an election looming, it’s time for Eve, President of the Entire Earth, to find out if she got this job simply because of her height or whether she’s got the right stuff. What does a debate involve? How can she win it? Who is her mystery opponent? And just how displeasing is wasp pie?
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Eve has barely warmed up her Presidential office chair and a crisis is already looming. Watch the lunacy unfold as Eve scrambles to deliver her first big oral presentation with help from her future self. Can she achieve the unthinkable and prevent an unhinged alien from annihilating Earth? And more importantly, how can she get out of wearing ugly Presidential hats and badges?
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Ruling the planet isn’t quite the piece of cake Eve expected. The crew is battling cabin fever and Eve needs to prepare a ceremonial message for Universe Day with no time to spare. Will a crash course in audience engagement be enough to help Eve win over the entire universe?
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Language is a crucial part of human identity. It influences the way we think, talk, and write about ourselves and others. In this program, the relationship between language and identity is explored as we follow Detective Quinn’s investigation of a bank robbery. Listen to the interviews of four witnesses with very different ways of speaking: Queen’s English, Australian ocker, business jargon, and hip-hop. At the end of each witness statement, information...
16) Young & Gifted, Christopher Duffley, 15, Blind and Autistic Teen Inspiring Others With His Voice
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The YouTube sensation and podcaster is using his talents to inspire people with disabilities.
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Communication is the transferring of information from one person to another and helps us in making new friends. The development of communication skills in children can help build positive interpersonal relationships. Effective communication skills help children to manage their emotions and to solve conflict without violence. Verbal and non-verbal skills are investigated, demonstrating why children need to be aware that there are different communication...
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This insightful video teaches viewers how to avoid the pitfalls and learn to sell a new idea in ten easy steps. Be committed yourself, less is more, know benefits, build coalitions of support, use multiple senses, use logical sequence of questions, show passion and conviction, anticipate objections, close the sale, body language, and overselling are the topics discussed in this program.
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Managing conflict effectively is essential to a productive work environment. This program plays out some of the potential conflicts that can occur in an aged care facility, shows the negative responses to disagreements, and then offers practical techniques to better deal with disagreements in a health care setting. Actors demonstrate how conflicts between staff and relatives can often be resolved by using fogging and negative assertion; how tension...