For engineers & manufacturers (or employees working in the engineering or manufacturing industry) seeking to maximize their day-to-day interpersonal and small-group (team) communications. This program will focus on the value of reducing uncertainty amongst audiences in an effort to forge stronger relationships that ultimately produce better decision making and a reduction in ineffective small-group communication dynamics. Participants will learn how to deliver more impactful communications in the workplace setting as a result of stronger small-group communication best practices

Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Understand the foundations of effective (small group) communication and the value it serves in all areas of their professional (and personal) lives.
• Understand the value of self-awareness and a process for increasing self-awareness amongst small groups and teams
• Utilize the process of self-disclosure to build greater rapport with co-workers with an aim to create and sustain healthy and functional work relationships
• Understand the values and best practices of contemporary active listening and be able to avoid common barriers to effective listening.
• Be capable of utilizing active listening skills in an effort to reduce uncertainty in various communication encounters.
• Be able to apply principles and best practices of audience analysis, including knowledge of learning styles and motivations to craft more effective and persuasive day-to-day communications
• Be able to craft and deliver messages appropriately given an audience’s involvement, valence, and/or attitude towards the topic/content (e.g. positive audience, negative audience, apathetic audience, etc.)
• Be capable of applying perspective taking techniques (empathy) in an effort to de-escalate and/or avoid interpersonal inter-team conflict when possible.

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For engineers & manufacturers (or employees working in the engineering or manufacturing industry) that want (or need) to improve their formal presentation skills using more contemporary approaches. Today’s audiences want presentations that are compelling, memorable, and brief! The program will cover how to produce brief presentations that are engaging and will also introduce the principles of storytelling to help attendees turn their presentations into more memorable moments.

Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Apply audience analysis techniques to ensure your content and delivery method are maximized for the target audience
• Understand the value of active self-awareness and practicing an audience first mentality when it comes to delivering a message
• Apply foundational communication theory to help make decisions about what content to include, how to organize content, and how to utilize themes to connect content
• Apply techniques to establish credibility and benefit from increased perceptions of trustworthiness and expertise in presentations
• Improve the style of your presentation through strategic content organization
• Utilize basic storytelling and narrative techniques to increase audience attention and overall engagement
• Develop a more dynamic style of delivery through increased awareness of contemporary speaking techniques and concepts
• Apply delivery tips and best practices for use in (social) media interviews, podcasts, promotional videos, and other high-pressure speaking moments

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For engineers & manufacturers (or employees working in the engineering or manufacturing industry) that want (or need) to improve their formal presentation skills using more contemporary approaches. Today’s audiences want presentations that are compelling, memorable, and brief! The program will cover how to produce brief presentations that are engaging and will also introduce the principles of storytelling to help attendees turn their presentations into more memorable moments.

Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Understand and apply best practices of virtual meetings with an emphasis on effective digital presentation norms
• Understand the distinct affordances and characteristics of communication channels used within their organization and their influence on message impact and relational rapport
• Apply theoretically grounded communication principles to identify and select the most effective and appropriate channels of communication given the sender, message, and receiver (audience).
• Facilitate a shared understanding of hybrid communication norms and best practices within their team and/or workplace.
• Identify the characteristics, advantages, and/or barriers to effective communication in multi-modal workplace meetings
  • Multi-modal refers to scenarios in which groups or teams come together to meet using multiple communication channels (e.g., face to face and virtual meeting software)
• Apply a set of shared strategies with their team for overcoming barriers to effective communication in a multi-modal workplace setting (e.g., team meetings)

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