Assertiveness techniques

Assertiveness is probably the key factor to reach an effective communication.It is profitable for all those who apply it. You never leave behind your objective but at the same time you can listen the other and try to reach an agreement. It is the half way between a passive attitude and an aggressive one. Many people cannot understand this concept well. Apart from the theoretical part, the best way to practice a skill is by applying it constantly. Now we can see a video a with leant techniques such as: the broken record technique, the fogging one, the basic assertation, the emphatic assertion, the consequence assertion, the discrepancy assertion and the negative feeling assertion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7VyeceJ4ek

Prezi presentations.

What is a prezi presentation?
Prezi  is a presentation tool that can be used as an alternative to traditional slide making programs such as PowerPoint. Instead of slides, Prezi makes use of one large canvas that allows you to pan and zoom to various parts of the canvas and emphasize the ideas presented there. Prezi supports the use of text, images, and videos and also provides a collection of templates to choose from to help new users get accustomed to the interface.
Here is a video by the prezi company explaining why choosing prezi in your presentations rather than other methods.

PechaKucha.org

PechaKucha or Pecha Kucha  is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (six minutes and 40 seconds in total). The format, which keeps presentations concise and fast-paced, powers multiple-speaker events called PechaKucha Nights .

PechaKucha Night was devised in February 2003 by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Tokyo's Klein-Dytham Architecture as a way to attract people to SuperDeluxe, their experimental event space in Roppongi, and to allow young designers to meet, show their work, and exchange ideas.

This PechaKucha format is frecuently used to make a breif and concise presentation in order to get to the receptor as many information as possible.

http://www.pechakucha.org/

Accenture workshop

In this trimester, the 12^th February at UEM campus, we have the opportunity to assist to a workshop organized by Accenture. So yo may be thinking what is Accenture?Here is a video explaining...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj6wv204Kpo

In our case,as a first year student of engineering  the workshop was about effective communication . In this workshop we listened to some members of Accenture Spain explaining how to make an effective communication and why is it so important.

This workshop was not just a way to learn something about communication, it made us the opportunity to know a big company such as Accenture and maybe in a future work with them.

The importance of voice modulation.

Professional speakers are like actors on stage, they perform to sell an idea or product to their audience with their voice, facial expression and gestures.  They demonstrate their enthusiasm with showmanship not just by reading their speech or delivering a carefully memorized one, but in a passionate rendition that will trigger the same response from their audience.

In public speaking, it is the voice that should be most of all commanding.  It should be clear and loud enough to be heard by the farthest of audience in the room or hall where you are speaking. Nothing is more frustrating for an audience than having to strain their ears to hear a speaker who whisper, mumble or stutter and having to pucker their foreheads to try to understand their perplexing diction.

Practice delivering your speech before the actual presentation and record it and listen to yourself.  If it is not what you would like to listen to, then improve on it. Practice more, aim to be understood clearly, pronounce your words well and pause to stress a point. 

Not all great speakers are born with great voices, but they learned to improve their voices by vocal exercises  and  constant practice.  So, follow what they are doing,  rehearse often and exercise your vocal chords  to make your voice come out loud and clear, then learn how to modulate to make it pleasing to your audience’s ears.

Asperger syndrome.

Asperger syndrome is a form of autisim, which is a lifelong disability that affects how a person makes sense of the world, processes information and relates to other people. Autism is often described as a 'spectrum disorder' because the condition affects people in many different ways and to varying degrees.

Asperger syndrome is mostly a 'hidden disability'. This means that you can't tell that someone has the condition from their outward appearance. People with the condition have difficulties in three main areas. They are: social communication, social interaction and social imagination.

While there are similarities with autism, people with Asperger syndrome have fewer problems with speaking and are often of average, or above average, intelligence. They do not usually have the accompanying learning disabilities associated with autism, but they may have specific learning difficulties. These may include dyslexia and dyspraxia or other conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and epilepsy.

http://www.autism.org.uk/about-autism/autism-and-asperger-syndrome-an-introduction/what-is-asperger-syndrome.aspx

The importance of writing a good email.

Nowadays, as technology evolves, the use of emails is getting more used by everyone. An email could be sent to friends, family, in your work, asking for information..

A very important part of an email is how to write it, it depends on who you are writing to and also for what. You will not write the same to your boss asking for a salary rise than asking if he wants to get a cofee in your break. Also you will not write to your relatives telling them bad news than asking what are the going to do on holidays.
The structure should be correct in every type of email because the other person should have the opportunity to understand it in every content. One of the most important part of an email has to be the subject because the receptor can see in just one line what is about the email and if it is importat or not