Scripture on Communication

Two scriptures that really stood out to me concerning communication were:
Colossians 4:6- "Let your speech always be with grace"
Exodus 33:11- "The Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend."

I liked these because I believe that the Savior always spoke with love and grace and it is just a reminder to me to speak with that same love. For if I can speak with love then I can truly have a stronger love for them.
I like the second one because it teaches a good principle (especially now days) of speaking face to face. They have had many New Era and ensign articles about how we should text less and communicate face to face more. I think personal communication is much more effective.

Book Chapter Videos

I am trying to get the links so you can just click and watch them but I'm running across a few problems of uploading them so I wrote what you need to write in the youtube site to be able to view them. Enjoy! (:

Perception: youtube- Finding Nemo, "Clown Fish Joke". Marlin tries to tell a joke, but it doesn't
go over so well. The other sea creatures are dissapointed with the joke because clearly he's a clown fish and is supposed to be funny!

Emotion: youtube- "That 70's Show- Eric Don't Share Your Emotions". Eric's uncle just died and Red doesn't want Eric to open up and share emotions. Funny!

Body Language: youtube- "Poor Unfortunate Souls" from Disney's The Little Mermaid. Ursula explains to Ariel that though she won't be able to speak, she has body language to help guide her. Great clip!

Language: youtube- "I Can Change the World." Written words appear as a girl read them front to bottom. Then it changes as she reads the same words bottom to top but gives a completely different meaning. Another thought provoking clip.

Communication Climate: youtube- "The Office- Work Climate." Michael wan'ts everyone to embrace eachother's differences so he has everyone post a index card on their head and has everyone else treat the person that way.

Listening: youtube- "The Office-Launch Party." Michael is lecturing about a new idea and those in the conference room are waiting for the Windows Icon to hit the corner of the computer. They cheer when it almost does and Michael feels they love what he has to say. Hilarious.

YOU Project

I had Nathan Sardoni. It was fun but a little awkward to have to sit and watch him in class, mostly because he's a member of the opposite sex and I didn't want him to think I was stalking him, which I clearly was. But let me tell you, Nathan is a funny, funny kid. You can tell he was a lot on him mind yet he doesn't speak up much in class. But when he does it's deep and profound. The kid is clearly a smart, observant boy. Not to mention he looks exactly like my friend! So as the gift I gave him it was a picture of my friend who looks and acts exactly like him. Its fun to see a picture of your twin. It was also interesting because knowing Brian (his twin) made me more comfortable and warm up quicker with Nathan even though I had never known him before. It was a great project!

What Not to Wear

My scenario was someone who was to testify not guilty in court. I wanted to dress as jailbird, I thought that would be fun, however finding a orange jump suit was difficult enough- I found no luck shopping at the DI. Intead I wore a professional looking outfit. A blazer, white button-up shirt, tights, and heels. I found this looked professional enough. Then I added some cuffs to my hands to give it away a little more. It turned out well. I acted as if i was brought into some room and had a microphone where I would respond, "yes, no, and I plead the fifth." They all guessed pretty quick. It was a fun class day seeing everyone act their part!

Non-verbal Babysitting

I babysat my niece today who is a year and a half. She can say about 4 words, which unlike the ones I choose are, Ma, Dad, Hi, and Bye. After reading this chapter and making my observations today I realized how I spent 6 hours non verbally babysitting. She couldn't tell me what she wanted, or didn't want with her words, so I had to use clues and context and gestures the entire night. Many times I was wrong, many times I was right. It was defiantly trial and error. She was very good at reading me too. She knew he limits. I didn't have to say NO to her for her to know she shouldn't do something, she could see my eyes weren't approving and that was No enough. It was fun to observe and try and conclude to what she was thinking throughout the many different scenarios of the day!

Observation Projects

I don't know about the rest of the groups, but I loved the observation projects! I'm curious to hear if any one tried the elevator one. I can only imagine how funny that must have been to see others reactions. I also wondered how accurate my observations were. Obviously we think we are making good judgments of how we perceived others by their body language and non-verbal communication but it would be interesting to find how accurate our observations were. Going off of what Brother Embree talked about in class it was cool to see that it truly is the eyes that say so much. When observing I noticed I used their body language to see actions but used their eyes just as much. Did anyone else watch others eyes closely?

Blog problems 101

Let me tell you, don't ever forget your sign in name and password. It takes too long to try and remember what you may have chose to get back in! But I'm back and wrote my password down this time (;
All my married friends have blogs, so I was wondering what I could possibly write about since I don't have a cute kid running around or a wonderful husband to brag about. So this is where "continuing the conversation" come in! (:
I just love our communications class! We learn so many cool things. I loved last class where Cami and JB had to sit in a chair and were given scenarios. I noticed how true we really even think so hard about how we sit to give the appearance we want perceived. When I went to get my Ecclesiastical Endorsement I sat in the Bishop's office, waiting for him to come in. I crossed my legs and folded my arms. Then I just thought it didn't look "professional" enough so I cupped my hands together and folded my legs to the side, just as Cami had done in class when Sister Embree said, "pretend you're sitting across from Pres. Monson." I love when we learn things in class and I see them happen in the real world!