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27TH June 2024
Communication: Reflection on Course Concepts and Skills
A concept from the first five modules of the course that stuck with me is the idea of informative speaking (Author 4). I encountered this concept from a classmates discussion post, where they attempted to explain the different ways they use to make their speeches compelling to different audience. Informative speaking is the ability to deliver information in a way that serves the audiences specific needs and effectively captures and holds their attention. I found the concept meaningful because, in my view, it could go a long way towards strengthening social relationships both professionally and at the personal level, particularly with the generational differences that characterize the society today. The youth and teenagers may feel that their parents, guardians, teachers, or other adults they interact with do not understand them because they do not identify with the challenges they are facing today. However, by cultivating informative speaking skills, the older generation would develop innovative ways to work around generational differences to create information hunger that would enable them to build rapport with the younger ones in their care. I volunteer part time at a youth center in my neighborhood and often work closely with youth and teenagers. The skill of informative speaking would help in selecting captivating topics for the youth and teenagers, organizing speeches in an appealing way, and selecting the most appropriate...
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elderly, who are more prone to chronic illnesses, it has been challenging getting the youth to participate in the training sessions. Most of them believe such health sessions are not relevant to them, yet studies have shown that more and more young people are being diagnosed with chronic illnesses. The skill of
persuasion would help the program organizers to effectively appeal to the younger generations, and to convince them that they need to take charge of their lives through
lifestyle changes that minimize the
risk of chronic illness. Persuasion in this case would ensure education on chronic illness reaches more young people in the community, thus minimizing the incidence of such illnesses in future. It would also address the problem of low community participation rates among young people,…
