Drawing on your knowledge of Emotional Intelligence, watch and consider the following Ted Talks:How to Have Better Conversations(Links to an external site.)andHow to Speak So People Want to Listen(Links to an external site.). Please also complete the reading for Rosenberg'sNonViolent CommunicationChapters 1-2 before attempting this week's discussions.
Additional reading to inform your response(s) is Naomi Shihab Nye's Poem,"Kindness"(Links to an external site.).
after completing the reading for this module (Ch 1, Ch 2 in Rosenberg), watching the two designated Ted Talks, and exploring Nye's poem, respond to the following:
A) In each of the assigned. who is the author/speaker's audience? How do you know? Be as specific as possible in identifying who you believe he/she is speaking to/means to speak to. What is their purpose? Again, how do you know? What key words or phrases do they use to tip you off? Finally, how would you describe their tone, and again, what gives it away?
B) For each, how does the tone help (or hinder) their purpose in reaching their audience?
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