Effective Communication: Understanding Talk Cards and Card Games - Prof. William A. Donahu, Study notes of Communication and Development studies

Download Effective Communication: Understanding Talk Cards and Card Games - Prof. William A. Donahu and more Study notes Communication and Development studies in PDF only on Docsity! Communications William Donohue Donohue@msu.edu Card Talk: winning communication games Goal: connection 1. Impacting each other’s attitudes, values and behaviors by message exchange 2. the sense that the other is really listening and involved in the interaction. III. Card Talk a. talk cards a. a set of messages associated with a role. Each time we communicate we play a role in the situation-friend, roommate, spouse, mom. b. We switch back and forth between the cars we are capable of playing c. Each card message consits of i. Content or topics- subject matter of the message ii. Style: friendliness, formality, power iii. It is the whole message package consisting of both verbal and nonverbal elements b. what cars does bill have? a. Professor card b. Dad card c. Guy card d. Friend card c. Dad card a. What topics should dads be able to talk about? b. What styles should they use? i. How friendly? ii. How formal or informal? iii. How powerful or indirect d. Talk Games a. The goal the message seeks to accomplish e. Card Deck a. Set of cards available to play a game b. Personal deck: for friends and family c. Professional deck: for work-related games f. Card hand a. Cards we have in our hand to play a game b. Example: teaching a game requires a professor card, a friend card, and a comedian card g. How do cards work? a. Card selection: which card is best to accomplish my goal? b. Topic selection: which topic on the card is best?