People and Talents

                                   A reflection exercise based on a case study. How did your interpretation of the message change from one modality to the next? The tone in the email sounded rude while reading in my mind, and I found myself making unpleasant comments to myself, such as “I am tired and exhausted” and “Can't this wait till tomorrow?”. And there was no feedback on my comments. Also, the text formatting and paragraphing were just so boring to read, and the purpose of the email was embedded somewhere in the text lines.  I felt the tone was calmer in the audio, and the request sounded like I could put in some effort to get over the data needed. This also allowed me to get to this at a time when I was not busy. While in the face-to-face communication, my request got my full attention as I looked at the person speaking. I believe I could...

Recently, I was involved in planning an event for a friend. The event was agreed to be implemented almost six months before the event. There were many stakeholders involved in getting a date for the event. The date was eventually chosen based on her elder brother’s availability. With the date set, many event components had to be taken care of. Getting a space, the food menu, who would be in charge of buying, cooking, and serving the food, logistics for the chairs and tables, decoration team, graphics team, and tech teams to handle microphones, speakers, and switch on generators should electricity be an issue. My area has many local dishes, and the goal was to capture as much of the variety of local dishes as possible. Decisions around setting up the hall, where guests would sit, where the food tables would be mounted, and even the entire day’s program was still to be decided upon, as well as wrap-up and cleaning. Initially, a budget was set for the event, and family members were tasked...