WHAT IF?: Elevator Speech

WHAT IF?

image But what if things don’t work out as shown? Test your ability to adapt your communication by watching the What if? videos and planning a response for each situation below.

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image How could you quickly organize your thoughts when you are unprepared and say, “Well, of course, it’s marine biology. Oh, well, you know that. Sorry.”

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Chapter 14: How could you quickly organize your thoughts when you are unprepared and say, “Well, of course, it’s marine biology. Oh, well, you know that. Sorry.”

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image When you use complicated or vague language—“This semester we’ve been running a lot of data correlating levels of CO2 and the impact on our atmosphere…”—how can you adapt to confused listeners?

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Chapter 14: When you use complicated or vague language—“This semester we’ve been running a lot of data correlating levels of CO2 and the impact on our atmosphere…”—how can you adapt to confused listeners?