Now We're Talking
Self Development
Professor of Communication at the University of Waterloo. Host of "Now We're Talking" a podcast about how to improve Communication Skills.
Location:
Toronto, ON
Description:
Professor of Communication at the University of Waterloo. Host of "Now We're Talking" a podcast about how to improve Communication Skills.
Twitter:
@rdanisch
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.rdanisch.com
Episodes
Episode 105 - More on the inner voice, or why not to watch Fox news
6/30/2021
In Episode 105 of Now We're Talking, we discuss the inner voice and how to improve intrapersonal communication.
Duration:00:15:54
Episode 104 - Support Responses and Shift Responses in Social Interactions
6/10/2021
In Episode 104 of Now We're Talking, we discuss the difference between support responses and shift responses in social interactions, and how we all might benefit from practicing support responses as we return to face-to-face social interactions.
Duration:00:15:43
Episode 103 - The feel, felt, found technique for persuasion
5/30/2021
In Episode 103 of Now We're Talking, we discuss the "feel, felt, found" technique for persuasion and for overcoming strong objections.
Duration:00:16:13
Episode 102 - Avoiding the cylce of mindless reciprocation
5/19/2021
In Episode 102 of Now We're Talking, we learn the dangers of the cycle of mindless reciprocation and how to avoid it.
Duration:00:16:28
Episode 101 - How conflict can bring us closer together
5/9/2021
In Episode 101, we discuss the conditions that are necessary for engaging in the kind of conflict that will bring is closer together.
Duration:00:19:04
Episode 100 - The importance of the neutral inner voice
4/30/2021
In Episode 100 of Now We're Talking we discuss the neutral inner voice as an important form of intrapersonal communication. Master the neutral inner voice and improve all of your communicative interactions.
Duration:00:17:59
Episode 099 - Use the 10-20-30 rule to make persuasive presentations
4/16/2021
In Episode 099 of Now We're Talking, we review the 10-20-30 rule for making presentations and why that rule helps us to be more persuasive.
Duration:00:14:07
Episode 098 - How to foster cooperation through rapport
4/16/2021
In Episode 098 of Now We're Talking, we discuss rapport, and how the HEAR technique can build rapport and lead to cooperation.
Duration:00:17:53
Episode 097 - In order to persuade you need to have a vision
4/8/2021
In Episode 097 of Now We're Talking, we discuss rhetorical vision, and how to have a vision and why a vision is inspiring and persuasive and important.
Duration:00:17:27
Episode 096 - Persuasion through the steel man technique
3/7/2021
In Episode 096 of Now We're Talking, we discuss the steel man technique for arguing and why it works better than the straw man technique or the hollow man technique.
Duration:00:18:39
Episode 095 - Why Compliance Through Force Doesn't Work
2/21/2021
In Episode 095 of Now We're Talking we compare communication practices that attempt to gain compliance through force (like threats, intimidation, and aggression) with communication that aims at cooperation in order to persuade.
Duration:00:16:49
Episode 094 - Persuasion through motivational interviewing
2/11/2021
In Episode 094 of Now We're Talking we discuss the process of motivational interviewing and how that process can be used to persuade people to change their minds or adopt new behaviors.
Duration:00:16:41
Episode 093 - What's the Difference Between Compliance and Persuasion?
2/5/2021
In Episode 093 of Now We're Talking we discuss the difference between compliance and persuasion, why compliance is a red flag for communication, and why persuasion is a better choice for effective communication.
Duration:00:16:34
Episode 092 - How Communication Can Lead to Violence
1/28/2021
In Episode 092 of Now We're Talking, we discuss the five communication practices that we know can lead to violence - how to spot them and what to do about them.
Duration:00:16:52
Episode 091 - The Primal Communication Circuit
11/13/2020
In Episode 091 of Now We're Talking we discuss the primal communication circuit and how it can bias our thinking.
Duration:00:17:40
Episode 090 - Don't Tell Someone They're Crazy, Do This Instead
11/4/2020
In Episode 090 of Now We're Talking, we discuss why calling someone "crazy" is really ineffective and what to do instead in order to be persuasive.
Duration:00:17:12
Episode 089 - How to Respond to Bear Trap Questions
10/12/2020
In Episode 089 of Now We're Talking, we discuss bear trap questions, questions that are designed to trip you up and make you look bad, and what to do about them.
Duration:00:16:32
Episode 088 - What is the Meaning of a Mask?
10/7/2020
In Episode 088 of Now We're Talking, we discuss why people still might not be wearing a mask and how meaning gets constructed when we introduce a new thing like a mask into our culture.
Duration:00:18:51
Episode 087 - Deep Canvassing and Political Persuasion
9/29/2020
In Episode 087 of Now We're Talking we discuss "deep canvassing," or the only way to persuade someone that holds a radically different political view from you.
Duration:00:22:24
Episode 086 - Avoiding Reactance
9/10/2020
In Episode 086 of Now We're Talking we review the psychological phenomenon of reactance and how it might contribute to miscommunication or failed persuasion and what we can do to avoid reactance through specific communication practices.
Duration:00:22:07