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Professor of Communication at the University of Waterloo. Host of "Now We're Talking" a podcast about how to improve Communication Skills.... more
FAQs about Now We're Talking:How many episodes does Now We're Talking have?The podcast currently has 105 episodes available.
April 26, 2019Episode 055 - Repetition is PersuasionIn Episode 055 of Now We're Talking we discuss how and why repetition works so effectively as a practice of persuasion....more22minPlay
April 09, 2019Episode 054 - Attention is PersuasionIn Episode 054 of Now We're Talking, we discuss the concept of salience and the agenda setting function of communicative acts. The central lesson is that attention is persuasion....more18minPlay
March 19, 2019Episode 053 - How to write a persuasive and rational paragraphIn Episode 053 of Now We're Talking, we discuss the appropriate structure of a persuasive, rational paragraph, and how to improve the effectiveness of our writing....more20minPlay
March 18, 2019Episode 052 - Hyperbole vs. Care, or how to make a persuasive rational argumentIn Episode 052 of Now We're Talking, we discuss how we might make a persuasive assertion and the different effects of hyperbole and careful reasoning....more22minPlay
March 09, 2019Episode 051 - Is assertion really the best method of persuasion?In Episode 051 of Now We're Talking we discuss the common practice of making assertions and why assertions are often not persuasive. We also review ways of making assertions more persuasive....more23minPlay
February 09, 2019Episode 050 - What's meant is never what's saidIn Episode 050 of Now We're talking, we discuss one of the main axioms of communication: what's meant is never just what's said. When we are concerned with the human problem of meaning, we cannot just reduce language or messages to their denotative content....more23minPlay
December 27, 2018Episode 049 - Micro-Communication PracticesIn Episode 049 of Now We're Talking, we discuss micro-communication practices - the smallest, most detailed and habitual forms of communication that we employ - and why improving our micro-communication practices might help improve our effectiveness....more22minPlay
November 15, 2018Episode 048 - How to lead by asking good questionsIn Episode 048 of Now We're Talking we discuss pull tactics of persuasion like asking good questions and catalyzing effective conversations. Good leaders know how to do these two things....more20minPlay
October 26, 2018Episode 047 - The difference between push tactics and pull tactics in persuasionIn Episode 047 of Now We're Talking we discuss the differences between push tactics of persuasion and pull tactics and why leaders that use pull tactics are more successful than leaders that use push tactics....more24minPlay
October 21, 2018Episode 046 - Why fascism is persuasiveIn Episode 046 we talk about why fascism is persuasive and how it works rhetorically....more18minPlay
FAQs about Now We're Talking:How many episodes does Now We're Talking have?The podcast currently has 105 episodes available.