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Using Appropriate Language and Humor

Using Appropriate Language and Humor. Creating Positive Impressions: Common & Business Etiquette. Leadership Revision Committee May 2007. Objectives. What is appropriate language and behavior? What are the effects of using appropriate language and behavior?. The Interview Process.

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Using Appropriate Language and Humor

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  1. Using Appropriate Language and Humor Creating Positive Impressions: Common & Business Etiquette Leadership Revision Committee May 2007

  2. Objectives • What is appropriate language and behavior? • What are the effects of using appropriate language and behavior?

  3. The Interview Process • How does it feel to pretend to be someone else? • What new perspectives did you gain by pretending to be someone else? • How did pretending to be someone else make you feel about yourself? • How were your decisions, language, comfort level, and contributions affected by pretending to be someone else?

  4. What is appropriate language and humor? • Appropriate • especially suitable or compatible; fitting • Audience • Culture: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group • Age • Situation • Formal • Informal

  5. What is appropriate language and humor? • Language • Technical • Slang: language peculiar to a certain group; jargon; informal, nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages (made up words), arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech

  6. What are the effects of appropriate language and humor? • Positive effects • Shows respect • Indicates intelligence • Indicates friendliness

  7. What are the effects of appropriate language and humor? • Negative effects • Offensive • Hard to recover from it • Indicates you are biased • Indicates low tolerances on your part

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