Using Appropriate Language and Humor
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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.
Using Appropriate Language and Humor
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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 • 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?
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
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
What are the effects of appropriate language and humor? • Positive effects • Shows respect • Indicates intelligence • Indicates friendliness
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