Communication Uses Influence and Persuasion Strategies provides six documented strategies that show how people are influenced or persuaded. Research shows how much emotions play in decisions and how shortcuts in thinking are often excellent but allow us to be more easily influenced than sometimes desired. This is important to help leaders see how to communicate for impact but not use this information for manipulation.
Clear Communication Requires Clear Thinking helps you understand the foundational elements for clear writing and clear speaking. Leaders often miss the opportunity to influence others, because their thinking is unclear when communicating. Learning and applying simple guidelines to structure writing and speaking will help leaders communicate more clearly. Our THOUGHT-Talk course teaches 11 “Recipes” for leaders to follow to enhance clarity, persuasion, and results in their communication.
Clear Communication Requires Clear Structure gives you some simple guidelines to structure writing and speaking. You need the “Rules of 3’s and 4’s”, the Classic Form, and “recipes” to structure your thinking and communication. This is all from our THOUGHT-Talk course, which teaches 11 “Recipes” to enhance clarity, persuasion, and results in clear communication.
| Module 1 | Communication Uses Influence and Persuasion Strategies | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | 030100 – Before We Start | |
| Unit 2 | 030200 – Reciprocity | |
| Unit 3 | 030300 – Commitment & Consistency | |
| Unit 4 | 030400 – Social Proof | |
| Unit 5 | 030500 – Liking | |
| Unit 6 | 030600- Authority | |
| Unit 7 | 030700 – Scarcity | |
| Module 2 | Clear Communication Requires Clear Thinking | |
| Unit 1 | 030800 – Big Picture | |
| Unit 2 | 030900 – Clarity Is Hard Work | |
| Unit 3 | 031000 – Bracket Tool and Punctuation | |
| Unit 4 | 031100 – Change Your Thinking About Speaking | |
| Unit 5 | 031200 – 4 Questions Before You Start | |
| Unit 6 | 031300 – Identify Patterns and Words from Your Answers | |
| Unit 7 | 031400 – Remove Confusing Traps | |
| Module 3 | Clear Communication Requires Clear Structure | |
| Unit 1 | 031500 – Rule of 3s and 4s | |
| Unit 2 | 031600 – Classic Form | |
| Unit 3 | 031700 – Recipes | |
| Unit 4 | 031701 – TIME Recipe | |
| Unit 5 | 031702 – TIME Recipe Example | |
| Unit 6 | 031703 – Exercise for TIME Recipe | |
| Unit 7 | 031704 – STORY Recipe | |
| Unit 8 | 031705 – STORY Recipe Example | |
| Unit 9 | 031706 – Exercise STORY Recipe | |
| Unit 10 | 031707 – BASEBALL Recipe | |
| Unit 11 | 031708 – BASEBALL Recipe Example | |
| Unit 12 | 031709 – Exercise BASEBALL Recipe | |
| Unit 13 | 031710 – SWING Recipe | |
| Unit 14 | 031711 – SWING Recipe Example | |
| Unit 15 | 031712 – 6 Basic Recipes | |
| Unit 16 | 031800 – Delivery Basics |