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Research Podcast -- Communicating Online

This week I looked into podcasts around Communicating in general and then narrowed it down to find episodes that focused in on online communication. The podcast that I kept coming across was "Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques". It's a podcast produced by Stanford's Graduate School of Business and seems like a very reliable source. 


I actually started by scanning through their most recent episodes to see if they cover anything directly on online communication techniques, and while a lot of it could have been applied to online techniques, not much of it was focusing on the online platform. I had to go back to an episode from 2021 (I would imagine around the height of the pandemic) to find this episode. Titled, "Quick Thinks: How to Shine Online and Excel at Virtual Communication", this episode highlights best practices when communicating online while still maintaining a professional presence. 

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"You cannot engage in exactly the same behavior and assume you're going to get exactly the same results" (Abrahams, 2021) The short podcast opens with this anecdote and the entire episode revolves around this idea of adapting to a changing context. The episode gives tips on maintaining your audiences attention -- things like changing topics/pace to maintain attention, incorporating breaks, shorter meetings overall, maintaining presence by authentically connecting with audience through body language. I think these teachings are very similar to things that we've been talking about throughout the quarter. Our text book highlights that same change in paradigm, "we concluded that technology changes the way people think of themselves and how they communicate" (Green, 2017). Generally the teachings of this podcast are similar, but I do think it does a good job a presenting some valuable tips in a short lesson.

Abrahams, M. (Ed.). (2021, April 16). 31. quick thinks: How to shine online and excel at virtual communication. Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/episode/19uW3rmMNnjcswqi5cOrNV?si=0e7a23cdff594cce&nd=1&dlsi=f1c414e11e8048bb

Green, J. (2017). Communicating Online.

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