Week 7

During this week, we have been discussing what persuasion is and how it is often used in communication. Persuasion is used in valid arguments and directly used in the use of language in general. In order to achieve persuasion, you also need to be careful with the words you choose to use and how you word things, the use of nonverbal, demonstrative communication, and the persuasive, valid arguments that are needed to work together. Persuasion is more of a positive way to convince someone to believe in something that you believe in by giving them facts and seeing if they agree or disagree to believe in the same thing. In this assignment, I will be giving examples or persuasive approaches with the following audiences: a manager, a peer, a challenging person, and an open-minded person. I will also explain why each approach is different with each kind of audience.

When talking to a manager, the persuasive approach example I would use is when we are talking about how to process shoes in a stockroom. The manager would tell me that each individual pair of shoes would have to be processed one at a time and that would be the more efficient and faster way to get them done and out onto the sales floor. My approach to this would be to tell the manager that processing all of the pairs of shoes on the conveyor belt at the same time in a line and marking them with a sharpie for the price, labeling them, and hard tagging them down the line is much more efficient and effective. This would also get them done faster and out to the sales floor quicker. In this situation, I am trying to persuade the manager into believing that my way of processing shoes is so much easier and quicker. It also helps to shoe the manager to prove that my way is much quicker...

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...uld be the next easiest person to persuade on most subjects. They can also have different opinions, but they are open to just about anything and try anything. So coming to an agreement or disagreement can be easier which makes them easier to persuade.

Conclusion

Overall, it really depends on the person, the situation, and the subject as well as the outcome of everything when you are trying to take a persuasive approach to them. It can sometimes be easy and other times, it can be the most challenging thing you have ever had to do. Convincing someone into believing something that you believe in while having the facts to back it up is challenging and can also be easy. Sometimes tone of voice, body language, and how we word things can make a big difference in figuring out if they will agree or disagree when trying to persuade someone.

Works Cited

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