a group of three or more people formed to solve a problem

asks the group to determine whatis true or to what extent

ex. "What % of our project expenses can be covered with our exisiting revenue?"

asks the group to determine or judge whether something is right, moral or just

ex. "What is the most effective way to recruit new members?"

concerns what course of action should be taken or what rules should be adopted to solve a problem

ex. "Should we sponser an annual fundraising event to help fund our budget?

leader with a specific function within the group;

• autocratic - tells you what to do (crisis)
• laissez faire - anything goes; "hands off: (everyone knows their job)
• democratic - vision for group; helps group achieve goal (long term)

a leader who is capable of bringing about change in individuals and entire organizations, often helping troubled organizations turn around their performance

charismatic leader; is followed because he/she is well-liked by followers

using spatial oder to describe something; describing something by space or area

- reigon, direction, size, shape

1. Forming
2. Storming
3. Norming
4. Performing
5. Ajdouring

1. Prepare and distribute an agenda
2. Decide who should attend the meeting
3. Manage meeting logistics
4. Speak with each participant before the meeting

• Begin with gaining the attention of the audience; use startling statements, rhetorical questions, jokes, personal references or stories. Also state your thesis and set the tone for your speech.
• To conclude, use a summary of your speech or a clincher to provide closure

1. Classify it and differentiate it from similar ideas
2. Explain its derivationor history
3. Explain its use or function
4. Use a familiar synonym or antonym

• Began with Korax watching community courts.
• You could learn how to use emotion to win a case even if you were wrong. 
• effect standard: what matters is getting what you want
• Philosphers emerged to explain these differences of opinion

• Began with Socrates, who taught Plato
• Hated the Sophists
• truth standard: believe that what matters is the truth

• Student of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great
• Wrote the book called "The Rhetoric" which basically founded the subject of speech
• Developed the art standard
• Developed the concepts of ethos, pathos and logos

1. Invention
2. Disposition
3. Style
4. Memory
5. Delivery

• first canon of rhetoric
• any activity where the content of the speech is created; basically your research skills

• second canon of rhetoric
• organization; what order do you present an argument

• third canon of rhetoric
• language; is it clear? interesting? forceful?

• fourth canon of rhetoric
• practice and rehearsal of your speech

• fifth canon of rhetoric
• presentation of your argument/speech

1. Impromptu
2. Manuscript
3. Memorized
4. Extemporaneus

• first mode of speech delivery
• "in the moment" speech; little or no preparation

• second mode of speech delivery
• speech is written out and you read from a cue
• used for press releases

• thrid mode of speech delivery
• memorize the speech
• not pratical
• use only when the presentation must be repeated a large amount of times

• fourth mode of speech delivery
• most preferred out of all four
• has preparation techniques, but with impromptu characteristics
• why preferred? - its adaptable

• Sensitizers: nervous about particular portions of the speech process; anxiety can jump up and down throughout the speech

• Habituators: are the most nervous at the beginning of the speech and their anxiety level decreases as they go through the speech