Group Communications

  What I liked about Group one's presentation is how they discussed how people from different cultures interact and communicate with each other. And they did a good job with presenting it by using both pictures, and videos on each slide that gave good examples on intercultural communication. I also liked how Group one talked about how each culture has their own beliefs, identity and standards each culture lives by. I was even more interested that a person's Native Language can heavily influence communications, and that many immigrants still prefer speaking their native tongue even after learning English. What I liked about my group's presentation is how we all explored throughout our slides communication within different groups. Such as Families, Social Groups, Support Groups, Interest Groups, Service Groups, Work Groups and Teams and Virtual Groups. What I mainly enjoyed going into this project with my group is how we put all three slides together to make one power point presentation, and the way we organized it and presented it with three slides for each person who’s in our group, and how they discussed the different types of groups by either keeping simple, or going into further detail. I liked how Group three went into detail when discussing Group Leadership and Problem Solving, and how they explain how the leader of the group influences the people around them to achieve their goal. My favorite part about group three’s presentation is when one slide talks about, in length, how a group leader should follow a set of guidelines for the meetings, Before, During and After the meeting. What I liked most about all three group presentations is the collaboration that went into all three power point presentation, I mainly liked how we choose to go into further explanation about our topics by using either text, or videos along with images that relate to our subject.  Overall, looking back on these presentations as a whole I believe that they all went well for everybody and we all did an amazing job. If I was asked “What would I changed about the presentation?” I would say I’d add an additional slide to add in an extra layer to our presentation’s topic. In addition I also liked the leadership that was demonstrated throughout the whole process, not just for my group, but I could sense it coming from the groups while they were presenting and it made me feel like there was someone taking charge, but most importantly there was someone guiding us throughout all of it. I also believe that all three groups have one thing in common, and that’s collaboration and you can see it in the presentations that everyone was on the same page on how to do this, on how to present and you can sense the harmony in everybody’s work. I would emphasize that each group has their own unique strengths, that makes their own presentations work and stand on their own, but the most important trait, for me personally with my group, is all about communication.  And that’s what I love most coming from, not just my group, but from the other groups as well. Weather we were communicating through group chats, via circleln or in breakout rooms on blackboard, we communicated effectively and came to an agreement on how to approach the project. What I liked about Group two’s topic is how we discussed the different groups by going into detail about how the types of groups, and managing group conflict. We talked about service groups, people who perform charitable task and raise money for organizations, and then we have work groups and teams that is generally just a work group of people that’s gathered to complete a task, and virtual groups, people who take part in online discussions without having to meet face-to-face. As I reflect upon our group project and how well we all did, I like to say that working with others on assignments like this is productive and worthwhile. Another thing that I like about our group presentation is when we discussed group conflicts and how it is inevitable, and to be excepted, in group interactions which is also relevant to any other group.  In addition, I found it interesting when Group 3 presented their slides on Leadership, one that stuck with me is that one of the many shared leadership roles in a group is to manage conflict among their member, and if it’s managed properly it can actually be beneficial to the group and their common goal. In group one, when talking about intercultural communications, I like how they brought up the fact when it comes to Intercultural communication there are challenges between people whose cultures are different, and I feel like that’s important to know, especially when we meet someone from a different part of the world. Moreover, Group one also explains co-culture, where people within their large cultures who hold the same values, standards and beliefs differ, and sometimes it influences communication. An important lesson I learned while going into the presentation is that communication is essential in life, weather you’re from a different country, on a virtual meeting or if you’re a group leader learning how to manage conflict among your peers, the most important thing we can do is to communicate! Because it will be beneficial to all of us later on in our professional lives, and it will also play an even bigger role to help us get ahead in life and succeed. In conclusion, the group presentations were productive, insightful and very educational, if I could do it all over again I would, and at the bottom of it all our presentations serve to remind us the importance of communicating with each, as well as the many forms it takes from cultural to virtual to leadership. In the end I loved everything there was to about each groups presentation and how I hope we continue to work on more projects like these in the very near future.