2010-2011 Academic Catalog

Dec 10, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

IDCE 30238 - Public Communication Seminar

Why is it so hard to have a really good time on New Year’s Eve? Why are amusements parks some of the saddest places on the planet? Why do Creativity Courses and Speech Communication Seminars though so attractive to the business community always seem to disappoint? Because you can not approach fun, amusement, creativity or effective communication directly. There is some innate resistance. Someone trying to have fun, amuse, create, or communicate ends up not having fun, being amusing or creating anything and only communicates - effort. T.S.Elliot said that to write poetry you have to “give a bone to the watch-dog of the mind.” When community organizers study acting they develop through art’s indirect process: presence, confidence, and the ability to speak from the deepest part of themselves to that which is highest in their audience.

Instructor: Mr. Munro

Faculty: TBA