What happens if you spot someone else creating a fallacy? How do you be the one to address it, or do you let it go?

This one definitely seems like the most challenging to uncover and pick through as it is hard to tell where the original argument could be coming from.

I think this one is also very common in my work place if I were to see a fallacy. It tends to become the worst case scenario if we want to try something new and people are worried if it doesn't work out then the worst will occur.

I have definitely seen this one before in the work place. This is definitely not professional and can lead to problems with trust within the team.

This is also why it is so important in general to always remember to proof read your work, and to even invite other people to proof read work.

We had to do this at my work when we requested getting new cameras. We talked about the benefits of the ones we wanted vs. the ones we had now. the efficiency differences, quality differences, and money they would save in the long run.

Showing how this funding now will end up being an investment for the company to do better or profit more in the future is most likely always going to get a company to allocate proper funding.

That makes sense to list out what everything costs too because then the person providing the funding is able to see where their money is actually going throughout the entire project.

This is essentially the ideal of logos pathos and ethos when it comes to advertising techniques. We all can use the same principles to persuade someone whether that is to buy a product or to agree with you in a discussion.

I didn't even think of making decisions to be like this but that makes so much sense. This is why people can answer to fast and be so sure of themselves with a decision.

I am curious how you go about swaying someones opinion in a professional space when the receiver is a super blunt and straight-forward individual. If all that they say is simply 'no' do you question it or just let it go?

I didn't even think about taking certain requests in steps. I guess if it is such a big request, breaking it down into smaller moving pieces can cause them to become more willing.

I think that this is a great idea and I have definitely done this before. Being able to kind of rehearse a discussion and see which order of claims sounds better and makes sense before having the conversation is a good plan.

I think it is also important to make sure that you are implementing the right claims and that you omit ones that might not be helpful as that could add fuel the fire and cause an argument or certain claims could become irrelevant.

I've used comparative claims when we were talking about which location was better vs. another when it came to doing one of our photoshoots for work.

Of the three homes that we looked at, we found that sarah's would be the most hopeful option in terms of space and lighting.

Coming in with concrete numbers is so important, but also having visuals for those that aren't as much of numbers people is really important as well.

I agree, I think that you need to be able to understand all angles of the argument in order to know what they are going to think about something or the worst case scenarios.

I have had to request for a raise. I had to make sure I went about it in a respectful manner while also being confident. It is all about how you phrase things like that and back it up.

I feel like presenting a recommendation is the easiest and lowest-stakes persuasion you can use with someone.

I have definitely seen this in past work experiences with some co-workers. Getting other people to do their tasks, etc.

We just read an ftc case on deception and omission was one was the form of deception as they were omitting information about how an app was tracking data online.

That is why it is so important to look at your actions and decisions from all angles in order to make sure you are making the best choice as a communicator.

Keeping ethics in mind while using persuasion seems like a fine line you have to walk. This seems like a skill that isn't easily acquired and may take years to master properly.

It is so important to be able to be persuasive in the work place. This can allow so many opportunities to open up for you. I think it is so important to come in with as much information as possible from both angles in order to know potential draw backs that will be brought up. It is also extremely important to be able to keep a level-head in stating your ideas while not letting emotions get the better of your argument.

Having a comparable difference will be able to drive to point home a lot more clearly when you are able to see more of the visuals to then back it up.

So having the individual slides in turn should allow for messages to be more easily digestible and retained?

I never really thought of having to source internal information when it comes to presenting that information within the same company. That does make sense thought to site where you get the information from.

In most instances I feel like lists are created at my place at work due to priority level. Top of the list is the most important and bottom can wait till a later time. It is important for us to also keep circling back to this list as new priorities may pop up.

When we did our campaign project last semester we laid out our budget in a pie chart. There you were able to see visually much better how we were able to equally divide our budget to make the most out of the money.

We use lots of tables for our photo process at work. Our analysts will make tables with the types of images that competitors will use in infographics and key features in order for us to get images for what they need.

In todays day in age it is much better to use visuals as a way for people to understand what is going on vs. just throwing up numbers. you need to see changes happening sometimes in terms of sales in order to better understand the full change that may be occurring.

At my work we are all about the numbers. It is very important way for us to measure our levels of success so I often opt to use this route for supporting my evidence.

There has been multiple occasions where we have tried to make changes for our department, but we knew it was crucial for us to come with evidence to back it up. It involves a ton of planning and understanding the type of proof that your colleagues are going to want to see. I'm curious to see if we went about it in the past the right ways.

I agree with this statement 100%. I think you need to be willing to find out that maybe through researching your claim, it might be wrong. Its okay thought because without doing the research you wouldn't have known.

We had to definitely keep this in mind when it came to our claim that we needed to buy new cameras for our company. We came with the written differences and capabilities of a new camera, visual differences, and finally numbers to show the cost in labor and time to show how the newer camera would be more efficient for us. It luckily worked.

We like to share a lot of our testimonials on our social channels to show people's true opinions about our brand and products while creating transparency about who we are as a company. I also enjoy using testimonials within my website because again you are hearing about the real stories about people who had a great experience of working with me.

Our company is very based off of sales data. When it comes to our product analysts forecasting new buys of products to the conversion rate of our listing into physical sales. We are constantly looking at the data to verify if we need to make certain changes or if those changes show any signs of increase in performance.

I think that regardless of the type of claim, it is rather important that when you bring something up within your team that you should come with evidence in the event that you do need it to back up a claim.

I have definitely done this and need to work on being more concise leaving certain thoughts to be shared not in a message or email

Making sure certain information goes where it needs to go depending on the audience is really important.

Yes this has made my emails sound more confident and straight forward when I am requesting someone to get something to me or provide information.

I catch myself doing this a lot, but I have gotten better at re-reading and deleting unecessary words.

I definitely want to give this one a try because I think I tend to get wordy by writing this way.

We do this after our marketing meetings sometimes. Especially if we are talking about certain problems that happen to get mentioned within the meeting then we like to write it down to document in order to remember the verdict and for anyone who is gone that day they can refer to it.

You should be able to pull this out to in case people need real numbers it definitely helps.

We've done this in our campaign planning courses when we write out our strategic media plan. It tends to be in the beginning of the book, so that if someone can't read through the full 40 pages they can get the gist of each section.

I think that through school as well as our experiences within the professional field, the more comfortable we will all become with learning how to walk the line of providing enough information vs. too much. It is a skill that is learned, no matter how much you read up on it.

It sounds crazy but it is true. The more efficient and to the point you are with communication and executing plans the better off you are in the corporate world. The more I have worked at my internship with the limited resources and the high-expected results you have to learn to be scrappy.

This is so true and I didn't even think about this factor till now. Being able to make sure that the email still ages well and can be understood if they need to recall the protocol or information years from now, it should be able to be understood. I think this is one of those questions that goes unthought about.

I love mind maps. I am personally a more visual learner and creating these helps a ton.

I think that this is so important. Being able to come in with the supporting research to show that you did your homework and understand why a certain tool works or a certain idea may be more effective because you've found physical results.

This is understandable however to people that are very young in their careers I can understand how this can be viewed as daunting. You want to get the idea out in the air, but don't want to sound too demanding or pushy.

Being able to stay on topic with a discussion or email I noticed is super important within the work place. I have found that it is a lot more affective to allow the higher up members of my team to tackle one idea/problem at a time.

I like this type of framework and perspective when it comes to altering a behavior. I definitely think that people would be more inept to making changes if you go about it the right way.

Following up is good to document, but also important to the employer for them to see that you have read the information and confirm that you understand it as well.

With the who,what,when,where,etc. It is nice to use a spreadsheet or form to keep important information and dates like this when we go back looking for information.

This we do at my job. Being able to document certain discussions and changes we have made allows us to come back to it and remember any conversations we've had to prevent any miscommunications.

yes, I have seen this in some of our work emails and the use of headings to break things up a little more or even use more bullet points tends to be more effective as it gets the message across in a more concise manner.

I think a lot of this is similar to the basics of graphic design and the hierarchical importance of certain elements. It makes sure that things are easily readable and look clean and appealing for the eye.

I feel like line spacing is also very dependent on what you are creating as well.

Yes I can definitely attest being an intern that my higher ups only want the gist of the information you have, and if they have more questions to follow up then you should get more into it.

It is difficult sometimes in the workplace as well when a lot of discussions happen over email and they turn into long threads instead of communicating in person in a physically meeting.