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Sunday
May262013

Nerdy Dancing as Decorum

One of the trickiest ways to practice the leaderly art of rhetoric is decorum, the practice of fitting in with an audience. Why’s it tricky? Because if you aren’t a member of the tribe, you don’t want to fit in exactly. Instead, you want to portray an audience’s most favorable sense of you.

Huh?

Well, watch this video. Instead of trying hip hop moves for a student audience, this teacher practices a nerdy form of Irish dancing.

 

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Reader Comments (2)

Sneaky, sneaky. Not hat I as expecting.
May 28, 2013 | Unregistered Commentersupereowyngirl
Sneaky, sneaky. Not hat I as expecting.
May 28, 2013 | Unregistered Commentersupereowyngirl

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