University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Do you want to strengthen the communication within your organization? Are you motivated to communicate in more intentional and thoughtful ways? Born out of the work of positive psychology, positive communication can reflect your potential (Mirivel, 2014) and provide a framework for improving communication across your organization Student Objectives: Demonstrate an understanding of the theory and practice of positive interpersonal communication through class discussion and writing of research. Demonstrate an ability to identify and research a specific case of positive communication as a way to apply, extend , and understand the more general theoretical concept. Understand how to practice and apply / implement positive communication principles into everyday life where positive communication is needed, and be able to identify cases and examples where positive communication is already practiced. Students will be able to write in genres appropriate to the discipline of Communication Studies