Workshop 3
I went to the workshop “Build Confidence! Improving Your Interpersonal Skills.” It was one of the earlier ones, on November 1. There were a lot of upperclassmen, and I was kind of surprised. Some of the people there don’t seem like they really needed this workshop, since they looked pretty confident and talked well. At first I had my expectations pretty low, since there was a power point, and I thought how can someone teach confidence while using a power point. But however I was wrong, the power point was used much. We would stand up in the middle and do some exercises.
We started off with everyone standing in the middle of the room, introducing ourselves while doing a weird movement that involves us putting our hands together like when praying and pointing it at someone else saying “Hi, I am blah blah blah.” By watching each others body language, tone and eye connection, we were able to see whether we were nervous or not. One of the exercise was doing a yawn like movement. We would do a short yawn, and then a longer one while trying to project our yawn. The workshop professor said that it would teach us to project our voice better, and we wouldn’t talk in a monotone or too high/low tone when talking to future interviewers. Another is one where we try to match the movements of our partner, however we first had it wrong since we were talking, and didn’t really do what she was asking. Then when we stopped talking and started to match each others movements, it was really awkward.
I felt the workshop was pretty helpful. I felt kind of awkward in the workshop, but it went by pretty nicely. The workshop professor gave us nice tips on how to do well in a interview. The professor was happy and wasn’t afraid to make a fool of herself to show us how things should be done. I felt like these workshops are pretty useful, and will continue to go if needed.
