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Please respond to the discussion prompt below. Your initial post should be in the 100- to 150-word range and be supported by evidence from course or outside materials.

DB.4

 Personal Branding

Effective use of social media strategies holds the potential to enhance your professional brand. In the last few years, the importance of personal branding has grown astronomically as social media tools like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram®, and YouTube™ have given everyone easy access to share stories and document experiences.

Discuss how and when to use social media in professional contexts. Provide a specific situation (professional or current event) and give details on how you can apply strategies to support personal branding. Discuss why these techniques would be effective.

DB.5

Effective Communication

Using the results from the  self-evaluation on presentation skills , discuss strategies for effective communication. What area would you like to strengthen? How can you use the results to promote effective communication in your chosen career?

DB. 6

Effective Listening

What distinguishes listening from hearing? How do your listening behaviors change in the following situations: A) at a concert, B) in class, C) at the dinner table with your parents, D) in a doctor’s office? What are the distractions and other barriers to listening you might encounter in each setting? What might you do to overcome the barriers to effective listening in each situation?