{"id":4445,"date":"2007-10-02T15:14:56","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T14:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=4445"},"modified":"2007-10-18T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2007-10-18T11:50:25","slug":"comic-book-on-giving-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=4445","title":{"rendered":"Comic book on giving class"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Sita Pati Das<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Giving class is also kirtan. Here is a 5 page comic book that I wrote last year about giving a class or presentation on Krishna Consciousness. Of course, the principles are universal, so you can use them for whatever you do. <\/p>\n

You can download a pdf version here: “Communicating for Change”<\/a><\/p>\n

There is no substitute for experience, and don’t be afraid to give the same class over and over again, in different settings, refining it further and further.<\/p>\n

Here’s the intro section of the book (click on the comic strips for larger versions<\/em>):<\/p>\n

Communicating for Change<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are a few points about giving classes and presentations that I have picked up. By learning about these you can gain a framework of reference that you can use to evaluate and categorize your experience of your own classes and the classes of others, and hopefully can use to improve your game. There is nothing worse than not having the conceptual vocabulary to describe or evaluate your performance. This leads to a feeling of hopelessness, fear of giving class, and difficulty in improving.<\/p>\n

I hope this is of some use to you. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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If people can’t relate to what you’re talking about \u2013 you don’t have communication. Communication starts with what you have in common. You need to reach out and start from common ground to take people to unfamiliar ground. Throw most people in the deep end and they’ll sink pretty fast. So you need to be sensitive to your audience.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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So begin with audience in mind. Remember that they are the reason you are speaking. You are speaking for their benefit. Of course, from the absolute perspective you are speaking for your own benefit also, but speaking for their benefit is for your benefit. So think long and hard about them. Pray for them. Pray to be able to speak to their needs.<\/p>\n

Here are some terms and concepts about classes and presentations that will help you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"HareBy Sita Pati Das<\/strong><\/p>\n

Giving class is also kirtan. Here is a 5 page comic book that I wrote last year about giving a class or presentation on Krishna Consciousness. Of course, the principles are universal, so you can use them for whatever you do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announce","category-sita-pati-das"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}