Understanding Motivation in Communication & Digital Media
Explore the concept of motivation, its characteristics, factors influencing it, and tools to motivate oneself and others. Dive into the importance of attributes like gratitude, optimism, and self-esteem in being positively motivated. Learn about goal setting, enhancing traits like positiveness, gratitude, and self-esteem, and assessing self-esteem levels.
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English Terminology II Communication & Digital Media Session 8 Motivation
Overview Motivation: defining the concept Characteristics of a motivated person Factors that influence motivation Tools and steps to motivate ourselves & others Vocabulary booster 1
Warm up stage Which of the following attributes one should possess in order to be a positively motivated person? Gratitude Insistence Education Strictness Creativeness Optimism Respect Aggression Arrogance Elegance Self-esteem Calmness Humility Intelligence Hostility 2
Introduction What is motivation? Are motives necessary in every day life? Or only at professional settings? What factors influence motivation? 3
Motivation: the concept It is a skill The aim is to create incentives that will support us in reaching the targets It is innate: some people know instinctively how to motivate themselves Some others struggle and acquire it 4
Motivation and the parameters Variety of motives due to individual needs Interrelated with goal setting Goal setting: carefully design, prioritize, adjust the behavior towards them and never quit no matter what Based on research on individuals with strong motives, three factors have been noticed Positiveness, Gratitude and Self-esteem In order to achieve the goals/ ambitions, we need to enhance these traits 5
How high is your self-esteem? always(4), often (3), sometimes (2), never (1) Sometimes Self-esteem status Always Often Never When I look in the mirror, I like what I see I find it easy to make friends at parties I am able to defend myself I am able to say no to people asking favors I take time for myself I can forgive myself for making mistakes My personal relationships are satisfying I believe that money would solve all my problems I am able to handle crises in my life I like my job/ studies When sby criticizes me, I don t take every word to heart I try to live in the moment 6
Score rating Score of 26 and over: Excellent! Your self-esteem is high. Score of 18-25: Good, but you can still strengthen your self-esteem. Score of 12-17: You have low self-esteem. You need to take care of it. Score of 0-11: Your self-esteem is non-existent. You need a lot of work. 7
Motivation tools for ourselves & others The notebook method The trilateral motivation method The dolphin method 8
A. The Notebook Method Take advantage of your strong qualities Think and observe what facts please/ satisfy you during a day Identify the particular quality in your personality (i.e. interest, communication talent) that caused this sentiment Gradually you will form a clear picture of your strong points Your self-esteem will be strengthened You will realize what you are good at and will take advantage of it -> reasons: to go after a higher position, a carreer 9
B. The Trilateral Motivation Method Congratulate in Public and Criticize in private Are there any talented people who can help others distinguish the best qualities in them? This method works regardless of the age, cultural background and professional differences (1) Identify and communicate the action he/she did correctly (2) Express honesty and sincere appreciation (3) Repeat the above step three to four times with different contexts / actions Avoid mentioning the wrong actions cos it causes discouragement, feeling of incapability 10
C. The Dolphin Method A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Always see the individual steps and not the thousand miles This method is helpful to increase performance rate It involves several steps according to the level you wish to reach (1) Define the ideal level of skills to be developed (2) Design the steps, one by one, taking into the incremental nature (3) Once the first step is achieved, give positive motivation (i.e. show respect, acknowledgment, with words, sign) (4) Proceed with the following steps Positive motivation needs to be repeated so as to secure stabilization. 11
A. Pinpointing similarities appreciation, ambition, discriminate, gradually, gratitude, insistence, mentioned, public, skill, spectacular The ability to motivate employees is an essential art for a manager. I m sure you will reach your target little by little. His great desire is to become a doctor. She never quits her target and this persistence leads her to success. Try to be supportive and you will find out that your employees are more productive. After using the notebook method, we had some fantastic results. Send him a letter to express your thanks for the help he offered you. He referred to the company s latest project. The fact that the boss criticized her in front of everyone made her furious. The production manager showed his approval by offering me a higher post. 13
B. Gap completion with a preposition One way to strengthen your self-esteem is to write . your good qualities and take advantage .. them . order to know what you are good . This will certainly change your idea .. your abilities and you may try to get involved . situations that will help you go . higher rates. Of course you must take account that it takes time and effort, but you should not get disappointed and go . until you find .. that you are capable of achieving almost anything. 14
C. Matching A B takes attributes satisfaction incentives talent advantage appreciation goal job performance self-esteem strengthened shows improve caused go after creates discovered possesses achieve 15
C. Sentence completion shows appreciation, improve performance, creates incentives, achieve goal, strengthened self-esteem possesses talent, go after-job, takes advantage, caused satisfaction, discovered attributes He tried very hard to ____ his ______ at work. A good leader always _____ strong _______ to inspire his team. The boss always ______ full _______ of their good qualities. He is determined to _______ his _______ . His promotion ______ him a great ______ . Using the notebook method he ______ his good _______ . It is my manager s positive remarks that ______ my _______ . He ______ the _____ to persuade people people to do what he likes. With her qualifications, she may ____ a very remarkable ______ . Whatever I do my boss never ____ any _____. 16
Readings Unit 5 Motivation from the coursebook Tsiogka, C. & Chatzistergiadou, A. (2010). Success at work. Thessaloniki: Disigma Publications 17
Any questions? Thank you very much for your attention! 18
