situational awareness

(noun)

the perception of environmental elements with respect to time and/or space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status after some variable has changed, such as time, or some other variable, such as a predetermined event.

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Examples of situational awareness in the following topics:

  • Situational and Environmental Context

    • Situational context refers to the actual reason why you are speaking or presenting.
    • The key then, to understanding your context is to develop a habit of situational awareness.
    • Situational awareness refers to one's perception of their environment and situation around them on a moment by moment basis.
    • In being situationally aware, you can anticipate changes to your environment.
    • The environmental and situational contexts in which you give a speech, like in so many situations in life, is key.

  • Tools for Managing Situational Anxiety

    • Situational anxiety can be managed with deep breathing and by getting your blood flowing before you set foot on stage.
    • You will want to analyze and make note of things that might be distracting or awkward, often the result of situational anxiety.

  • Analyzing the Who, Why, and Where

    • You should know that in any situation, you bring with you your own unique world-view and set of biases.
    • You should especially be aware of your unique world-view and biases in your speech because they may negatively impact people of different cultures, ages, genders, etc.

  • Situational Anxiety

    • Also known as stage fright, situational anxiety is the short-term form of anxiety surrounding public speaking.
    • Many people with no other problems can experience stage fright (also called performance anxiety), but some people with chronic stage fright also have social anxiety or social phobias which are chronic feelings of high anxiety in any social situation.
    • Stage fright can also be seen in school situations, like stand up projects and class speeches.
    • However, long range vision is improved making the speaker more aware of their audience's facial expressions and non verbal cues in response to the speaker's performance.
    • Situational anxiety, often referred to as stage fright with regard topublic speaking, is a temporary, short-term form of anxiety triggered bycertain situations or experiences.

  • Techniques for Accepting Criticism

    • " For criticism to be truly effective, it must have the goal of improving a situation, without using hostile language or involving personal attacks.
    • Receiving criticism is a listening skill that is valuable in many situations throughout life: at school, at home, and in the workplace.
    • Even if you do not agree with the criticism, others may be seeing something that you are not even aware of.

  • Gender Bias

    • Just as you want to be cognizant and aware of the cultural biases that exist between both you and your audience, you'll want to be equally aware of how gender bias may factor into your speech.
    • It's not exactly a cut and dry vice-versa situation, either.

  • Types and Elements of Credibility

    • What would be the best source of credibility in that situation?
    • Another approach is to quote prominent figures in your field, demonstrating an awareness of the issues and conversations that are current trends in that field.

  • Causes of Poor Listening

    • It can result from various psychological or physical situations such as visual or auditory distractions, physical discomfort, inadequate volume, lack of interest in the subject material, stress, or personal bias.
    • Both listeners and speakers should be aware of these kinds of impediments and work to eliminate or mitigate them.
    • The vividness effect explains how vivid or highly graphic an individual's perception of a situation.
    • To avoid this obstruction, listeners should be aware of these biases and focus on the substance, rather than the style of delivery, or the speaker's voice and appearance.

  • Defining Emotional Appeal

    • In debating terms, emotional appeals are often effective as a rhetorical device, but are generally considered naive or dishonest as a logical argument, since they often appeal to the prejudices of listeners rather than offer a sober assessment of a situation.
    • From pictures of starving children to motivate people to give to charity to using them as any excuse to ban things that children shouldn't even be aware of (e.g., guns), they are repeatedly paraded in front of audiences to appeal to their emotional protective instincts, often overriding anyone's sense of rationality .

  • Persuasive Speeches on Questions of Policy

    • When the audience is already aware of and accepts that there is a problem, the speech can focus primarily on comparing the advantages of one solution over another, as follows:
    • Too often, the audience feels like a situation is hopeless; Monroe's motivated sequence emphasizes the actions the audience can take.