Saturday, May 2, 2009
Discussion 15.3: Persuasion in Life
At work the other day my boss was asking for suggestions for raffle items for an upcoming banquet we were going to have. A couple of other coworkers and I had to think of ideas and suggestions of prizes that people would enjoy. I suggested a few and I had to persuade my boss why the other staff members would like the prize. The staff members in the place I work for range from my age all the way to working adults. One of the suggestions I said was buying a board game like Apples to Apples or Cranium. During this persuasion act I used deductive reasoning because I relied on established formal logic. When thinking of ideas I tried thinking of prizes that a whole family would enjoy and based my decisions off of that.
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Just out of curiosity were you able to persuade your boss to put your suggestions in to the raffle? The situation that you described seemed to be somewhat tricky. You don’t want to impose but at the same time you want to get what you want. One of the things that I would have tried to do is to slyly point out the possible drawbacks to the suggestions that the others proposed. Another thing that you could have tried is to do is say how you have had a good experience with raffling off the games that you suggested before.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great example of persuasion in a real life situation. Situations like these are not always easy to find suggestions for because you do not want seem pushy to have your idea chosen and also because many people may not like the same things, especially when the age range is so large, but suggesting board games was a great idea, fun for all ages. Using deductive reasoning for this persuasion was a good choice because using formal logic is a good way to prove why your point would be valid. How did that suggestion work out for you? Did you boss agree that it was a good idea? I hope your speech goes well on Friday, see you then.
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