Hal Wicke

TouroCommunicationClub.blogspot.com – Meeting #135

This coming week:

Touro Communication Club

This Week’s Conversation:

The 11^th Speech Contest

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

2:30-4:30 pm – Room 223 – Midtown

The Speech Contest is Touro’s longest running student event, now in its 11^th semester since Spring 2007. Finalists are chosen from three Communication classes to represent their classmates. The quality of the performances is consistently rather impressive. Cash prizes ($100, $75, $50) await the top three winners chosen by a panel of judges who are made up of Touro staff. Refreshments are available during the wait for the judges’ decision.

The judges for this contest are Mr. Richard Jong (Advisement), Ms.Sharon Little (Compliance), Mr. Robert Babsky (Operations)

Discover The Future Leaders of America Here!

Next week’s conversation

The Touro Communication Club

Tuesday, April 12, 2011- 2:30 pm – Room 223

Midtown

Critical Listening Institute III: Comedy

Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?”

For those who don’t know this famous comic routine, you are in for a treat!

“Who’s on First?” is a part of the rich American popular culture. First performed in the 1944 film “The Naughty Nineties,” the routine became the signature act of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Products of burlesque and vaudeville in 1930s and 1940s, the comedy team were successful in radio and over 30 movies. The routine is part of the permanent exhibit at Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.

This is the third in the Critical Listening series. Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream Speech” was the focus first session w

Last Week’s conversation

Touro Communication Club

Last Week’s Conversation:

“Job Interview Preparation Workshop”

New Day - Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New Time 3 -4:30 pm – Room 223 – Midtown

Communication Professors George Backinoff and Gena Bardwell will share their extensive experience in polishing the interview skills of job applicants. What questions do you ask? What kinds of non-verbal behavior send the right message? Coping with nervousness? How do you sell yourself? These and many other topics will be covered in the workshop. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Office of Advisement and Counseling.

“It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear That Counts!”

This is one discussion you should not miss!

What happened at the Job Interview Seminar

Professors George Backinoff and Gena Bardwell led an exciting workshop with enthusiastic participation of Emmanuel Boy, Laura LaChica, Ismael Aidara, Bai, Xia, Gen Gelsonino, Vlad Konyshev, Dilyara Iafiasova, Anzhelika Leviyeva, Dena (Tira) Bluestone and familiar faces Robert Bohr, Lorinda Moore and Sophia Volfson.

The Touro Career Interview Preparation Workshop took place on Tuesday, March 29, 

2011, at 3:00pm.  The workshop was a successful collaboration between Career Services, the Communication Department and Advisement. 

 The facilitators included Adriana Jimenez of Career Services, Professor Gena Bardwell 

and Professor George Backinoff of the Communication Department. 

 Additionally, Sofia Volfson of Advisement contributed support. 

Eleven motivated students attended.  They responded with positive enthusiasm and 

seemed genuinely impressed by the information and instruction that was delivered.  The 

Workshop included the planning, preparation, content and delivery needed for an 

effective job interview which could lead to career employment. 

This is an excellent example of the Touro community working together to produce 

positive results.

- George Backinoff