Being Present
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Being Present offers a framework to navigate social presence at work and at home. By exploring four primary communication choices?budgeted, entitled, competitive, and invitational?author Jeanine W. Turner shows when and where to employ each to effectively communicate in a notification-saturated world.
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Jeanine W. Turner is a professor at Georgetown University, where she teaches in both the Communication, Culture and Technology (CCT) Program and the McDonough School of Business. For over thirty years, she has researched how we use communication technologies and how they influence our work, home, and friendships. Jeanine is an award-winning teacher and has published and presented her work nationally and internationally. She has worked within the public and private sectors, including AARP, KPMG, Microsoft, the NFL Players Association, Rolls Royce, Sprint, the US Senate, the US Department of Defense, and the World Bank. Jeanine earned her PhD at The Ohio State University and lives in Vienna, Virginia with her husband John and her three children Michael, Kate, and Andrew.
Content
Preface
Introduction: What Does Social Presence Mean and Why Should You Care About It?
Part I. Paying Some Attention, Screens On: Budgeted Presence
1. Budgeted Presence in the Workplace
2. Budgeted Presence Outside the Workplace
Part II. ?Turn off Your Phone and Listen to Me?: Entitled Presence
3. Entitled Presence in the Workplace
4. Entitled Presence Outside the Workplace
Part III. Selling Your Agenda While Screens Are On: Competitive Presence
5. Competitive Presence at Work
6. Competitive Presence Outside the Workplace
Part IV. Sleep Mode: Invitational Presence
7. Invitational Presence in the Workplace
8. Invitational Presence Outside the Workplace
Conclusion: Implementing These Strategies in Any Setting
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