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Instructor utilizes skills to give seminars
Working with the idea that,
“There are no boring subjects
only boring speakers,’? Connie
Connors creates her seminars.
Connors has made herself an
expert on such subjects as,
“The Art of Persuasion,”
“Improving Customer Rela
tions,” Effective Manage
ment,” and “The Skill of
Negotiation,” not to mention
about thirteen other business
and communication related
subjects.
Connors is a full-time
instructor
at
speech
Clackamas Community Col-
lege but manages to find time
during the summer and
through the school year to give
seminars ranging from one
hour to a three-day program.
She usually is hired by
businesses interested in train
ing their employees to be more
effective and efficient in their
jobs.
Connors began her lecturing
under the business name of
Communication Builder Con
sultants along with Frank
Harlow, also a speech instruc
tor at the College.
Connors said, “I’ve always
been a voracious reader,”
which helps when she needs to
prepare for a six hour seminar.
She says she usually needs
three times the amount of time
of the lecture itself in order to
prepare for it if it’s on a sub
ject she hasn’t fully researched
yet. She also said that she tries
to incorporate ways of getting
the audience involved in the
seminar. She utilizes some of
the techniques that she uses in
her speech classes by having
them perform role playing,
and video taping.
Connors said that she
prefers large groups to in
struct, and has spoken at con
ferences as large as three thou
sand people. Some of the
things that she teaches are just
basic common sense techni
ques and “Things that have
worked for me.” Sometimes
she will go into an office to
view the correspondence bet
ween co-workers in order to
know what kind of com
munication problems exist.
“Some people work on the
big stick theory,” Connors
said, meaning that if they use
raising their voice to make an
impact on someone and it
doesn’t work, they merely
raise their voice a little higher.
Connors points out that this
method is obviously not the
right way of handling the pro
blem and may be able to offer
a better method. “You have to
be a real good observer and
analyze,” Connors said about
trying to find the communica
tion problems.
If most of it is common
sense, why can’t anyone hit
the lecture circuit? “People
may be very successful in
business but they don’t know
what it is that is working,”
Connors said. “Some people
just can’t teach,” she added.
The money is also a reason
Connors enjoys giving
seminars, but she is skeptical
about leaving her instructor’s
position at the College, at least
for a while. “I’d be all by
myself. I.like working out here
(the College).” Besides that,
Connors said, “I tend to be a
team player.”
ALL SMILES-Speech instructor Connie Con- conducting self-improvement seminars,
nors keeps busy with full-time teaching and by
Discussion set r
Local theatre offerings will
be discussed by Andrew Ed
wards, executive director of
Lake Oswego Community
Theater, Oct. 17 from 7 to 10
p.m. in McLoughlin Theater.
Edwards’ discussion will in
clude anecdotes of theater life
from his viewpoint as an actor
and director.
The program is open to the
community as part of the
Oregon Sampler series offered
this term at the College. The
series spotlights the “unique
character of Oregon” with this
week’s focus on “Portland
Area Theater.” Admission is
free.
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WOOD SCULPTURE is one of pieces shown
in the Pauling Center by Rick True. True
Wednesday, October 17, 1984
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teaches basic design at the College,
MUSIC REVIEW )
“Dinosaur’ ’ group
progresses sound
By J. Jason
Of The Print
Lately a resurgance of
“dinosaur” groups has oc-
curred. With the likes of
Slade, Kiss and Yes topping
the charts and Deep Purple
and Sweet reforming, the sw
ing of musical tastes seems to
be reverting slightly. One
group has been around since
1968 and yet still maintains
only a cult following.
Jethro Tull, an English
group (not a persbn) lead by a
highly skilled musician named
Ian Anderson, has recently
released a new album called
Under Wraps. This superbly
produced studio album con
tains all the rhythm of dance
music, all the techno-noises of
a new wave sound and a
million surprises that only a
true Tull fan would begin to
expect.
Vocalist and producer
Anderson is not your typical
rock musician. Unlike most
rock artists, Anderson encor-
porates his unique sounding
flute into every song. This br
ings a sound into Tull’s music
that is nowhere to be found in
any other band.
Over 15 albums have
emerged from this band, all
with a clear, distinctly studio
v
sound. Under Wraps contains
11 arrangements with several
songs that stand out as
classics.
“Lap of Luxury/ ” Euro-.
m / “Later
pean Legacy,” and
That Same Evening” stand
out with the help of
Anderson’s harshly melodic
vocals.
Although Under Wraps
isn’t as powerful as their big
gest selling album Aqualung,
Anderson’s voice is just as
strong.
Over the past 16 years Tull
has enlisted some of the
greatest drummers in history.
Clive Bunker and Barrimore
Barlow, most notably, have
kept the beat for Anderson
and guitarist Martin Barre (the
two most consistent members
of the group) for years. On
this album Anderson amazing
ly handles the drums himself!
Other members of the cur
rent lineup include bassist
David Pegg and keyboard
whiz Peter Vettese. Anderson
stole Vettese for Tull after the
two completed Anderson’s
solo album in late 1983.
Jethro Tull have somehow
managed to progress their
sound, even though their
earlier sound was ahead of its I
time.
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