Core
Competency:
Competency:
Demonstrates understanding of rhetorical strategies and communication theory or learning theory
Capable of conducting user and task analyses in the field and needs analysis for training
Is able to develop and adapt content for audiences
Demonstrates knowledge of persuasive techniques
Exhibits knowledge of disciplinary history
Rhetoric
This page houses some of my writings that effectively use rhetorical strategies to persuade.
Technology and Its Promise of Freedom from the Physical Body PDF (25K)
The fulfillment of the promise of the Internet to allow us to communicate as pure consciousness continues to be a topic of some contention. This essay that I wrote for "Cultural and Technological Change" class argues that our bodies are ourselves, even in Cyberspace.
Young Urban Christian Artists PDF (330K)
To help persuade funders to provide grants to the Young Urban Christian Artists after-school graphic arts technical education program, this proposal provides a background section that discusses the recent history of the South Bronx, and the environmental and socioeconomical effects on its largely minority population.
Andrew Williams