Tutorial: How to Advocate for Your Communication Needs
summary
Covers four concrete channels—email for paper trail, text, chat apps (Slack/Teams) and phone/Zoom—and when to choose each: email for formal requests and timestamps, phone for true emergencies, chat for quick day‑work. Offers role‑play practice, sensory tools like wiggle seats, and rules to extract (e.g. agree how to signal urgency, record consent to be texted). Notes billing constraints (phone calls billable after eight minutes), multi‑generational habits, and scripts to ask managers for specific accommodations and reminders.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:12Identifying needs
- 10:31Four methods
- 18:28Ranking preferences
- 25:11Advocating needs
- 30:08Handling mismatches
- 33:59Power dynamics
- 37:28Friendships and promotions
- 43:14Healthy communication
- 45:19When others don’t care
- 48:27Setting boundaries
- 50:09Growth from feedback
- 51:34Q&A
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