BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:868ddaca-c2aa-4d33-b430-6c4d6adaaf80.208091@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20200811T154855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T154855Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:What My Voice Says About Me DESCRIPTION:Missouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annua l Public Affairs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 202 0! This year's public affairs theme is The Power of Voice. \n\n\nLinks to all live webinar events will be listed on the Public Affairs Conference schedule website.\n\n\nPeople use multiple methods to communicate. All of them are aspects of our daily lives\, our identities and our emotional w ell-being. Our voices are all unique and reflect a multitude of factors: where we were raised\, languages we were exposed to as children and langu ages used by peers. Dialogue\, spoken or otherwise\, conveys a plethora o f personal traits to listeners\, whether intended or not. Some communicat ions are seen as more feminine or masculine\, while others reflect the re gion of the country where one lives. These traits often cause the listene r to form opinions or conclusions about the speaker before taking the tim e to get to know the person. What phonetic and linguistic “habits” in spe ech affect and convey information about us? Real or assumed\, how does vo ice project information about gender\, sexuality\, disability\, ethnicity or social status? How do social norms and expectations affect a person’s true voice? Are digital technologies\, such as texting and social media\ , affecting voice identity and cultural diversity? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Mi ssouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annual Public Affa irs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 2020! This year' s public affairs theme is&nbsp\;<a href="https://publicaffairs.missourist ate.edu/the-power-of-voice.htm">The Power of Voice</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Li nks to all live webinar events will be listed on the&nbsp\;<a href="https ://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/schedule">Public Affairs Conference sc hedule website</a>.</p>\n<p>People use multiple methods to communicate. A ll of them are aspects of our daily lives\, our identities and our emotio nal well-being. Our voices are all unique and reflect a multitude of fact ors: where we were raised\, languages we were exposed to as children and languages used by peers. Dialogue\, spoken or otherwise\, conveys a pleth ora of personal traits to listeners\, whether intended or not. Some commu nications are seen as more feminine or masculine\, while others reflect t he region of the country where one lives. These traits often cause the li stener to form opinions or conclusions about the speaker before taking th e time to get to know the person. What phonetic and linguistic “habits” i n speech affect and convey information about us? Real or assumed\, how do es voice project information about gender\, sexuality\, disability\, ethn icity or social status? How do social norms and expectations affect a per son’s true voice? Are digital technologies\, such as texting and social m edia\, affecting voice identity and cultural diversity?</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T101000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T110000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR