BETTER COMMUNICATION
Following are some tips to improve your communication:
1. You should be clear about objectives of your communication. Think ‘what you want to communicate’ before you make your communication.
2. You should organize facts and thoughts related to your communication objectives.
3. If you are making face-to-face communication or addressing in a meeting, establish eye contact with your listener.
4. Create an atmosphere for free and frank communication.
5. Always use simple language while communicating, so that listener may be able to understand your communication.
6. Ask for feedback from your listener, so that he may have chance to say about any confusions in your communication.
7. Make your communication relevant and interesting to the listener. If are able to create suspense in your communication, then the listener may apply more concentration in listening your communication.
8. During your communication, remember to pause at appropriate time. Do not speak too fast or too slow.
9. During your verbal communication do not frequently refer to notes or text.
10. Economize use of adjectives in your communication.
11. Use appropriate voice, tone and body language to suit the message of your communication.
12. For clarity to your listener, it is better to provide examples and illustrations in your communication.
13. Avoid distracting sounds during your communication.
14. Communicate with feelings and concern.
15. You must become a good listener to become a good speaker.
16. Ensure yoiur actions and justify what you communicate.
17. Communicate at appropriate place and time.
18. Moderate communication with respect to reactions of listeners.
19. Reduce length of communication channel. Too many channels in communication create distraction in communication.
20. You should communicate only when communication is needed.
21. You should be brief and clear in your communication.
22. Sequence your communication – (i) Say what you are going to say, (ii) Say what you want to say, and (iii) Say what you have said.
Have a nice day!
With best wishes,
Keshav
P.
Thanks.
Read more on Body Language (The Language you don’t say) at:
http://saypoint.blogspot.com/2009/11/body-language-language-you-dont-say.html
Nice article on communication………i would say only one sentence on communication. “communication is complete if and only if their is an urge for an ACTION in it.”