It’s not WHAT you say, It’s HOW you say it… Communication Skills

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It’s not WHAT you say,It’s HOW you say it…

CommunicationSkills

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Objectives:1. Learning attitude and process2. Improving from where we are, who

we are3. Better presentations4. The 7-C’s of Writing5. Writing skill development

The learning attitude?

Nobody can teach anybody

anything!

What is learning?How do we learn?Where do we learn it from?When does it stop?Who is responsible for it?

The matrix of learning

I don’t knowI don’t know

I knowI don’t know

I don’t knowI know

I knowI know

What is it?

I know you believe you understand

What you think I saidButI am not sure You realize whatYou heard is notWhat I meant…

““The first step in good The first step in good communication is to communication is to stop assuming that stop assuming that

the other person the other person understands what you understands what you are saying, because are saying, because you understand.”you understand.”

Bryson, 1991

Myths about Communication

We communicate consciouslyWe communicate with wordsNon-verbal communication is silentWords mean the same thing to

everyoneWe communicate when we speakMessage sent is the message receivedInformation is never too much…

ConceptsCommunication is a two-way processWords Mean Different Things to Different People.

The Initiation of a Message Provides No Assurance It Has Been Received.

Communications Often Become Distorted as They Are Transmitted.

Communication of Content

Channel choicesIn personTelephoneEmailWrittenThird party

How We Communicate• CVs, Resumes• Email, Web site, FAQs • Letters, Newsletters, Brochures, Articles,

Catalogs• Advertisements, Notice Board,

Pamphlets, Signs, Press Release• Presentations, multimedia, talks• Reports, Manuals, Proposals, Books

Communication is all about

establishing

good relationships!

Attributes of effective communication

Invalidation:SuperiorityRigidityIndifferenceinflexibility

Validation:RespectfulFlexibleTwo way

communicationIdentify areas

of agreement

The four skills:

ListeningSpeakingReadingWriting

WritingReadingSpeakingListening

Group Presentations

1. Greet and smile

2. Introduce yourself and the subject

3. Present quality with confidence

4. Answer questions

5. Thank the audience

Writing Skills Development:Daily diary

Emailing/ chatting

The letters we’ve forgotten…

Challenge closesFilling in the exercise:

letters/cards/invitationUnscrambled letters

ThankYou

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