How To Become An Effective Communicator
Communication is an important part of having and maintaining relationships. Without communication, messages and feelings won’t be understood clearly by others.
Sometimes what you need to do is to learn how to properly communicate how you feel to the other person. A wrong kind of communication or a misinterpreted message might not bring the right kind of feedback you expect.
We all know what communication is, whether we think about it or not. Communication is simply an interaction between a sender and receiver of a message. Communication goes beyond just sending out a message, there also need to be feedback. Without feedback, the communication process is not complete.
Sometimes, one of the things that hinder feedback is the way a message is structured; whether it is unclear or the receiver of the message doesn’t under the message.
Clear communication is important, and to have clear communication, the sender of the message ought to communicate in an understandable manner.
Once there is clear communication, people get to understand each other better and give the right kind of feedback needed. And so, there is need to effectively communicate.
With that in mind, here are some ways you can communicate more clearly:
- Speak with understanding: communicating without understanding is as if you are not communicating at all. Before proper communication can take place, there is a need for understanding. Even if you don’t know much about the recipient of your message, you need to have some form of understanding about him/her. When you have a basic understanding of them for instance, you are able to know the different types of ways you can effectively communicate with them.
- Listen: you need to also listen to the other person in order to understand what he or she is saying. In addition, without listening to the other person, you won’t be able to give the person the right feedback needed in that situation.
- Use the right words: you can’t communicate clearly if you don’t use the right words for the occasion.
- Be mindful of non-verbal cues: the other person might be communicating something through his or her non-verbal cues, and you may not know. In addition, you might be saying something through your non-verbal cues and you might not be aware that the other person is receiving the non-verbal communication. And so, you need to make sure your body language, posture, facial expression, etc. are communicating what you really want to communicate.
- Communicate in a simple manner: don’t communicate in a way that would confuse your listener. Therefore, use the right words, words that will communicate what you want to communicate to the person. In addition, don’t speak to show off your wide bank of vocabulary, rather speak so the other person can understand what you are saying.
- Seek and provide feedback: without seeking feedback from the recipient of your message you may not know what he or she thinks about the message. Likewise, you may not know whether he or she understands the message or needs more clarification concerning the message. Also, if you don’t provide feedback to someone you are talking with; the person may not understand some things you need clarifications on.
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