Communicating Effectively

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Communicating Effectively

How to communicate in an effective way?
1. Remember the definition of communication i.e. what the communication means
2. What's the purpose of your communication
3. Bring the process (elements) of communication into your mind
4. Work on following communication elements:

1. SOURCE - Identify the exact source of communication... From whom the information flows
2. UNDERSTANDING - Ensure the proper ideas for your purpose are present in your mind... For this read, read.. Read and read to "mature" your ideas
3. MESSAGE - Bring your ideas, feelings or thinking into meaningful, clear to understand and easy words... Don't use cliche or jaw breaking of tongue twisting words... Personify your ideas in a simple way... In other words make your message according to the demographic and psychographic features of your audience... Keep in mind the education level, age, gender, financial status, culture, social values, norms, mores, their language, their religious believes, accessibility and other things while making a message
4. CHANNEL - Choose the medium that is appropriate for the audience to accept the ideas... so they can buy it. Have time to watch/listen/read, easy access, etc
5. DECODING - Convey your message into simple language this will help the audience to decode your ideas easily
6. RECEIVER (audience) - While you are creating a message, always... first of all... Analyze who are your audience or to whom you are conveying your message... Bear in mind the socio-economic-relegious-financial level and demographic and psychographic factors
7. FEEDBACK - Always always seek feedback from your audience. This will help your to re-make your message according to your requirements for the purpose
8. NOISE - Always reduce noise/hurdles during the process of communication, noise can be either phyical or psychological:
   H1. Physical noise includes semantic noise... Wrong utterance of words, misspelling... Poor printing, problems in signals or transmissions... Or extreme volume difficult to understand etc.
   H2. Psychological noise includes frame of reference is not same, education level or field of experience is not same, communicator's bias, cultural factors and cognitive dissonance etc.

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		3 Tleli Makhetha, South Africa
	Effective Communication The key to effective communication is understanding what you are communicating, with whom and why you are doing it. To simplify communication and make it effective requires that the communicator must use his brain to deal with all the above questions, not being lazy. Modern management seeks a silver bullet that will provide a complete answer to all effective communication challenges. But variations in terms of personality, culture, timing, language, emotional state, urgency, complexity of the desired outcome, etc preclude a universally applicable communication approach. It is more useful to define a process to determine the best way of communicating effectively under given circumstances. The only true measure of effective communication is the response by the target.

		2 Paul jansen, Netherlands
	Communicating is Handling Information Effectively Communicating is exchanging information. The definition of information I use is: "Information is the meaning of the representation of a fact (or of a message) for the receiver". This reaction of mine is... communication. I need to be aware that I assume to great extent that whatever intentions I have, you will 'understand' or at least 'follow' my drift (since I know better and what I say is just common sense...). And yet, after these last words, some may shut down ("what an arrogant bastard"), some may smile (on my "cynical joke") and some may dissect my every word on a pure rational/dictionary level… The post is very good for a specific context of communicating. In general however proper understanding of the meaning of 'information', and even breaking the very 'rules' of this post, may prove to generate even 'greater communication'. Communication is not a science but rather an art. Techniques may support this art, but should never replace it, nor proclaim 'this is effective communication'.

		3 naomi husein-siregar, Indonesia
	What is Effective Communication From my point of view effective communication is simple; the exact word is "mutual understanding". In Indonesia there are more than 500 dialects, most people speak the national language, but for some people we speak with gestures and signs but the important thing is we understand what we mean. So the complicated theory is good to know but the simple thing is that you understand each other and can response or react.

		0 Paul jansen, Netherlands
	Naomi Nailed it Perfectly Naomi wrote: "[communication is] that you understand each other and can response or react." I truly love it!

		0 Mary Carmen Garcia Tapia, Mexico
	Communication Yes indeed, body language is important to see, it gives a lot of information.

		0 SATISH PANDE Business Consultant, India
	Body Language > Lie to me Body language definitely contributes to communication. I recommend 'Lie to me' on Starworld at 10pm on week days. In India. Excellent!!!

		3 Ericka Alonzo Student (University), Nicaragua
	Communicating Effectively: Tone of Voice Thanks so much for all the extra information!! It will help me a lot with my communication skills I completely agree with every input here. I would like to add a little something: when we are communicating with others, or at least trying to, it makes wonders to regulate the tone of the voice, it doesn't matter what you're saying, if it is said assertively, believing what you're saying the message will go through with no problems. Thanks 12manage for such a great opportunity to know the opinions of all those people who take their time to share their knowledge with us who know so little.

		2 Mohamed Hisham, Sri Lanka
	Effective Communication Requires Effective Listening To have good communication, you need to have effective listening skills. Lots of people forget this when they're communicating.

		4 michael harwig Analyst, United States
	80-20 Rule in Communication I was told (wisely) that there is an 80 - 20 rule to effective communications: Listen 80%, Talk 20%. People want to hear themselves, not you. If you listen 80% of the time, you hear what they have to say. Talking 20% shows that you are listening; however, not trying to control the conversation (not listening). Bottom line: people want others to 'listen to them'. Too many people want to hear 'themselves'; thus, neither is listening effectively. By listening 80%, you are showing that you really care about what the other person has to say. You will find that the speaker enjoys talking to you (because you are listening to them) and will always enjoy talking to you in the future. If you talk more than 20% of the time (in response) it means that, while they are talking, you are not listening; you are thinking about 'your response' to them.

		1 LAKSHMAN PURIHELLA Accountant, Saudi Arabia
	Communication - When it is Effective Let there be an excellent talker. But as long as he/she is not aware of how the other person has perceived it.... How on earth would that be an effective communication?...

		7 Moses Arun Chander Management Consultant, United Arab Emirates
	Communication Skills: 3 Factors. Listening: 2 Factors One can communicate effectively with 3 major factors: knowledge, language and feelings. The most important is to understand the receiver's (target audience) level of knowledge, language and feelings. ...

		2 Bomo Albert-Oguara, Nigeria
	Communicating Effectively AIDA, DAGMAR, Two Step Flow, etc. Beautiful in themselves. The most critical of all factors as far as I am concerned is knowing the right moment to engage your audience. Moment in communication is a ...

		1 ANTONIO BARRANCO RUIZ Director, Spain
	Interpersonal Communication The real thing in communication is not what the speaker says, but what the receiver understands....

		0 Emmanuel Kakuru, Tanzania
	Effective Communication: Relevance of Topic to Audience Apart from what has been said on communication skills (methods, models and theories), one thing that is central to effective communication is the audience. No matter how good you are at communication,...

		0 Coman Anca Entrepreneur, Romania
	Using the Right Channels of Communication the Right Moment. I highly appreciate what Mr. Bomo Albert-Oguara mentioned. The right moment along with the right channel of communication is the art of the insight for the other. I highly recommend the Process Commun...

		2 GS RADJOU CEO, France
	Effective Communication: Funnel Theory Funnel theory for solving communication problems. Most of communications are unclear because of our perceptions. Rule: The sender message should convey not only meaning but also understanding. In a...

		0 Adam Imiolek Manager, United States
	Provide Attribution Shahid, nice contribution. Can you please provide the author?...

		2 Waseem A. Nisar, United States
	Effective Communication All contribution is great. However, I believe to be effective communication, we should cite the source(s) we got our material....

		2 Stella Ang, Singapore
	Effective Communication: Feelings First Communication is about listening and trying to understand what the other person is feeling about the issue. Deal with the feelings first. Later it's more effective to communicate ideas for the issue....

		0 Rob Head, Australia
	Communicating Effectively The key to effective interaction is to communicate with the other person / group's perspective in mind. This means considering things like: - How do they best receive information; e.g. face-to-face,...

		0 S.PONNURAJ Professor, India
	Learning - Communication All living organisms learn through senses. Senses are the receivers of communication - the more pleasant something is to the senses - the more attention it gets. This is the essence of communication. ...

		3 Jean Claude Perrault Manager, South Africa
	Communication: Keep it Simple Albert Einstein is quoted as having said "If you can't explain it simply, you don't know it well enough". Irrespective of body language, eloquent speech and communication method used, you must commun...

		1 ANTONIO BARRANCO RUIZ Director, Spain
	Non-verbal Communication Non-verbal language speaks louder than words, and unless you're a professional actor, is far more sincere than the spoken language. Generally we can't manipulate it in a calculated way as we are able...

		0 GS RADJOU CEO, France
	Non-Verbal Communication Yes! I am agreeing with you. Some recruitment tools are based on using these non-verbal behaviors. Machines to test lying effect on questioning link to drug being released in the blood flow for exampl...

		0 Ericka Alonzo Student (University), Nicaragua
	Simple is Better I agree with Jean Claude Perrault, simple things are better because we can communicate with everybody at every level....

		2 GS RADJOU CEO, France
	Simple is NOT Always Better. Why not? A) For managers communicating is making decision / processing activities. B) Take models in math, economy, etc. They are simple because it allows people to communicate easily and put links between ca...

		2 Bomo Albert-Oguara, Nigeria
	Communication and Culture Communication and the impact of culture on its deliverability, reminds me of the Esso campaign in the 1980's in Italy. The campaign tag line had literally been translated into the Italian language and...

		0 Ibrahim Mendahawi Manager
	Reactions are Chances for Improvement All the above comments from our friends are right. Listen to the reactions of the audience and take them as a chance for improvement....

		0 Dilip Khanal CEO, Nepal
	Theoretically Simple Effective communication is very simple in theory, but difficult in practice. Articulating the audience is always difficult. So, although the message is constructed correctly, at the receiving end, the...

		2 ANTONIO BARRANCO RUIZ Director, Spain
	Theory and Practise of Communication Effective communication occurs when a person INFLUENCES another. Otherwise we cannot speak of real communication. In addition, communication effectiveness is based on how clearly the listener receive...

		3 ANTONIO BARRANCO RUIZ Director, Spain
	Theory and Practise of Communication (2) One of the major problems of communication is that most people, by the simple fact that we can talk and write, consider themselves good communicators, making those who are listening responsible (guilt...

		0 sudhakaran Professor, India
	The ABC of Good Communication Accuracy, Brevity and Clarity are the ABC of good communication. Another guiding principle is the KISS Principle ie. Keep It Short and Simple....

		0 Waseem A. Nisar, United States
	Effective Communication - Main Points 1. The general understanding of communication is that one talks. For effective communication listening is even more important. We should remember 80-20 rule, as mentioned by some members, meaning 80% ...

		0 Dilip Khanal CEO, Nepal
	Russian Communication I read somewhere that a utility company advertised its services in Russia but no one was interested. The company knew that there was huge demand for such services. They examined the reason for failure...

		0 Waseem A. Nisar, United States
	Listening is the Key @michael harwig: I totally agree with you, Michael. Generally speaking, when we think of communication, we think of talking and almost totally forget the listening part. By just talking, we may give...

		2 NVDS.RAJU Professor, India
	Communicating Effectively Means to be Brief Many speakers go in for impressing the group (showman-ship) rather than for expressing their view point / opinion. It's often said that every word we utter is a mantra and should be used selectively /...

		1 Arshad Syed Coach, India
	The Importance of Communicating Effectively Your quality of life depends on the quality of your communication. So said Roger hamilton in his book "wink and grow rich". We are always communicating. Most of our communication has become habitual...

		0 miguel Consultant, Mexico
	Understand Verbal Communication and Body Language it is impossible NOT to communicate. People are communicating orally and via body language all the time. Understanding body language and learning to listen helps to establish better communication....

		6 Mirza Fareed Beg Management Consultant, Pakistan
	The Sweet Tune of the FLUTE in Interpersonal Communication F - Focus on issues -- not on people (their weaknesses, their misgivings, etc.) L - Listen; and listen with interest and empathy -- know and feel like the listener/s U - Understand that effectivenes...

		1 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	The Flute in Communication Thanks for sharing this acronym FLUTE, Mirza. It features some good thoughts for communicating effectively. The flute is one of the oldest known musical instruments (dating to about 43,000 to 35,000 ...

		3 ANTONIO BARRANCO RUIZ Director, Spain
	It Takes Going Beyond Elementary Communication Theory to Communicate Effectively Dear Shahid: The text that you've provided is a good summary of the elementary theory of communication and its elements. It refreshes the memory. Even if most manuals of linguistics or communication c...

		2 shahid imran Student (University), Pakistan
	Communication is All About 'How your Message is Perceived' @ANTONIO BARRANCO RUIZ: Thanks. Being a research student of media studies, I strongly believe that Communication is not a static process; rather it is dynamic in nature. Whether it be direct / indirec...

		1 ANTONIO BARRANCO RUIZ Director, Spain
	RE: Communication is All About 'How your Message is Perceived If the real thing in the communication is not what the issuer says, but what the recipient understands, we must bear the following aspects in mind for an effective communication: - The place or chose...

		0 NVDS.RAJU Professor, India
	The Art of Communication @Mirza Fareed Beg: Indeed effective way of abbreviating with letters. I complement the contributor. Communication is an art as much as a science, must be practiced in letter and spirit in every walk ...

		2 PAT O REILLY Ireland
	Skilled Communication To making a successful presentation or speech - here are my recommended points to keep in mind: 1. Attention span - How do you get the attention of audience - this is vital at the beginning 2. Remem...

		2 Anupam Swarup OD Consultant, United Arab Emirates
	Lack of Communication Skills Effective communication is not as easy as it may seem. We all communicate, everyday, almost every hour of our waking lives. Perhaps next to breathing, the next most done thing is communicating. We co...

		0 Britt Redline Entrepreneur, United States
	Excellent Posting. I Need This Very Much @Moses Arun Chander: Thank you for informing us more about what proper listening is, what it entails....