Business communication module 5 - Kerala University
- 3. • Messages can be communicated through gestures and touch, body language or posture, facial expression and eye contact. • The process of communication through sending and receiving wordless cues between people.
- 4. • Facial expressions : happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, and disgust . • Body movements and posture : how your perceptions of people are affected by the way they sit, walk, stand up, or hold their head. • Gestures : wave, point, beckon, and use our hands when we’re arguing or speaking. • Eye Contact : someone can communicate many things, including interest, affection, hostility, or attraction.
- 5. • Touch : a weak handshake, a timid tap on the shoulder, a warm bear hug, a reassuring slap on the back, a patronizing pat on the head, or a controlling grip on your arm. • Space : You can use physical space to communicate many different nonverbal messages, including signals of intimacy and affection, aggression or dominance. • Voice:
- 6. • Is a form of mental and physical ability of human non-verbal communication, consisting of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements.
- 7. • Is a component of meta-communication • Refers to non-verbal elements of speech
- 8. • Facial expressions • Tones of voice • Gestures • Eye contact • Spatial arrangements • Patterns of touch • Expressive movements • Silence
- 10. • Is the interpretation of body language such as facial expressions and gestures — or, more formally, non-verbal behavior related to movement, either of any part of the body or the body as a whole.
- 13. • Neuro-Linguistic Programming describes the fundamental dynamics between mind (neuro) and language (linguistic) and how their interplay affects our body and behavior (programming). • Created by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in California, USA in the 1970s
- 15. • Listening means attentiveness and interest perceptible in the posture as well as expressions. • Communication cannot take place until and unless a message is heard and retained thoroughly and positively by the receivers/listeners.
- 16. 1. Discover your interests’ field. 2. Grasp and understand the matter/content. 3. Remain calm. Do not loose your temper. Anger hampers and inhibits communication. Angry people jam their minds to the words of others. 4. Be open to accept new ideas and information. 5. Jot down and take a note of important points. 6. Work upon listening. Analyze and evaluate the speech in spare time. 7. Rephrase and summarize the speaker’s ideas. 8. Keep on asking questions. This demonstrates that how well you understand the speaker’s ideas and also that you are listening. 9. Avoid distractions. 10. “Step into the shoes of others”, i.e., put yourself in the position of the speaker and observe things from his view point. This will help creating an atmosphere of mutual understanding and improve the exchange of ideas in communication process.
- 18. • Communication through visual aid . • A skillful combination of text and pictures . • Explores the idea that a visual message accompanying text has a greater power to inform, educate, or persuade a person or audience
- 19. • Slide Presentations • Memos • Videos. • Displays
- 21. • Effective digital communication is the ability to create persuasive communications in different media, be it websites, video, audio, text, or animated multimedia. • telephone or video meeting between two or more individuals
- 22. • Telephone or video meeting between two or more individuals. • The telecommunications system may support the teleconference by providing one or more of the following: audio, video, and/or data services by one or more means, such as telephone, computer, internet etc.
- 23. Advantages & Disadvantages • reaches a larger population • geographical barriers diminished • saves time and travel costs • convenient and efficient • staffing necessary • learning time to adapt to technology • technology may be expensive • diminishes personal touch • hearing issues
- 24. • Videoconferencing is the conduct of a videoconference by a set of telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to communicate by simultaneous two-way video and audio transmissions.