Principles of Effective communications

General Communication

Engaging the audience

Engaging the audience is key to communicating effectively, it is important as if you are trying to get something across to your audience you want people to be listening and engaged in what you are saying. There are a few ways of doing this, one is to ask questions. Asking questions will keep the audience engaged in what you have to say in case they are asked a question.

Another way to engage the audience is by voice modulating, this just means changing the pitch and tone of your voice accordingly. This is effective because if you were to speak in the same tone the whole time the audience would find it boring and will zone out of what you have to say, this is not what you want so you should regularly change the pitch and tone according to what you are talking about.

Accuracy

Have accuracy is knowing what you are talking about and being able to give facts about the subject. Its is important to be as accurate as you possibly can as you are passing this information on to other people who will then possibly pass it on to others. On way to be accurate is to research the subject and to double check that you have got the information from a reliable source.

Interpersonal Communication

Technics and cues

There are different types of technics and cues that people use to help communicate with other. One thing that most people do without even knowing is the difference in there body language, your body language can be important when trying to get a point across. Your body language is what tells the other person what sort of a mood you are in whether you are happy or sad and it can tell you what sort of point you are try to give across such as if it is sad you will act sad by lowering your tone and if it is a happy point you may raise your tone. Your body language is the first thing a person will see so having the right body language is important for a good first impression.

Methods

There are different methods to communicate to others for example you can just talk to the other person face to face, this is called verbal exchange this is where two or more people have a conversation together. But for people who cant talk or if you are talking to someone who have a hearing impairment then you would use sign language, this is a way in which people can communicate to each other if they are unable to do it verbally. Another way for someone who finds it hard to hear to communicate with someone who is talking is to read there lips, this is were someone looks at the lips of the person who is talking and can understand what they are saying.