Communication
is the act of transferring information from one place to another and the
purpose is to get message across to the others clearly and unambiguously.
Communicating clearly and effectively is a few skills which are required of us
in a professional and business world setting. It is extremely important to have
our message being delivered clearly to prevent any devastating effect.
I
was able to identify some of my strengths and weaknesses with my own
communication. One of my strengths in communications is being an active listener
and in non-verbal communication. I am able to focus on the person`s communicating,
not only with my ears but also with my eyes and other senses. With that I am
able to put myself into their shoes and understand the speaker from their point
of view and provide better feedback. For example, a person might tell me that
they are happy when they are frowning or staring at the ground and I know that
their non-verbal behavior does not match what they are saying. With that
observation, I can then act or react accordingly.
One of challenges
I face in communication has got to be self confidence. Most of the time, I am
not the person who initiates the start of
the conversation as I am afraid of saying something wrong which might make the conversation
weird. Another problem would be speaking in front of the class as I would
become nervous. When I am nervous, speaking is proving to be a challenge as I
tend to forget the things which I want to say.
This
would be a good opportunity for me to review and improve on my weaknesses. One
of the things which I can do is to enlarge the open area in my Johari window.
The open area is the most important quadrant because when people know more
about each other, the more productive, cooperative and effective they are when
working together. Hopefully, I can be much better at communicating by the end
of the course.
Edited 31/01/2016
Commented on: Mei Ying, Rati, Angela , Yar Zar
Commented on: Mei Ying, Rati, Angela , Yar Zar
Hi Steven
ReplyDeleteThere is lack of explanation about your strength. Could you please explain more in detail and example about your strength.
Hello Ya Wen,
DeleteThank you for your comment. I read through my post again and realized that I have indeed missed out on a few parts, including those that you have mentioned.
I have made changes to them and you can feel free to provide me with comments/feedbacks so that I can improve on them.
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ReplyDeleteHi Steven,
ReplyDeleteListening is a great strength to possess and is something that I lack of. However, are you talking about active listening?
For your challenges, I believe that having confidence can be nurtured and with practice I think that speaking in front of the whole class would not be a problem anymore. When I am speaking/presenting to a group of people or in front of the class, sometimes I would think that the audiences are my family or friends. This make me more comfortable to speak and engage them. Another thing is to fully prepare for the topic that you will be speaking to them about. Maybe you could think from the audience perspective and think about what topic would they not understand, what question would they ask and how you should answer them.
This is just my opinion. Hope you find this useful.
Hello Zong Hong,
DeleteThank you for your comment. I like your idea of treating your audience like your family/friends instead. I think that would certainly reduce the amount of nervousness during presentation. And I would also need to think in terms of the audience perspective to fully prepare myself for any presentation. All of this I would take in to practice. Thank you.
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ReplyDeleteHi Steven,
ReplyDeleteI do believe listening is a good strength that you have.
Regarding your challenges, maybe you should ask a friend to help you in improving in your nervousness in presentation. I works for me. Whenever if I have up-coming presentation in front of a crowd, I will practice my lines with my friends and change my speech along the way.
Hope this will help you! :)
Hello Mei Ying,
DeleteThank you for reading my post and providing me with feedbacks on how I could improve on my presentation skills. I would certainly take on your advice and practice for my presentation before hand so that I can be more comfortable talking to a group of people.
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ReplyDeleteThanks, Steven, for this initial post. You have the main parts of the assignment essay, from the intro mentioning the value of effective communicating to the brief discussion on your strengths and weaknesses. This essay clocks in at around 210 words, so it is a tad short, which might account for the fact that I feel that you don't give enough attention to the points that you discuss. What, for example, leads you to believe that you are an able communicator when it comes to listening? Do you have "proof" of that? How can you show that you are able to empathize with others?
ReplyDeleteAnd the same is true for your weaknesses? Where does your nervousness manifest itself? You explain your lack of confidence a bit---but where might that come from?
Here are some other comments:
1) Communicating clearly and effectively are.... >>> (subject-verb agreement error) Communicating clearly and effectively IS....
2) One of my strength >>> (one of a group) One of my strengths
3) some of my strengths and weakness >>> some of my strengths and weaknesses
4) ...I am able to understand the problem from the person`s point of view and provide better feedback. >>> (confusion between definite and indefinite article -- an /_a or the)
I am able to understand A problem from another person`s point of view and provide better feedback.
5) who initials the start of the conversation ... >>> who initiates a conversation
The beauty of the blog is that you can revisit your post and edit. I look forward to your next draft.
Thanks, Steven, for updating your post.
ReplyDeleteHello Brad,
DeleteThank you for your valued feedback on my post, it has provided me with a better idea on how i could improve on my language structure. I have edited and made changes accordingly. Feel free to provide me with any further feedbacks on how i can improve on my latest post. Really appreciate it
Thanks, man. By the way, could you list the peer posts you commented on?
DeleteHello Brad,
DeleteSorry for the delay, I have edited and added the peer post which I have commented on. Thank you.
Hello Yar Zar,
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking time to read my post and providing me with feedbacks. I think your advice is good and it is true that I have not thought about the johari window when communicating and maybe that adds on to my weakness. But now that you have mentioned it. I would look into that and improve along the way. Thank you