How to develop a good communication skills.

The ability to communicate effectively is important in relationships,

education and work. You want to develop your communication skills. Here are some steps and tips to help you develop good communication skills:

First: You must understand the basics of communication skills. That is what communication really is: Communication is the process of transferring signals/messages between a sender and a receiver through various methods (written words, nonverbal cues, spoken words). It is also the tools we use to establish and modify relationships.

Second: You must be confident in knowing that you can make worthwhile contributions to conversation. Take time each day to be aware of your opinions so you can adequately convey them to others.

Third: You must practice. Developing an advanced communication skills begins with simple interactions. New skills take time to refine, but each time you use your communication skills, you open yourself to opportunities and future partnerships.

Fourth: Engage the audience by making eye contacts. One way to achieve this is by consciously looking into one of the listener’s eyes and then move to the other eye. Going back and forth between the two makes your eyes appear to sparkle. Another trick is to imagine a letter “T” on the listener’s face ,with the crossbar being an imaginary line across the eye brows and the vertical line coming down the center of the nose. Keep your eyes scanning that “T” zone.

Fifth: Use gestures. These include gestures with your hands and face. Make your whole body talk. Use smaller gestures for individuals and small groups. The gestures should get larger as the group that one is addressing increases in size.

Sixth: Don’t send mixed message. Make your words, gestures, facial expressions and tone match. Disciplining someone while smiling sends a mixed message and is therefore ineffective. If you have to deliver a negative message, make your words, facial expressions, and tone match the message.

Seventh: Your body language can say so much more than a mouthful of words. Speak more softly when you are alone and close. Speak louder when you are speaking to larger groups or across larger spaces. Communication can be stopped before it starts by body language that tells people you don’t want to talk. Appropriate posture and an approachable stance can make even difficult conversations flow more smoothly.

Eight: Choose to be honest, patient, optimistic, sincere, respectful, and accepting of others. Be sensitive to other people’s feelings and believe in others’ competence.

Nine: Cultivate the habit of listening to your audience.(Very important)

Ten: Speak clearly and don’t mumble. If people are always asking you to repeat yourself, try to do a better job of articulating yourself in a better manner.

Eleven: Use words your audience can understand. If it is a language they can’t understand get someone to interpret.

Twelve: Mind your vocabularies.

Lastly: Use a volume that is appropriate for the setting. Speak more softly when you are alone and close. Speak louder when you are speaking to larger groups or across larger spaces.

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