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P2: Explain the principles of effective communication

P5 : Use IT to aid communications                                                                                                                         ceate a wiki/blog and include detailed information about the following types of communication:           Interpersonal skills: methods; techniques and cues; positive language; negative language; active engagement; barriers; types of question; speed of response  Communicate in writing: guidelines; ‘smiley’s’ or emoticons, key messages; grammar; spelling; structure; identifying relevance; proofreading; alternative viewpoints; note taking; capitalisation

P3:  Discuss the potential barriers to effective communication                                                                             M1: Explain mechanisms that can reduce the impact of communication barriers                                             Continue with the Wiki or Blog and include another section about, ‘Barriers to Communication and how to overcome them.’ Based upon the principles you have explained in Task 1, you must also discuss 3 barriers for each type of communication you have explained (9 in total) that can exist which limit or prevent effective communication. To meet the MERIT criteria you will need to explain alongside the barriers to communications, what can be done to overcome them?

 Effective Communication 

There are many different many different of communication each allowing you to gain attention from your audience.

General communication skills includes many types of skills which overcaome many barriers; adapting to your audince or even the acustics of the room speaking louder or quieter, adapting allows effective communication because it make less likely to offend or upset your audience this could be becuase you need to change your tone of voice.

Another general communication skill is accuracy; if you are accurate in what you are saying and backup your points from a reliable source so you cannot be disputed you are more likely going to leave a longer impression on your audiences minds. There is also question and answer, whether rhetorical or open; questions can be a very useful tool for communication it can make your presentation interactive and make the audience more involved; answering you audiences various questions about the subject you are speaking of you show that you really know your subject and can settle your audiences qualms if they have any.

You also have engaging the audience this can be done by questions, adapting your tone, the way you speak to enage your audience; in essence speaking is a performance and the way you hold your self, the way you speak all engage the audience or if done wrong could send them into a stupor.

You could also include cultural differences; this could be a general communication skill as you have to overcome ceratin difference be it accents, beliefs or even the way they may dress. You have to be attentive, courteous even if that means going through information slower to make sure they understand you and listening attetively to make you understand what they are saying and understand their point of view as it may be very differnt from yours but you could benefit from the difference of opinion.

Interpersonal skills are various ways and methods of making you communicate better with others face to face, this can be to affectively communicating feelings, opinions etc.