Prepare for the lecture
Doing so will ensure that you will be more likely to predict the organization of the lecture. Check the course outline to see if the lecturer has listed the topic…
Note taking Strategies
Here are some tips for effective note taking strategies: Summarize your notes in your own words, not the instructor’s. Remember: your goal is to understand what the professor is saying,…
Removing Barriers at All These Stages
To deliver your messages effectively, you must commit to breaking down the barriers that exist in each of these stages of the communication process. Let’s begin with the message itself.…
Feedback of your Message
Your audience will provide you with feedback, verbal and nonverbal reactions to your communicated message. Pay close attention to this feedback as it is the only thing that will allow…
Receiver of your Message
Your message is delivered to individual members of your audience. No doubt, you have in mind the actions or reactions you hope your message will get from this audience. Keep…
Decoding your Message
Just as successful encoding is a skill, so is successful decoding (involving, for example, taking the time to read a message carefully, or listen actively to it.) Just as confusion…
Channelizing your Message
Messages are conveyed through channels, with verbal, including face-to-face meetings, telephone and videoconferencing; and written including letters, emails, memos, and reports. Different channels have different strengths and weaknesses. For example,…
Encoding your Message
This is the process of transferring the information you want to communicate into a form that can be sent and correctly decoded at the other end. Your success in encoding…