Sending Interpersonal Messages

4 important questions on Sending Interpersonal Messages

Describe the communication process

Noise = anything that interferes, at any stage, with the communication process/
Feedback: How clear was the message understood and effect on the receiver

Sender ----> Message --> Channel ---> Message ---> Receiver
(Noise)                                  (Noise)                             (Noise)
[encode]                                                                               [decode]
<------------------------------------------------Feedback

What are skills for increasing clarity of messages ?

1. Use multiple channels
2. Be complete and specific
3. Take responsibility
4. Be congruent ( say and do the same)
5. Simplify your language

What are skills for developing and maintaining credibility?

1.Know what you’re talking about
2.Establish mutual trust
3.Share all relevant information
4.Be honest
5.Be reliable
6. Be warm and friendly
7.Be dynamic
8.Appropriate self-disclosure (process of revealing our feelings)
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What are skills for obtaining feedback?

1.Take the initiative to ask receivers for feedback.
2. Don’t be defensive
3. Check your understanding by summarizing what you have heard.
4.Check out underlying assumptions
5.Be sensitive to the provider’s nonverbal messages
6.  Ask questions to clarify.

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