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zoey

Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:35:06 +0000

good to know but i need facts on listening to people

Zameer

Wed, 3 Dec 2014 13:19:32 +0000

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mohammad

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:45:11 +0000

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C Tang

Sun, 1 Jun 2014 14:14:25 +0000

Can hardly believe said reason for "seven digit phone numbers"

Val

Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:48:45 +0000

Where are the sources?

Deborah

Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:50:03 +0000

Can you please cite the studies where the facts were derived?

RonM

Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:40:32 +0000

We have two(2) ears and one(1) mouth, which means we should hear twice as much as we say.

Carolyn Zollars

Mon, 8 Jul 2013 02:20:11 +0000

Fascinating! IGreat reminders of the power of visual communications. Everything I read nowadays supports this. People want to read less and "see" more, hence, more videos/pictures and less verbiages. I am surprised if anyone can argue with this.

S. Frog

Fri, 5 Jul 2013 14:27:27 +0000

So it sounds like instead of talking I should just use the right posture and show some pictures. I'll give it a try and let everyone knows how it goes ...

Vernon Huffman

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:30:11 +0000

Perhaps the biggest block to effective communication is a cultural tendency to perceive competition. Defensive reactions block effective listening and mute natural tendencies to empathize. Compassionate Communication and Verbal Aikido are two ways around this problem.

Karen F. Dimanche Davis

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:32:06 +0000

Our verbal skills are interconnected: increased skills in one improves the other three (speaking, listening, reading, writing). Students often assert they do not need to take class notes, as they remember well. Their tests prove them wrong. Listening is focused attention. Careful listening, like carefuk driving, can be exhausting, especially if one is also attending to visuals and taking notes of key points (as for minutes). How to improve listening skills? I begin classes with a name-remembering execise, explaining the skills used, and repeat it during the first 2-3 weeks of classes. Any exercise like the "telephone" game can improve listening/focus skills, or any form of immediate testing. Flash cards improve focus. Meditation is focused attention.

Laszlo

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:49:48 +0000

This 7% maybe true for a person who is not only extroverted but also very superficial and does not understand the matter. For a deep thinker, it is just the opposite: words, sentences and their logic count, and facial play and body language only things to filter them out.

Sam M.

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:43:01 +0000

Please cite your sources and avoid making things up, such as: "Images go directly into long-term memory, where they are indelibly etched." Also, psychology/neuroscience research no longer supports the "7 items in working memory" concept. Current research supports 4 items, but the use of "chunking" can increase these numbers. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v390/n6657/a...

Christine

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:04:21 +0000

Dawn thanks for clarifying the source of the statistics as context is very important with what is most effective in communication

Dawn Cook

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:46:35 +0000

It may be of interest to note the statistics on 55%, 38% and 7% are from Albert Mehrabian's research and he has expressed frustration about his research being misused because it was a specific set of conditions and related to how we interpret the meaning around feelings and attitudes. On his website he writes: "Total Liking = 7% Verbal Liking + 38% Vocal Liking + 55% Facial Liking. Please note that this and other equations regarding relative importance of verbal and nonverbal messages were derived from experiments dealing with communications of feelings and attitudes (i.e., like–dislike). Unless a communicator is talking about their feelings or attitudes, these equations are not applicable". Good information for those of us who are educators of communication.

Darcey

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:25:52 +0000

Fkay, a great and fun way to improve one's communication skills is to join a local Toastmasters club - http://www.toastmasters.org/.

William Viel

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:49:01 +0000

Everyone should listen to Joan (above) she is correct on all counts.

Joan

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:37:08 +0000

As an educator and sales trainer for major corporations for the past 30 years, I can tell you that the information provided is dead accurate. The data is met with the same skepticism by most students until exercises prove it to be true, which can't be done in a written article. Listening is the most important skill we can have and is one of the most difficult to master. The phrase "God gave us two ears and only one mouth because he knew listening was harder", is right on.

Steve B

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:29:59 +0000

I find it difficult to believe that words on paper convey only 7% of information compared to seeing and hearing the same words spoken. Maybe so in some circumstances, but in my opinion such a generalization is absurd.

Fkay

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:02:50 +0000

Thank you for the sharing this. It makes sense and I agree, communication skills are important, for a promotion and even lending yourself a good job. What I would like to know is how does one improve their communication skills....