1. Ex: Source. The source is important because that’s where the message is coming from. Who you are plays a large part in how your message is received.
2. Goal. The goal is the purpose of sending messages. It helps setting a direction that business or action is driven to, with specific pros and cons analyze.
3. Audience. The Audience is the reader or receiver of the messages. Identifying all possible audiences’ expectations and reactions before they receive the messages can help a writer reaching the goal.
4. Context. The context is the main information in a message. Keeping the context friendly to race, political issues, and religions can prevent negative feedback from self- interpretation.
5. Message. The message is a clear and specific
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After the process is all done, I needed to write a Thank you note to the managers who interviewed me. This is a professional email to help the managers remember me. Thus, to the different managers, I wrote different things they were interested during the interview process. One of the manager loves to talk about dogs, and I wrote about my pet. One of the employee is more logical person, and I wrote a short analysis.
3. Look at Peter Drucker’s four fundamental communication principles. Which surprised you most? Can you see this principle in your communication challenges?
In the Peter Drucker’s four fundamental communication principles, the perception part surprised me the most. “Only what has actually been understood will have been communicated.” This shows that the success of a talk is not depending on the lengthen of the paragraph. In fact, if the message is not short and clear, neither any words will affect audiences. As a non-native speaker, I always use lots of sentences to support one single claim. Sometimes those sentences do not make any additional clarification. I need to learn how to communicate with more perceptual language.
4. According to the text, why is “who you are as a communicator” so important? Discuss the idea in your own
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The way that one speaks represents not only the message itself, but the personality on speaker. The way that one listens to others also somehow encourages or discourages people to continue. Communication is an interaction between humans. Thus, identify and examine ourselves can help us to improve skills.
5. Name Aristotle’s essential elements of communication. In one sentence for each, describe and signify their importance.
1. Logos. Logos is to logically construct sentences with correct words. It represents whether the writer is effective communication or not by showing its literacy and critical thinking.
2. Pathos. Pathos is the emotion contain in the sentences. It makes connection between people by establishing the same or similar feeling from the message.
3. Ethos. Ethos is the credibility of the sources. It suggests if the writer is trustable or not.
6. Listening is probably the most important skill you can hone and one of the most overlooked in terms of excellent communication. What are 3 ways you can become a better listener?
1. Paraphrase. Restating people’s concern can double check their opinion as well as making them feel being