Personal Communication Analysis

Personal Communication Analysis

Communication is vital in today’s society. The purpose of communication is to relay messages in the most clear and concise appropriate manner. Transferring data involves both the sender and receiver of a message. Communication can be misinterpreted, sent with confusion and often misrepresented. Effective communication is the key to getting messages across and with minimal confusion and errors.

Today is definitely considered the age of information (also known as the information age). Communication is widespread and with the rapid and constant advances in technology, people are communication more frequently and using many different forms of communication. Verbal communication consists of communicating face to face. Different components of verbal communication include sounds, words, speaking, language and dialect. Nonverbal communication consists of gestures, eye contact, facial expressions, body language and artifacts. No matter form of communication is used; communication should always be effective, understandable and ethical.

Communication consist of many different types, forms and methods, but the major components are broken up in two groups: Verbal and nonverbal communication. Some of my verbal communicational strengths include written and intrapersonal communication. My verbal weaknesses include mass speaking and listening. I love writing and over time, have became very good at written communication. My written communication work is usually clear, concise and with very few errors or confusion. Intrapersonal communication deals with self: How oneself is perceived, the perception of someone, your beliefs about another person and another person’s beliefs about you. I am a very confident person. I recently learned that the communication process begins internally before words are spoken. As an adult I am constantly analyzing people places and things. This process allows me to become aware of my surroundings and has helped me develop my problem solving skills.

Mass speaking has always been difficult to overcome because of my shyness. Speaking in front of a large group or numerous amounts of people makes me very nervous. I know what I want to say and how to say it but the minute that I begin to speak, I begin to stutter and slur my words. Making effective presentations to groups or key individuals is a regular part of my job. Delivering a clearly understandable message that gains the support of the listeners requires expertise in public speaking. My intrapersonal communication skills are definitely improving over the last years but there is always more room for improvement.

Listening is a major form of communication and can hinder the communication process if there is interference blocking the channels of communication. I am overall a very good listener but sometimes when people began to speak, I begin to zone out. I believe not listening is due to lack of uninteresting information. This is something that I am working on and need help developing my in personal and professional life. It is sometimes hard to determine the full understanding of the speaker when someone