COMM 1.1

• PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATION

  1. Know your audience
  2. Know your purpose
  3. Know your topic
  4. Anticipate objections and be prepared to acept them
  5. Follow through on what you say
  6. Communicate a little at a time
  7. Present information in several ways
  8. Develop a practical, useful way to get feedback
  9. Use multiple communication techniques
• Know your audience - are they well versed in terminologies relevant to your topic, or should you use common

  words
• Know your purpose - You need to know what it is you're trying to do before you can do it.
• Know your topic - If you don't know sufficient detail about your topic and rely on the audience having even less knowledge you aren't being effective
• Follow through on what you say - Go into detail don't mention one thing and talk about something else
• Communicate a little at a time - Giving lots of information can completely lose an audience if they can't take it at all. Breaking it down can help. Use multiple communication techniques
• Present information in several ways - Perhaps showing images or using a presentation aswell as speaking
• Develop a practical, useful way to get feedback - Question and Answer sessions (open forum) are a way to get feedback.
• Use multiple communication techniques - hand gestures, talking, videos etc. are all different ways to get a message across