If you aren’t confident about what you’re communicating, it will never be effective. For Effective Communication – Be Confident If one were to compress the entire bit about simplicity simply, it would be this – simple things are by nature easiest to understand, process and accept. Sometimes things can be made easier by throwing away what you currently have and using something else that is easier to understand or accept.” You can change who does what, where people go, when things happen and so on. You can move things in time as well as space. Sometimes things can be made easier to understand by moving things around into configurations that make more sense. Reduce time, space, actions and people to make plan more straightforward. Make the idea more stand-alone with fewer associations. Simplification can be achieved simply by showing or doing less.

Shorter sentences requires the person to spend less time remembering what was said and decoding the structure.

Metaphor or analogy can be used to simplify ideas by showing what they are like.

“Using jargon, big words and complex structures may make something seem important but it also makes is more difficult to understand. You can read the whole of this wonderful article here. Have a look at certain “Principles of Simplicity” for most effective communication. Keeping it simple has the magical effect of making communication instantly effective.

What is the point of using complicated jargon or terms which your audience might not be able to process? Always keep in mind the background, and language competency of your audience before proceeding to communicate with them.Īlthough, it is highly recommended that irrespective of the competency of your audience, you keep the language as simple as possible – unless you need to use certain technical terms to get your point across. Being verbose can be the death of effective communication. For Effective Communication – Aim for SimplicityĪlways, always keep it simple. Regardless, put it across with as much clarity as you possibly can. Do not beat around the bush with what you need to communicate – given that at times the content of the communication might truly be tricky. Your words, ideas and logic should be crystal clear. One of the worst failures of communication is when your audience acts upon your message and delivers something that is opposite of what you meant to say, or absolutely not in sync with the purpose of communication. If one were to explain what clarity in the process of communication means, it would be simply this – that there should be absolutely no room for doubt about what the message is. However, these two aspects cannot be used interchangeably. The elements of Clarity and Simplicity are in a way interwoven. It demands that we concentrate not only on the explicit meanings another person is expressing but on the implicit meanings, unspoken words and undertones that may be far more significant…” 2. Have a look at what the American Management Association (1961) says about the importance of listening “…Listening is one of the most important, most difficult – and most neglected – skills in communication. One of the key elements for effective communication require the speaker to be, first of all, a good listener. This means that a speaker may not necessarily be the only one doing all the talking.

Listening and speaking go hand in hand, and during the process of communication the roles of a listener and a speaker are fluid. But if you listen, you may learn something new. When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. Even if you are the one who needs to communicate, being indifferent or not paying attention what your audience has to say can render your communication process ineffective. In a number of our blog posts, relating to communication (and even otherwise), we have spoken about how and why ‘listening’ is an extremely important process of communication.

In this post, we take you ahead with exploring some of the core elements for effective communication. In our last post, we spoke about what are the possible impediments, or barriers to effective communication.

7 key elements of communication