The importance of effective communication skills 25 Articles

by Barbara M Traynor

Respond, don't react should be the first rule of communication. A baby reacts to hunger by crying, a quick outburst requiring immediate attention. Children react unconditionally, until influenced by their environment. Ad...read more

by Len Morse

Communication skills affect every aspect of your life. That is, unless you're a hermit. In other words, we all communicate every time we speak to, listen to, write to, or even look at someone else. This all-important skil...read more

by Nel Chong

Live to talk or talk to live? There is a difference between a person who expresses his or her feelings or thoughts, willing someone to acknowlege her existence, to respond to those feelings or thoughts and to someone who ...read more

by Christal Collette

Imagine walking into a waiting room. You are dressed professionally and ready to present yourself to a potential future employer. Then imagine another man enters the waiting room dressed in a greasy jumpsuit. This other ma...read more

by Nurse Donna RN

In management, I have found that effective communication can only happen when there is an open exchange of ideas, opinions and allowing individuals to have a different point of view. It is important for the leaders in any ...read more

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by Julie Gray

Some months ago, I went to the dentist who solemnly examined my x-rays, bibbed me and got out the novocaine. Several sharp jabs into my tender gums later, he paused. Looked at the x-ray again. Consulted hurriedly with the ...read more

by Linda Burleson

Have you ever watched "Headlines" on the Tonight Show? If this does not convince you that words matter, nothing will. He shows advertisements and headlines that actually appear in publications across the U.S. - both smal...read more

by Meenakshi Sharma

COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS In today's competitive world, besides the qualifications that we gain through colleges and universities, there are other skills which are necessary to succeed at the workplace. The college degrees ar...read more

by David Skolnik

It's important to note that even the caveman commercials created by GEICO depict subjects who are quite literate, charming and persuasive. The car insurance campaign theme is, "It's so easy, even a caveman can do it." In ...read more

by Sandra Elizabeth

An effective communication skill to learn is listening. It is important because it gives you the opportunity to hear with whom you are communicating. It forces your attention on their words, in between yours. If someone f...read more

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by Roxanne Dubarry

The importance of effective communication and writing skills are very important in our daily lives. "People will judge us by how well we speak, " according to my business communication teacher. She than proceeded to tell h...read more

by K. Louden

Master the Dash for a Conversational Style-and Then Get Internet Sites to Print It Right! The dash has always been my favorite punctuation mark. It helps writers to organize lists, sentences within sentences (asides), an...read more

by Elena Kravtsova

During our life we meet different people who leave different impression in our minds.Some of them are remembered because of their hot temper and their special way of communication with others,some-because of their shyness ...read more

by Steve Jeffries

"Huh?" With either, or, neither, nor, not, but, or or, the verb agrees with the nearer subject! And, but, or, nor, for, and yet are the subordinating conjunctions I know. The rule of the comma is simply (W.I.D.L.I.O.),: "...read more

by Robin Wilder

I've always been better at communicating through writing. Growing up I picked up that telling people what they want to hear was more effective then telling the truth. I think I unconsciously preferred writing because in th...read more

by E.M.Robinson

Developing effective communication and writing skills is critically important to advancing your career or profession.Professionals who write well are way ahead of others on all career paths.Developing effective writing ski...read more

by Dustee Mourning

How Technical is too Technical? While attending university for my English degree, one particular project was for me to present to a class of up-and-coming scientists on how to write a document and how to present their fin...read more

by Imogen Rayne

Most people take their writing skills for granted. Poor writing skills can cause miscommunications or ill feelings. Many college students are unable to write a simple communications, due to poor grammar skills. Everyone sh...read more