Verbal Communication
Speaking rapidly or slowly.
What is Pace?
Gestures that reinforce what I am saying.
What are hand movements or gestures?
You cross your arms.
What is defensiveness?
Helps you gain the other person's confidence and avoid mistakes.
What is listening before you speak?
Communicating to understand the other person's position.
What is women?
Emotion and variation in voice that helps to hold a person's attention.
What is tone?
The way I sit, stand or move.
What is posture?
You bite your nails.
What is insecurity?
You are reading the person's non verbal communications.
What is hearing what is not said?
Communicating to complete a task.
What are men?
Speaking so loudly or softly that people have difficulty or discomfort in listening.
What is volume?
The appearance of the way you set up a room for a meeting.
What is physical setting?
You are smiling.
What is a friendly attitude?
The message that you are sending that you do not value the other person's remarks.
What is interrupting?
Using an indirect way of getting others to do things.
What are women?
Speaking on such a high note or low note that people have difficulty or discomfort listening to me.
What is pitch?
The way that you dress and present yourself.
What is physical appearance?
You have open hands, chin is up.
What is cooperation?
What is demonstrating that you understand the speaker's point of view?
Being comfortable exposing your feelings and thoughts?
What are women?
The words I am using are appropriate to the situation.
What is word choice?
What is eye contact or facial expressions?
You are jiggling your keys.
What is nervousness?
You ask the other person a question.
What is asking a clarifying question?
Hiding your feelings.
What are men?