Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Communicating
Effectively in
Meetings and
Conversations
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Elements of Professional Talking
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Elements of Professional Talking
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Conducting & Participating in Meetings
• Formal
– Conferences and Committee Meetings
• Informal
– Discussions with fellow workers
• Role
– Leader or participant
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How to Conduct a Meeting
• Plan the meeting: Prepare an agenda. Prepare list of
items to be discussed and list them in logical order.
Give copies of agenda to the participants of the
meeting.
• Follow the plan: follow item by item. Keep the
discussion on track.
• Move the discussion along: After one item has been
done, go to the next. Do what is needed to proceed
through the list properly.
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How to Conduct a Meeting
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Using the Phone
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Cell Phones
• Turn the ringer off in meetings.
• Don’t use it at social gatherings.
• Keep it off the table while eating.
• If you must talk, go away from others and speak.
• If you must talk while other people are around,
be conscious of them.
• Avoid discussing personal matters when others
can hear you.
• Dont use it while driving.
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Listening
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Improving Listening Skills
• Be willing to work on your listening skills.
• Active listening – focusing on what Is being
said.
• Back-channeling – repeating what you think
you heard.
• Thinking from the speaker’s viewpoint.
• Making a conscious effort to remember.
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Non-Verbal Communication
• Body language
• Use of space
• Use of time
• Paralanguage- component of communication by
speech. The hints and signals in the way words
are delivered.
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