Friday, March 7, 2014
Competent Communication
When I think of a competent communicator i think of my friend Patrice. She works in the Early Childhood field and I have been able to see her in action when she is advocating on behalf of young children. When she talks people listen. She has a voice that people listen to. She also is able to say what she wants but is able to bring it down to the level that people understand. She doesn't try to sugar coat her stories. She also is able to make people laugh even when there is a serious conversation happening. Patrice also gets her facts straight and wants to have the knowledge of what she is going to speak about before she goes and does a talk.
I admire Patrice and the way she goes about advocating for early childhood services. I would want to model my own communication behaviors after her. I would want to be able to gather the facts and knowledge of the topic and then be able to present it to people. I also want to be able to make people laugh when talking to them (and making them laugh at the right times). I feel that this is an important trait because there are too many times that there are conversations that become SO serious and heated that people need to be able to step back and loosen up.
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Hi Malinda,
ReplyDeleteIt is comforting to see that someone can be educated about the facts and have a friendly personality to be able to laugh and still get her point across. I can see why you would admire her as a communicator. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing your post it. You friend reminds me of my professor. They have a lot of the same qualities. It is great to have a support system to help you accomplish your goals. I think she would be a great person to model after. He personality says that she is an understanding and caring person, a true advocate for the Early Childhood field.
ReplyDeleteWorking in the hospital it is nice to be able to make people laugh to lighten the ruff situations. Being a good receiver is important because in effective communication. One has to be a good receiver in order to be an effective sender. An effective sender has listened or adequately addressed the issue at hand. It is important to listen in communication to the sender because it could be a parents or child with a big concern. If the receiver isn't listening well to the sender something big can be missed and the sender may feel that the receiver isn't really concerned.
ReplyDeleteMalinda,
ReplyDeleteYour friends reminds me of this lady that work on my job she has been in the early childhood profession for over thirty years and I love when she talk about her experience and how the state and federal regulations keep changing. It is good to have people in the early childhood education that share their experience, education and the early childhood education.