Actions speak louder than words

 

u More explanation and examples…

Ø Posture and movement can convey self-confidence

Ø A confident candidate can have relaxed posture while sitting in the chair

Ø An the interested listener may lean forward toward the speaker and one who is bored may lean away, slump or glance at the clock

 

 

 

 

u Smell and touch

Ø Smell and touch convey emotions of the communicators through different odors and fragrances.

Ø Touch can convey emotions of friendship, love, approval, hatred, anger, and other feelings.

Ø A pat on the shoulder, slap on the back can be different emotions.

Ø Being pushed in the crowd can be offensive for many communicators.

 

u Voice and sound

Ø Voice is during speaking while sound is without speaking.

Ø We can recognize many people while only listening to them through their own voice.

Ø Everybody has a different voice.

Ø Sound can be made by different non-living objects as well and many times we can recognize the sounds; means they convey information.

 

u Paralanguage

Ø Tone, volume, pitch, and speed of voice are called paralanguage.

Ø Through paralanguage we can get many messages.

Ø We can recognize the mode and intention of a person through the tone of his voice.

Ø The urgency or lack of confidence can be conveyed through speed.

Ø Skipping over syllables or words, slurring sounds can minimize the percentage of credibility,

Ø Throat clearing can distract from the spoken words.

 

 

 

 

u Silence, time, and space communicate

Ø These three elements can communicate more than you think sometimes causing hard feelings of loss of business and profits.

Ø  we can get different messages through them and they differ in different cultures.

Ø Keep somebody waiting or taking a long time decreases the importance of communicator that’s why time is important in many ways.

Ø Being on time is favorable nonverbal communication

 

 u Proxemics

Ø the branch of knowledge that deals with the amount of space that people feel it necessary to set between themselves and others.

Ø Space is determined through cultures as well

Ø Space is a personal zone of a communicator and it can specify the position as well.

 

Actions speak louder than words