Sunday, February 28, 2010

Communication Through electronics

Communication through email, sms, facebook messages can be so misleading. Take this for example.

Hello!!!!!

The writer may mean it as exciting and you know. high energy Hello!!!

And reader may see it as.. Sarcastic Hello!!!! Like.. the Hello!! Come on! Think for yourself!! kind of hello.

There are so many ways one can interprete an email or sms or facebook message, so why do we use it then despite all the trouble we can get into. And without non-verbal cues, it is harder to explain something too. Don't believe. Try this exercise.


A simple picture is shown to u. Your task is to direct your friend (who hasn't seen and will not see the picture) to draw the picture on a piece of paper without using non-verbal cues. Means you can only talk. No body movement what so ever. In fact, it is best if you do this without seeing each other. Meaning your friend an only hear you. You are not allowed to see your friend's drawing till the end. The time given is 3 minutes.

That piece of art your friend did, would be your certificate as a communicator. How good or how well a communicator you are shows in that piece of drawing. And there you go.


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