Self Assessment

Personal Communication Assessment

Instructions: Following is a list of 15 problems many individuals have as they try to communicate effectively. Read the list and rank your top five individual concerns from 1 to 5, with 1 being your top choice.

_____ I often speak before I really think.
_____ I usually speak rather than listen to others.
_____ I feel that I am shy.
_____ I let others do most of the talking.
_____ I would rather communicate in writing rather than face- to-face.
_____ People tell me that I talk too fast.
_____ I often misunderstand what people say to me.
_____ People often misinterpret what I say.
_____ When talking, I gesture more than others.
_____ I often interrupt others while they are talking.
_____ I feel uncomfortable looking into someone’s eyes when talking.
_____ When meeting others, I tend to get very nervous.
_____ I have trouble when speaking to people in authority positions.
_____ I feel that others lose interest in what I am saying.
_____ I often find myself playing games with others instead of expressing how I really feel.





Self Assessment # 2

1. What area of communication would you like to sharpen? Please be specific as possible and consider the different types of communication intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, and public speaking.


2. Can you think of a model (a person) who communicates this particular behavior well? If so, please write what that person does that you would like to emulate.

Cx Quiz: T or F

Answer True or False:

1. How you communicate has very little impact on what you communicate.
2. Communication is a natural, human process requiring little or no effort.
3. When communication is good, both people will understand each other totally.
4. Dictionaries give us meaning for most of our words.
5. We learn who we are from others.
6. People who talk to themselves need psychiatric help.
7. Your past experiences and future expectations do not greatly influence your present communication.
8. Communication basically involves getting our ideas across to others.
9. Listening and hearing are the same thing.
10. We can’t not communicate.
11. Most of us perceive the world accurately.
12. Once we communicate a message, we have no control over what will be done with it.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

I work for you...What would you like to learn?


What topics would you like to learn within the context of intrapersonal communication and/or interpersonal communication topics? Some of the broad strokes we will explore: self, perception; verbal and nonverbal communication (personal energy); emotions (gift of fear, emotional intelligence); listening to self/other (empathic listening, nexting, and other skills); climate, conflict, and intimate relationships...

OK... your turn. Any personal requests?
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2008 Communication Award Recipients

2008 Communication Award Recipients