Day%202%20COMMUNICATION

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Day 2COMMUNICATION
SR917
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Forms of Communication
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Examples
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What MakesCommunication Effective?
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What MakesCommunication Effective?

1. Message is of importance.
2. Vision presented could affect the listeners.
3. Speakers established themselves as authorities
   in what they were talking about.

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What MakesCommunication Effective?

1. Speakers believed in what they were presenting.
2. Speakers got to the point.
3. Speakers used personal skills of speaking, body
   language, tone of voice, and charisma.

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Effective Communication

• First Aid Medical Emergency Form
• Who Wood Badge patrol member
• What Snake bite
• Where Turner Campsite
• When 15 minutes ago
• Why We need assistance at the Health Lodge
• How Call 911 request ambulance notify health
  safety personnel and Course Director

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Basic Blueprint of Communication

• A Sender
• A Message
• A Receiver

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Applies to All Formsof Communication

• Spoken
• Written
• Film
• Music
• even Pantomime

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Effective Listening as a Communication Tool

• Begins with good listening
• Provides what listeners need
• Engages listeners minds
• Is a two-way process

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Engaging the Audience
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What Do You Want?
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What Do You Want?

• We want
• Knowledge
• Learn a skill
• Understand something

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Barriers to Effective Communication

1. Lack of common ground
2. Lack of sincerity
3. Lack of authority

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Barriers to Effective Communication

1. Lack of clarity
2. Poor presentation skills
3. Lack of receptiveness
4. Environment

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Ways to AssureGood Communication

1. Common Ground
2. Sincerity
3. Authority
4. Clarity

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Ways to AssureGood Communication

1. Good Presentation Skills
2. Receptiveness
3. Environment

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Effective Communication and the Teaching of
Skills
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Effective Communication and the Teaching of Skills
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Good Teaching

• Make it hands-on.
• Set an achievable, understandable goal.
• Use a multimedia approach.
• handouts, visual aids, etc.
• Demonstrate the process.
• Let participants try it.
• Give support and praise.

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Effective Skill Instructionis Part of BSAs
Four Steps to Advancement.

1. A Scout Learns.
2. A Scout is Tested.
3. A Scout is Reviewed.
4. A Scout is Recognized.

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Communication

• A tool of leadership
• Essential to effective teams
• Happens in the common ground
• Should be clear and concise
• Sender/receiver consider each other
• Is written, verbal, and nonverbal
• Feedback is a gift

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Great Leaders Are Great Communicators!
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• Your Ticket After
• Oct 29, 2008
• Finish Your
• Ticket Not Later Than
• April 20, 2009