Guidelines For Nonverbal Communication

Hello everyone, nice to see you here again. Today my topic will be how to improve your nonverbal communication skills? There are several guidelines that I have posted , which may help you to overcome the problem that you face in daily lives.

(       1)  Obtain feedback on your body language by asking others to comment upon the gestures and facial expressions you use in conversations.

- Be videotaped conferring with another individual. After studying your body language, attempt to eliminate those mannerisms and gestures that you think detract from your effectiveness. Common examples include nervous gestures such as moving knees from side to side, rubbing the eyes or nose, and head scratching.

      (2) Learn to relax when communicating with others.

- Take a deep breath and consciously allow your body muscles to loosen. Tension-reducing techniques should be helpful here.

     (3) Use facial, hand and body gestures to supplement your speech, but don’t overdo it.

- A good starting point is to use hand gestures to express enthusiasm. You can increase the potency of enthusiastic comments by shaking the other person’s hand, nodding approval, or smiling.

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    (4) Avoid using the same nonverbal gesture indiscriminately.

-  If you want to use to convey approval, do not nod with approval when you dislike what somebody else is saying. Nonverbal gestures that are used indiscriminately lose their communication effectiveness.

   (5) Use role-playing to practice various forms of nonverbal communication.

- A good starting point would be to practice selling your ideas about an important project or concept to another person.

  (6) Use mirroring to establish rapport.

- Nonverbal communication can be improved through mirroring or imitating someone. An effective mirroring technique is to adopt the voice speed of the person with whom you are communicating. If the other person speaks more slowly than you typically do, slow down to mirror him or her.

These are the guidelines that you may follow to achieve the effective nonverbal communication. Thank you and hope it benefits everyone.

          Source: examples of nonverbal communication in everyday life, Google images.

Source: examples of nonverbal communication in everyday life, Google images.