Week 3 Blog

I do sometimes find myself communicating differently with individuals of a different culture. I think it is because I am more comfortable communicating with others of my culture because I believe that they can relate to me. I think that for the most part people who share the same culture kind of grow up with similar traditions and other things that govern their family. As far as for individuals that are of another culture not similar to mine I tend to communicate with them differently especially if their home language is not English. Usually in order to communicate effectively with them I listen and I let them take their time and not interrupt when they are talking. I think that effective communication is give and take between both parties you have to listen in order to give effective feedback.

Sound and no Sound

The show that I chose to watch was the Big Bang Theory. I have never actually sat and watched this show before but I have heard that it was a really good show. Watching the sow with the sound turned off was interesting, there where six individuals sitting around a table having lunch. The relationships of the individuals seemed to be a friendly one, the non-verbal behavior that they where displaying seemed happy because there was laughter, eye contact, and their body movements where done in a joking way. The individuals all seemed to be friends. When I turned the sound on my assumptions where correct. It was a group of friends having a good time at lunch laughing at one another and joking with each other.

This assignment has taught me that non-verbal as well as verbal communication is very strong. You don't always have to verbalize in order for someone to realize what you are saying, basically actions speck louder then words sometimes.

Competent Communicator

A competent communicator to me is someone that can get there point across in an effective manner. The company that I work for sends us to training classes every summer, and this one particular summer there was a guest speaker. This was the best presentation that I have ever sat though, the speaker was very engaging. The topic of his presentation was being your best self being all that you can be reaching your best potential. The speaker had eye contact with the audience he was very knowable on the subject that he was presenting and he even had crowd participation. He spoke with authority and I could tell he was loving his job. The communication behavior that I would like to model from him would be the non-shyness that he had. I tend to be shy at times when talking to people, that would be the main behavior that I would take away.