Blog Assignment Week  1

When dealing with communication, we all have our strengths and our weaknesses.  Communication is needed to help begin, maintain, and end relationships. (O'- Hair, D., & Wiemann, M., 2009) How would our world operate without lines of communication?  The person that I would say that displays competent communication skills would be one of my college professors, Jaque Slater.  She always spoke and taught with enthusiasm in ways that everyone would understand what is being said.  She never used the “umm” while presenting, she was great at giving eye contact and posture, and she always expected feedback from her students.  She taught majority of our English and literature classes and was absolutely great at what she does.  I can say I would definitely love to acquire behaviors like her to be effective to any audience I speak to.  She was just so free flowing and down to earth.  It is difficult for some people to give eye contact while speaking as well as babble over words.  I never saw her uncomfortable while communicating with others.

References

O'- Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2009). Real communication. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's.