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4 Communication Skills
4 Communication Skills
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All communication methods are important
in training but our emphasis will be upon
the spoken word... since
A skilled facilitator
must be a
successful communicator
To change behavior
Feedback
receiver sender
SENDER RECEIVER
All messages do not reach the
receiver due to “distortion”
Feedback
Sender Receiver
Distortion
What causes distortion or the barriers
to understanding/listening?
SUMMARIZIN
PARAPHRASING G
Restating what Pulling together
another has said the main points
in your own of a speaker
words
QUESTIONING
Challenging
participants to
tackle & solve
problems
Paraphrasing…try it out!
Summarizing pulls
important ideas, facts or
data together to establish
a basis for further
discussion and/or review
progress.
1. Closed questions
2. Open-ended questions