Conveying Your Message without Words

Everyone
  • 6 videos | 24m 26s
  • Includes Assessment
  • Earns a Badge
  • Certification CPE
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Communication conveys information. Whether we communicate through sound or through today's technology of touch screens and automated voice recognition systems, information gets expressed both verbally and nonverbally. In this course, you'll learn to recognize the outcomes of nonverbal messages conveyed using facial expressions, body movement, and gestures on your communication. You'll explore how to convey messages of confidence, respect, and sympathy through nonverbal communication means. You'll also learn best practices for communicating nonverbally in a virtual environment and how to identify the nonverbal communication areas that can vary between individuals and in different cultural contexts.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Discover the key concepts covered in this course
    Identify the outcomes of nonverbal messages on communication
    Recognize how to nonverbally express different attitudes
  • Identify best practices to aid nonverbal communication in a virtual environment
    Recognize areas of differences in nonverbal communication within and across cultures
    Reflect on what you've learned

IN THIS COURSE

  • 1m 52s
    From cave painting to touch screens, and hand gestures to body language, human history is filled with non-verbal methods of communicating. At times, our livelihoods, and sometimes our very lives, can depend on it. In this video, you'll discover the key concepts that will be covered in this course, including the use of facial expressions, body positioning, and hand gestures, as well as nonverbal communication in a virtual environment and how nonverbal communication styles can differ in individuals and cultures. FREE ACCESS
  • 4m 26s
    Nonverbal communication can be more powerful than the words we speak. Experts agree that more than half of our communication is nonverbal. In this video, you'll explore how the outcomes of nonverbal messages can affect our workplace communications. FREE ACCESS
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    3.  Conveying Your Attitude Nonverbally
    4m 22s
    Like it or not, other people use our appearance, our setting, and our body language to draw conclusions about us. How we present ourselves tells a story, one we can consciously shape. In this video, you'll learn ways to nonverbally express different attitudes. FREE ACCESS
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    4.  Nonverbal Communication in a Virtual World
    6m 18s
    Communicating while on camera calls for very different skills than communicating face-to-face. It’s no longer enough to simply be visible on screen. In this video, you'll learn best practices that aid nonverbal communication in a virtual environment. FREE ACCESS
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    5.  Honoring Differences in Nonverbal Communication
    5m 59s
    Acceptable gestures in one culture may be considered rude in another, and some cultures may have different standards for non-verbal communication within a corporate environment. In this video, you'll explore some of the differences in nonverbal communication within and across cultures. FREE ACCESS
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    6.  Let's Review
    1m 30s
    In this video, you'll review and reflect on what you've learned in this course, Conveying Your Message without Words. FREE ACCESS

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