Tag: Listening Strategies
Mood Congruency Recall and It’s Effect on Communication
June 22nd, 2009, 11 Comments
Mood Congruency and Its Effect On Our Communication
The Effect of Mood Valence on Memory Recall and Communication.
Have you ever noticed that when you are depressed that pretty much everything seems depressing? You may look at a couple happily walking down the street and all you are thinking about is how they are eventually going to [...]
David J. Parnell’s Crash Course on Cognitive Rule Set’s | Part 2 of 2 | Cognitive Rule Set Elicitation
April 4th, 2009, 1 Comment
Communication Expertise with Cognitive Rule Sets 2.
So now that we have a rough frame work of how a decision is made, let’s talk about the rational component of this process which is the “cognitive decision”. Although they are not necessarily the most important, or influential part of the general decision making process, they are indeed [...]
The Blueprint of a Listener | Part 3 of 3 | Mental/Lexical Categorization
March 5th, 2009, No Comments
Yesterday we discovered how the brain uses the mental lexicon to determine the literal meaning of the communication that is being presented to it. Today we will finish the segment by talking about how the brain fits that information into its own world to determine the interpersonal meaning of that communication to the listener. This [...]
The Blueprint of a Listener | Part 2 of 3 | The Mental Lexicon
March 5th, 2009, No Comments
Your effective communication skills start in your mental lexicon.
Yesterday we discussed the initial exposure to the sound stimulus and phonemes. Today we are going to talk about how the brain turns the phonemes into words via our mental lexicon so let’s get to it…
Decoding of a word’s meaning with the Mental Lexicon:
The processes that we [...]
The Blueprint of a Listener | Part 1 of 3 | Stimulus Processing And Decoding
March 5th, 2009, No Comments
Understanding the blueprint of a listener is necessary if your are to be a communication expert.
This one is a bit dense… So although it isn’t terribly lengthy I decided to break it up into three parts so you don’t fry your brain on it Although this is extremely foundational information, I believe [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 6 of 7 | Body Language For Event Prediction And Sensory Acuity
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
In following yesterdays post on manipulation of information delivery, let’s get right into the subsequent 2 categories of event prediction and sensory acuity…
1. Prediction of Events:
When I say “prediction of events”, what I mean is the ability to assign a probability to whether someone is going to follow through on their assertions one way or [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 5 of 7 | Manipulation Of Information Delivery
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
Information Delivery Strategy for body language usage is great for effective communication
Yesterday I introduced the 5 questions necessary to direct your mind through the effective usage of body language in any communication effort. I think it is important to repeat the fact that you should be looking to use these questions to TRAIN YOUR MIND [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 4 of 7 | How to Use Body Language in Effective Communication
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
OK, OK… So how do I use body language to be a more effective communicator?
Understanding Body language to predict actions and increase your effective communication skills.
Body language can be used for a number of powerful applications in communication and this boil down to how you or the other party is representing congruence in their/your own [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Listening Series | Part 4 of 4 | Habits & Strategy
February 17th, 2009, No Comments
How To Create Effective and Professional Listening Habits
Today we are going to finish our 4 part professional listening series by talking about quality listening habits that you can begin developing right away and we will look at skill preparation and development at the Macro and Micro levels.
First let’s talk about developing quality listening habits. There [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Listening Series | Part 1 – 4 | Effective Listening
February 17th, 2009, 1 Comment
Effective Listening is VITAL to a Communication Expert
The true functionality of “listening” to someone really is an elusive concept. When I talk about listening, you most likely think of hearing someone talk… Although this is a PART of the overall equation, it ISN’T THE equation. Webster’s online defines listening as “to hear something with thoughtful [...]
