Communication trap

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Avoiding Communication Traps

Test your skills in effective communication by identifying common traps that speakers often fall into. This quiz will challenge your understanding of clear and engaging speaking techniques.

Learn about the pitfalls of formal language.
Discover strategies to communicate more effectively.
Understand listener expectations for better engagement.

7 Questions2 MinutesCreated by TalkingTree571

Please select the three traps speakers fall into from the choices below

Using too many details

Using formal language

Reading prepared speech

Speaking generally in 3rd person

Which of these are examples of speaking in the 3rd person (you can choose more than one)

Speaking in 3rd person only

Telling someone what to do instead of telling someone a time you did it

Give advice instead of and anecdote

Speaking in the first person only

What is Businessese?

Using industry specific terminology

A programming language of virtual communication

Another way of saying speaking formally to try to sound professional

An effective form of communication used when speaking professionally

What is the trap of formalized language say?

Using words you would not use in a conversation

Using technical terms to better explain an idea

Using business language to sound professional

All of the above

What is the strategy if you don’t think you can speak informally or can avoid the formality trap?

Speak with lots of details to overcome formality

Start formally and end casually

Only speak formally

What are the two things a listener wants from communication?

Curiosity & picture they can imagine

A lot of detail so that they can imagine what you are saying

A hierarchy of information that goes general to specific

Why should we avoid using too many details?

Using too many details confuses the listener

More details doesn’t mean more understanding

It will cause you to get lost in your explanation and eventually fizzle out

All of the above

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