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How To Maintain Etiquette In Conversation

By Exforsys | on April 28, 2007 |
Conversation Skills

How To Maintain Etiquette In Conversation

Effective communicating or conversation stems from the ability of a person to properly construct phrases or sentences that will go directly to the point. No dilly dallying and to immediately emphasize the message coming from the sender towards the receiver without obstructions such as the use of unnecessary words to be able to solicit the full attention of the listener is what every person should primarily consider when they start a conversation with another person.

Outline and Understood the Points for Discussion

There are some points to ponder prior to making effective conversations fulfill its primary purpose. For one, full attention and proper eye to eye contact should be established so that the speaker can properly assess if the person is indeed interested and listening the every word and most especially the gist of the message that is being sent for understanding towards the supposed listener.

But these practices should be done indirectly and to a point where it would not become offensive to the listener for he or she may feel uneasy about the manner of discussing things such as making a straight stare to a person which will have times where the person would be too conscious of the approach.

Keep Words Simple and Understandable

During the course of a conversation, it is proper to ensure that each sentence or phrase that a speaker would deliver is understood. A listener will normally ask questions from time to time. This means that there are points in the message that he does not readily understand meaning that further explanation of some meanings and implications must be clarified before the speaker is to go on and deliver the entire message.

Ensure each Word is Understood

Such explanations should be done as deliberate as possible to ensure that both their times are not wasted. The idea of having a conversation is to present and point out facts that should be stressed and understood by the person listening too. It is not improper for a person to ask questions for clarification on certain points and it is also the duty of the speaker to make sure that he is ready to answer such queries as convincingly as he can.

Interrupt Only if When Needed

It is also good etiquette to refrain from interrupting the person who is speaking since the point being raised will never be accomplished or met. While there are people who cannot help but ask questions at some point, a polite “excuse me” or a slight raise of a hand or a pen to signal that something has not been understood is a good way to capture the attention of the person who is speaking.

It is best to ask question and interrupt in a polite manner because rather than allowing the person to go on blabbering and not understanding the gist of the discussion, will lose its focus and intent since there are cases wherein a person may have to speak all over again to give in to the points that were unclear.

Do not Talk to Impress

People do not have to use deep-meaning words to impress a listener. While this is deemed as aimed to impressing listeners, a person who is unaware of the meaning of the term used may end up being asked what it means. Conversations are not made to use hard defined words. There are several words to use with the same meaning and it would be best to avoid the complicated ones since this just tends to lengthen the conversation if not make it harder for listening audience to understand.

Assess your Listener’s Interest and Personality

It is best to use icebreaker only when needed. Not all conversations and discussion would be open to light moments of jokes and laughter.

For one, a person should know the person he is talking too. Initially feeling his way towards the actual personality of the listener is a good way to find a proper approach in delivering the message to the person. A bad joke or bad timing may end up ruining the meeting and become a waste of time.

Effective communication skills are hard to master but easy to venture on to. Grammar skills are a given and proper use of words, tenses and terminologies should be rehearsed and timed properly once the need arises in conversations. People who get into conversations want respect from one another, and without respect, nothing concrete will come out from the discussion if etiquette and proper assessment in the course of communication is not practiced.

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