message

Examples of message in the following topics:

• Message

  • You can't have communication without a message.
  • The word "message" actually comes from the Latin mittere, "to send. " The message is fundamental to communication.
  • But you may have other intentions for your speech as well: the message behind the message.
  • Messages can be sent both verbally and non-verbally.
  • That said, it's important to consider all aspects of your overall message, from verbal to non-verbal to the meaning and message behind the message, when crafting your speech.

• Speaker

  • In its simplest form, the cycle consists of a sender, a message, and a recipient.
  • Other models include the channel, which is the vehicle in which your message travels.
  • When you think about how you craft your speech, you're actually encoding your message.
  • Your message's recipient, the audience, will have to decode your message.
  • When you are able to successfully communicate your message, that is, when the audience can decode your message, then you have become a successful communicator.

• Movement and Gesture

  • Just as natural body movements can strengthen the message, unnecessary movements can distract from delivery.
  • This form of nonverbal communication is used to emphasize the message.
  • You may use one gesture to support your message one day and another on a different day.
  • The gesture is subordinate to the message.
  • It does not call attention to itself, but flows naturally with the message.

• Summarizing Ideas

  • What is the primary message I want my speech to communicate?
  • What are the most important points of my speech that convey this message?
  • It is important to always keep your primary message in mind when preparing for a speech.
  • After you readdress your primary message, it is then crucial to summarize your main points.
  • Clearly list your main points and connect them back to the primary message of your speech.

• Make Adjustments

  • Apply knowledge about the audience to adjust the message before speaking.
  • A public speakers can use information about the audience to adapt his or her message to the particular audience while preparing the speech.
  • Demographic information helps the speaker anticipate the audience and imagine how they will respond to different aspects of the message.
  • The speaker can then apply this knowledge in his or her message to meet the audience on common ground and identify with them.
  • If the audience may react negatively to some portion of the message or not understand it, the speaker should change that portion before delivery.

• Channel

  • The channel is the method (auditory and visual) that is used to transmit the message to the receiver.
  • When speaking to an audience in person, a speaker uses both verbal and non-verbal methods to communicate the message.
  • The message delivered through CMC channels could be only audio, but is likely to involve both audio and video, which uses the auditory and visual senses of the humans to decode the digital signals and process the message.
  • The speaker uses a channel to transmit the message to the audience.
  • The channel in the middle links the speaker with the receiver of the message.

• The Responding Stage

  • Responding verbally might involve asking a question, requesting additional information, redirecting or changing the focus of a conversation, cutting off a speaker, or repeating what a speaker has said back to her in order to verify that the received message matches the intended message.
  • Oftentimes, the speaker looks for verbal and nonverbal responses from the listener to determine if and how her message is being understood and/or considered.
  • Based on the listener's responses, the speaker can choose to either adjust or continue with the delivery of her message.
  • If a listener is smiling and nodding or asking questions, the speaker may feel that the listener is engaged and her message is being communicated effectively.

• Noise and Interference

  • Noise and interference can block your audience's ability to receive your message.
  • Noise and interference block the sending or receiving of a message.
  • When it comes to public speaking, noise and interference can be a major issue for both you as message sending and for your audience as your message receivers.
  • Noise exists at all levels of communication and thus, no message is received exactly as the sender intends (despite his or her best efforts) because of the ever-presence of noise in communication.
  • Noise and interference can distort the meaning and delivery of your message.

• Pauses

  • A speaker may use pauses to enhance the message delivery; a speaker may also user filler words and pauses that distract from the message.
  • The speaker may use pauses to enhance the message delivery or fill the pauses needlessly and distract the audience from the message.
  • Pause prepares the listener to receive your message: pause and give the attention powers of your audience a rest.

• Delivery Tips

  • Nothing can substitute for a carefully prepared message, whether that message is a standard linear message or a relational interactive message.
  • Relational presentation practitioners structure their material using a combination of strategies to develop and access small message units.
  • Each small message unit is rather self-contained and can be pulled together as the speaker interacts with the audience.
  • You can use the Presenter view to quickly select and navigate to each message unit spontaneously within and between collections of interconnected shows.
  • Whether you are delivering a traditional, linear message or an interactive, relational presentation, it is helpful to gain control of the basic movements for the slide show.