And when you do this practice, you also help the other people really formulate in their idea and walk away with a solid understanding of the conversation you had. I recommend that you go slow and that you really take the time to build and relate and connect to people when you do it. But I'd like to hear from you your troubles with communicating and what some of the staff strategies you have to help make sure that you're communicating effectively with others
Angela Hartl
@WyomingTeacher · 1:24
Sort of type things just so that you make sure that everyone is on the site same page when you finish the conversation. So those are just a few thoughts that I had in regards to your swell about communication
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:40
And I know that when you order food with the waiter, you say, can you repeat that back to me so I know you got my order? When I'm with waiters that don't write things down, I get this feeling it's like, God, I know he's really skilled, but he didn't write down what I asked for. And I use that example because sometimes you have to do that heavy lifting of like, did you hear what I said?
Chelsea Hanawalt
@allowthesun · 1:52
We all created agreements of how we want to work together and how we want to speak with one another. Another one was like, don't question other people's experience. It's like, if that's their truth, that's their truth. And I think that that's why it is really important to repeat back what people say. I heard you say this and always speak from if statements. That's another guideline we have
Communication with other people is very much a conscious effort of when to make contact. But don't do it too long, but make sure you do it but not too long. Just thinking of email that was brought up earlier here, there's a very different way that most people seem to want to communicate compared to how I tend to do it. I like to be efficient and yet include the details and all the necessary information up front in sync as well as possible
Syrup Dishes
@SyrupDishes · 0:30
You know, I pulled out of that how you meet in your theater group and you create a way, a collective agreement. And in education, we call those norms, the norms for which we operate by, and I think sometimes we forget to create them around communication. We all might agree this is how we disagree appropriately, this is how we treat each other. But sometimes we don't say things like, this is how we check for positive understanding. So thanks for that reminder. Very good
Syrup Dishes
@SyrupDishes · 1:53
I know you could talk about chewing gum and taking a step, but if you pay close attention, it's probably more like step two, step two, step two, or two step two, step something might sound like a train. So anyway, I prefer the short, precise emails and I thank you for that little tidbit too, because that is an important one when communicating, especially in email. Don't read too much into it, get the facts, pay attention
Syrup Dishes
@SyrupDishes · 1:21
I was distracted by the voices around me, the loud noises, and there are a lot of things on the menu I was thinking of that I wanted to order. Can you tell me what I ordered? Maybe that helps in that particular situation. But you're right. It applies in multiple facets and opportunities and, you're know, thinking about our thinking metacognition here. So thinking of communicating about our communication. How's that?
Syrup Dishes
@SyrupDishes · 0:31
Excellent insight at Wyoming teacher, Angela. I think too sometimes when you think you're communication well and you you do all these strategies and tools we're talking about, you can still walk away way and have somebody having a yucky feeling about it and that's just what I seek to clarify and prevent and try and find these resources for. So thanks for being a good teammate and a good team member and being part of our growth together
Lara Kline
@Vocalizah · 4:47
I don't want to just say kline respectable. Because that's not quite the right word. But students really respond to teachers acting like humans and not like robots and not like dictators. And it sounds like you're really committed to that. And that's so encouraging. Administrator student relationships and the fact that you're even thinking about these things really warms me
It's a marvel, isn't it, that we ever understand each other with all the moving pieces in the process of communicating, but to a couple of things you said and to myself asking for clarification or for someone to elaborate or what do they mean by that? Those questions I have found to be so important and valuable, but then also the how they're delivered, like the tone can change entirely, right?
Lara Kline
@Vocalizah · 3:39
Yes. The eye contact thing is too it's like, it's too intimate. That is exactly right. It's so weird. I mean, I I actually wasn't you said you were only recently diagnosed with the autism and I actually haven't really officially, officially been diagnosed with ADHD. My therapist, just two years ago and my primary care physician sort of collaborated and came up with this
And partially because we present very differently than the stereotypical understanding of the white male diagnosis that's embodied in the DSM. But partly also because estrogen has a different effect on our brain and can mitigate some quote unquote symptoms that present from the external perspective. But that can change later in life when those things start to fluctuate
Tanishi Singhal
@iamtanishi · 0:05
Will surely follow your advice and try improve my communication skills