This document discusses body language and non-verbal communication. It states that 55% of communication is body language, 38% is voice modulation, and only 7% is the actual words. It describes different body language signals including posture, handshakes, gestures, head nods, and facial expressions. Posture can signal dominance through standing erect with hands on hips, while handshakes can vary in intensity from a simple grasp to using both hands to convey strong feelings. Gestures like fist clenching can indicate aggression while touching one's face can show anxiety or evaluation.

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Effective Communication
through
Body language

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Effective Communication
• 55% Body Language
• 38% Voice modulation
• 7% Content

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Body Language
• Non-verbal communication where physical
actions convey thoughts and emotions
• All people give off physical signals while
communicating, they give an insight in the
exact meaning of the message

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BODILY POSTURE
• Largely involuntary
• Distinctive ‘superior’ (or dominant) and
‘inferior’ (or submissive) postures
• Eg . The desire or intention to dominate
can be signaled by standing erect, with
the head tilted back, and with hands on
hips.

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• NOSE RUB
It is a sign of rejection.
It can also be a gesture
of doubt.
Many articulate
speakers do this when
not sure how to
approach a subject or
audience reaction.

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SLAPPING THE HEAD
• Forgetfulness
• SCRATCHING THE
HEAD
• Frustration
• Flustered

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HAND ON CHEEK
• Interest
• Attention
• Evaluation

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STYLES OF HANDSHAKE
• THE GRASP
• Usually done by males
• Close to each other

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THE DOUBLE HANDED
HANDSHAKE
• BOTH HANDS ARE USED
• To communicate more than
usual feelings
• Higher the grasp, the more
intense the feeling
expressed
• Acceptable only for those
with close emotional ties
with the initiator

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HANDS BEHIND THE HEAD
• USED BY PEOPLE
FEELING
Confident
Dominant
Superior

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GESTURES
Communicating emotional states
• fist clenching (aggression)
• face – touching (anxiety)
• scratching (self –blame)
• forehead-wiping (tiredness)
• forehead slapping (forgetfulness), etc.

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HEAD NODS
• ‘rein forcers’
• reward and encourage what has gone
before
• can be used to make another talk more

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FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

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