This document discusses ways to improve communication skills. It begins by defining communication and explaining why it is important for building relationships and developing confidence. It notes that while people think they communicate effectively, misunderstandings are common. The document then outlines several ways to strengthen communication abilities, including believing in oneself, listening without interrupting, thinking before speaking, reading to expand vocabulary, using body language properly, and overcoming shyness by accepting oneself and not giving up. The overall message is that communication skills can be improved through practice and perseverance.

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2. Muhammad Taqi Ul Mairaj
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineer
UET Lahore (RCET Campus Gujranwala)

3. Learning Objectives
 What is communication?
 Why communication is important?
 Why we need to improve our communication skills?
 Ways of improving communication skills?
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5. The word Communication has been derived from
Latin word Communis that means to make common.
Thus Communicate means to make common or to
make know.
Communication is process of sending and receiving
information among people by exchanging thoughts
or ideas.
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Why Communication is
Important?

7. Why Communication is
Important?
Man is a Social Animal , he can not live alone.
He have to communicate with other.
 To Build Links
 To Make Friends
 Developed a Distinct Personality
 Build Respect in Social life
 Inspires Confidence
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8. Why we need to Improve
Communication Skills?
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9. Why we need to Improve
Communication Skills?
We all think that we can communicate with
others effectively but we are wrong. Because our
Communication skills are not strong Enough.
70% of our communication effects are:
 Misunderstood
 Misinterpreted
 Rejected
 Distorted
 Not Heard
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10. Why we need to Improve
Communication Skills?
 Percentages effective and Non-effective
Communication:
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11. Ways of Improving
Communications Skills
Good Communicator
1) Believe
2) Listening
3) Speaking
4) Reading
5) Body Language
6) Overcome your
Shyness
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12. Believe
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13. Believe
 Allah is the Guardian of those who Believe. He
beings them out of the Darkness into the Light.
(QURAN)
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14. Believe
Human is the best Creation of GOD
GOD helps those , who help themselves.
 So firstly, you should have to Believe on yourself to
do Anything which you Desire.
 You can do anything. Nothing is Impossible
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15. Believe
 Nick Vujicic ( World Best Speaker)
 Can Swim
 Can Play football
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16. Listening
 If we were supposed to talk more than listen, we
would have been given Two Mouths and One Ear.
(Mark Twain)
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 Listen, not only Hear
 Learn to Really Listen

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 Child first start Listening
 Good listener, Good speaker
 Let other to talk without
Interrupting
Listening

19. Speaking
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20. Speaking
 First we Listen, then we Speak.
 We all can speak, but we do not know How to Speak.
 Think before you Speak
T is it True
H is it Helpful
I is it Inspiring
N is it Necessary
K is it Kind
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 Convey your Message
 Use Appropriate words
 Give respect to your Audience
 Speak Slowly Think

22. Reading
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23. Reading
 Reading is most Important in Communication. It
helps you to communicate with others more Effectively.
 Just go a head, pickup a book or magazine and start
Reading, in which you are Interested.
 Read as much as Possible.
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24. Reading
It gives you:
 Vocabulary
 Content
 Structure
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25. Body Language
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26. Body Language
 Human is the only Creation of GOD, who talk from
Head to Toe.
 Communication is more of Non-verbal than Verbal..
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27. Body Language
 Try and Observe good Speaker to learn Body Language.
Five tips for Body Language:
The flooding Smile
 Sticky eyes
The big Body pivot
 Limit the Fidget
 Using hands (helps you keep active)
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28. Overcome your Shyness
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29. Overcome your Shyness
Shyness is the Enemy of Confidence. If you are Shy , you
will never be a Good Communicator. Do not worry,
you are not single. You are one of those Millions people
who are Shy. Good news is you can Overcome your
Shyness. Here Question is, how we can overcome our
Shyness?
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30. Overcome your Shyness
Shy people notice everything but they do not
get notice.
Some ways to overcome your Shyness:
 Accept yourself
 Do not compare yourself
 Break your Barriers
 Do not Give up
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31. Slow and Steady Wins the
Race
 Do Not Put Yourself Down.
 You Can Do It.
 Try, Try Again, Till You Succeed.
 If You Work Hard , You Will Be Succeed.
(In Shaa Allah)
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32. Questions & Answers
Session
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33. THANKS
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