Interpersonal communication involves the exchange of verbal and non-verbal messages between people. It includes skills like listening, problem solving, decision making, and stress management. Effective interpersonal communication is important for maintaining good relationships both personally and professionally. Some key aspects of interpersonal communication are listening skills, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, and assertiveness. Listening requires focusing not just on the words but also how the message is delivered. Both verbal and non-verbal elements contribute to effective communication. Being assertive means standing up for yourself while also respecting others.

1. INTERPERSONAL
COMMUNICATION

2. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
 Interpersonal communication is the process by which people
exchange information through verbal and non-verbal messages.
 Interpersonal skills also includes :
 ability to listen and understand
 problem solving
 decision making
 personal stress management

3. IMPORTANCE OF INTERPERSONAL
COMMUNICATION
 Effective communication is very helpful in work place
where we need to interact with different types of people.
 It is important in maintaining good relationship within
family and with friends.
 Interpersonal communication skills are also known as
life skills.

4. PRINCIPLES OF INTERPERSONAL
COMMUNICATION
 Interpersonal communication is inescapable.
 Interpersonal communication is irreversible.
 Interpersonal communication is complicated.
 Interpersonal communication is contextual.

5. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
SKILLS
 Listening Skills
 Communication Skills
 Verbal Communication
 Assertiveness
 Non-Verbal Communication

6. LISTENING SKILL
 Listening is more important than just verbal communication.
 Listening is not the same as hearing.
 Listening means paying attention not only to the story, but how it is
told, the use of language and voice, and how the other person uses
his or her body to communicate.
 Listening requires you to concentrate and use your other senses in
addition to simply hearing the words spoken.

7. PRINCIPLES OF LISTENING
 Stop Talking
 Prepare Yourself to Listen
 Put the Speaker at Ease
 Remove Distractions
 Empathise
 Be Patient
 Listen to the Tone
 Listen for Ideas – Not Just Words
 Watch for Non-Verbal Communication

8. COMMUNICATION SKILL
 Communication is not just about what is actually said and the
language used but how it is said and the non-verbal messages sent
through tone of voice, facial expressions, gestures and body
language.
 Interpersonal communication is face to face.
 People receive message even when communication is not taking
place. This is called non verbal behaviour.

9. ELEMENTS OF INTERPERSONAL
COMMUNICATION
 The Communicators- sender and receiver
 The Message
 Feedback
 Channel
 Context
 Noise

10. VERBAL COMMUNICATION
Opening Communication
 The first few minutes are extremely important as first
impressions have a significant impact on the success of further
communication.
 Everyone has some expectation that how things to take place.
 If interpersonal expectation is mismatched, communication
will not be effective nor run smooth.

11. Reinforcement
 The use of encouraging words alongside non-verbal gestures such as
head nods, a warm facial expression and maintaining eye contact, are
more likely to reinforce openness in others.
 The use of encouragement and positive reinforcement can:
 Encourage others to participate in discussion
 Signify interest in what other people have to say
 Pave the way for development and/or maintenance of a relationship
 Show warmth and openness.

12. ASSERTIVENESS
 Assertiveness means standing up for your personal rights in
expressing thoughts, feelings and beliefs in direct, honest and
appropriate ways.
 Assertiveness is misunderstood as aggressiveness.
 Being assertive means we should also respect the thoughts,
feelings and beliefs of other people.
 Assertiveness aims to be neither passive nor aggressive.

13. BEING PASSIVE
 Many people adopt a passive response because they have a strong
need to be liked by others.
 Being passive results in failure of communication.
 Being passive allow others to take responsibility, to lead and
make decisions for them.
 It bring inferior feeling.

14. BEING AGGRESSIVE
 By responding in an aggressive way, the rights and self-esteem
of the other person are undermined.
 Aggressive responses can includes behaviours like rushing
someone unnecessarily, telling rather than asking, ignoring
someone, or not considering another's feelings.
 Aggressive responses encourage the other person to respond in a
non-assertive way, either aggressively or passively.

15. BEING ASSERTIVE
 Being assertive is very important in interpersonal
communication.
 Being assertive helps in respect others feelings also.
 Expressing appreciation of others for what they have done or
are doing.
 Behaving as an equal to others.

16. NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION
 Interpersonal communication not only involves the explicit meaning
of words, but also refers to implicit messages, which may be
expressed through non-verbal behaviours.
 Non-verbal communications include
 facial expressions,
 tone and pitch of the voice
 gestures displayed through body language
 physical distance between communicators

17. Non-verbal messages allow individuals to:
 Reinforce or modify what is said in words.
 Convey information about their emotional state.
 Define or reinforce the relationship between people.
 Provide feedback to the other person.
 Regulate the flow of communication.

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