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Business Communication: 3 Effective Ways To Convey Your Vision By Priya Florence Shah www.naaree.com

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Are you finding it hard to communicate your vision of business down the ranks in your organization? To improve the success of your business communications, here are some tips from the world of media.

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Business Communication: 3 Effective Ways To Convey Your Vision

By Priya Florence Shahwww.naaree.com

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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. ~ Nelson Mandela

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Are you finding it hard to communicate your vision of business down the ranks in your organization? You’re not alone.

After attending a meeting of entrepreneurs, I realized that this was one crucial problem faced by most organizations.

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It’s like the old game of Chinese Whispers where the message gets progressively warped as it is transferred from one person to another.

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“The success of your communication is a function of the message received.”

So if your organization gets the wrong message, whose fault is it?

And how do you ensure that the message communicated is understood the way you intend?

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To improve the success of your business communications, here are some tips from the world of media.

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Speak Your Audience’s Language

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Media experts know that in order to help your audience comprehend their message, they need to communicate it in the language and idiom of their target audience.

Would you see them trying to broadcast English advertisements to a rural audience that very clearly speaks only Hindi? That would just be insane, wouldn’t it?

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Take a tip from the media and customize your message to match your audience.

Whether you have a factory in Gujarat or Germany, it’s best to translate all your company communications into the native language, so they can be understood without any effort on your part.

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Do the same for all your company’s communications in all the regions you operate in, no matter that you have to spend more time and effort translating them.

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Incorporate Multimedia Into Your Communications

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Ever wondered why movies are so popular with the masses? Because many people don’t absorb written (i.e. text) information well. Also movies entertain and educate while communicating a story.

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Many people in your company will understand a message better when it is communicated with images, sound and text (Like this video).

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Help your communication team understand that it’s worth the effort required to add video and audios to the mix.

Creatives that use a story to communicate are the most hard-hitting and effective.

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Speak To The Lowest-Common Denominator

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Have you seen ads or films that don’t even require words to communicate a message? Remember the amazing version of the Indian National Anthem that used hearing-challenged kids with sign-language?

Did you not sing the words along for them while it was being played?

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The messages that communicate to the widest audience are those which appeal to the lowest common denominator – human emotions.

Use emotions to strike a chord and your message will not only be heard, but felt. That’s an effect that few Powerpoint presentations can achieve.

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Any business organization can make its communications more effective and comprehensible by understanding the mindset and learning style of its employees.

Now that you know these factors, you can enhance your message to ensure that it is understood by everyone in your organization.

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Naaree.com is an online magazine for career and business women in India. It aims to help the new Indian woman get in touch with her needs, and

achieve balance and harmony in all areas of her life. It empowers the Indian woman to be proud of who she

is and become a force for change in the world.

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