Hello!

This is Andrea Magbanua and I’m here to discuss the essential keys to effective

communication. But before I proceed, let me tell you why is it important to have an effective

communication. Are you wondering why many relationships of (any kind) end up being ruined

while some are still going strong? For example, why some couples end up marrying each other

and live a happy life while others don’t, or why some employees stay in their companies and

promoted while others are kept on resigning, or why there are social problems, hurt feelings, anger,

and even violence. Well that’s because of communication between people who are involved.

According to Michael Page in year 2019, effective communication is an essential tool in achieving

productivity and maintaining strong, lasting working relationships at all levels of an organization.

It means that the unique ability of people to speak and communicate could create a strong bind

between individuals and at the same time it could be destructive. This is the reason why in

communicating, where the primary purpose is to convey our thoughts, intentions and objectives,

you have to take note of the following keys to effective communication because we don’t want the

latter to happen in any of our relationships.

The first key is having the mastery of your topic. This is quite similar to the mastery of

subject matter in teaching profession which refers to the ability of a teacher to simplify the topic

into main points that can easily be understood by the learners as suggested by Lydiah N. Kamamia,

Nelly T.Ngugi, Dr. Ruth W. Thinguri on their research in year 2014. Having the mastery or

proficiency of your topic will help you to be concise and get straight to the point in delivering the

message. Because if you’re not familiar about what you’re saying it will cause the listener to tune

out or be unsure of what you are talking about.