Signature Assignment

Communication is key to living in today’s society, no matter what aspect of life that is used.

Communication is what really separates homosapiens from all other species, sure dolphins can

speak to each other, but not as complex as humans do. Communication includes not only verbal

cues but also non verbal, this is what adds complexity, because sometimes it can take much skill to

interpret correctly. Now when in a group it is essential that people use their skills in verbal,

nonverbal, and all things in between to make sure the group is cohesive and stays on task the entire

time. That is exactly what my group and I did. We are all introverts that when forced to talk to

others, can, but is not preferred. We had to develop verbal skills extremely fast to coordinate our

entire project. Communication is essential to anything that has information involved.

Like most groups my group used Tuckman's stages of group development. It allowed us to

figure out how individually we all collaborate and coordinate with each other. When forming it

was very awkward, barely any verbal communication and absolutely no non verbal cues. That

sped us into storming where and conflict was settled and all ideas were mixed together. Within the

storming stage we all collaborated our ideas and thoughts together in order to find the right project

for us. Next was the norming stage, where group norms were established and boundaries were

upheld. In the norming stage the titles and specific jobs of the people within the group are

exercised more, there is also more feedback and trust that becomes established. We then entered the

performing stage, this is where we accomplished our task, my group and I decided to do our

service at the Syracuse Museum. My group helped with tours and the labeling system they used.

Once we had finished our project we went into the adjourning stage of Tuckman’s model. In this s
 tage we achieve our goal and get our grade, the group then is no longer needed, the task

has been accomplished, and a group needs a task in order to function.

This experience and class as a whole was something new. Learning new techniques and

skills helping improve communication allowed myself to implement it into normal day

conversation and see the result of it. My groups goal if we did not have to get a good grade would

have been to improve our nonverbal cues, all of us within the group are introverts, we do not like

talking that much and so when we do it can be difficult to try and notice nonverbal cues when we

ourselves have never seen them. With us working on recognizing those and also striving for a good

grade our group was able to communicate to each other and to others that we needed to speak to

better. With the Syracuse museum would we were able to easily see when boundaries were pushed

and when something said was or wasn't to their liking, thus helping us find a direct path to the

solution needed. The experience allowed us all to grow and strengthen ourselves and each other in

our communication habits and skills, thus making communication less hard to us and everyone

around us.

In conclusion my experience with communication has been difficult yet helpful.

Communication is the key to advancement of the world, so if needed everyone should take a class

on it just for the sake of human advancement into a new and improved future with better

communication. Although everyone's experience with communication is different, it's all the same

material, our skills may vary but the content never changes, so thus everyone must be constantly

trying to improve their communication skills. So i'm allowing my experience within this class to try

and change my communication skills for the better in every aspect possible. In the end

communication can either lead to victory or demise, its up to the communicator to decide.