My Learning NotesHow to design a communication
To design a communication:
- Make a brainstorming and write down all the ideas that you want to transmit.
- Structure your ideas using concept maps.
Paolo's learning notes
What are concept maps
Concept maps are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge.
They include:
- concepts usually enclosed in boxes
- relationship between concepts indicated by arrows that connect two concepts
- words on the arrows that specify the relationship between the two concepts.
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- The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct Them | 2006 | Joseph D. Novak, Alberto J. Cañas
What is a brainstorming
To be done
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How to build phrases
The following are suggestions some collected from various sources:
- Maintain the following structure: Subject, verb, complement.
- Avoid the use of more than one or two phrases subordinate to the main phrase.
- Prefer active phrases than passive phrases
- Avoid double negation
- If you have to read the phrase more than one time, it means that it has not designed properly.
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How to choose the words
The following are suggestions some collected from various sources:
- Choose the words considering what is the meaning the other person assign to the words.
- Use these three principles:
- Clarity and simplicity: choose the simpler words to convey a message.
- Precision: use words specific to what we want to convey.
- Pertinence: use words adequate to the context.
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Why sometimes messages are not understood
A message can be divided in three parts:
- what we want truly transmit.
- what we have transmitted that is the meaning or interpretation of the message.
- the words and phrases used to transmit the message.
It is necessary to be aware that the message understood is not typically exactly the same of the one we truly wanted to transmit.
Some causes may be:
- We choose words and phrases that have different meaning of what we wanted to transmit.
- We choose words and phrases that have a meaning coherent to what we want to transmit, but the other person assign a different meaning to the words and phrases we used.
- The other person interprets the message basing on one’s beliefs. Therefore if the two people have different beliefs, they may interpret the message in different ways.
It is therefore important to: