1. Barriers To Communication And Ways To Overcome These Barriers
Jack Turner

2. Communication Skills Barriers
May not be relevant to those of other cultures
May not be relevant/ engaging to those of different age groups
Audience may not find presentation engaging to themselves
Information may not be factual and people may differ with opinions
Presentation may not be entertaining enough

3. How to overcome these barriers
Compromise the cultures and age groups you are presenting to
Use animations to engage audience and use relevant colours that grab attention
Make sure information is factual and not opinion based
Have open question involved so audience can involve themselves

4. Interpersonal Skills Barriers
Variety of interpersonal communication
Techniques and cues may not be on time or/ and are not relevant
Use of positive and negative language
Engagement
Background noise or other distractions
Questions used
Response to question and how quickly you respond

5. Over coming Interpersonal skill barriers
Knowledge/ awareness in other means of communication
Good body language, include or don’t include ‘smileys’, and capitalisation of text
Be positive in the way you speak
Engage whoever you talk to or make sure you are engaged when they’re speaking
Relevant use of questions and timing of response

6. Communication: Writing Barriers
Language barriers
Maybe unclear to partner what you have written
Audience may not fully understand
Partner may differ with what you have written
Not reviewing other documents

7. Overcoming Communication written barriers
Know who you are writing too
Clear written communication
Proof read work
Make sure nothing is left unclear
Cover all relevant opinions and viewpoints
Review other pieces of work and take note

8. What to learn from this…
Despite the barriers in communication, there are ways of overcoming these barriers and barring these barriers in mind and being aware of them, will help you overcome them. If there are any questions of how to overcome these barriers or any other question relevant please feel free to ask.