Jul 242009
Have you ever heard statistics about communication like 55% of your message is conveyed by facial expressions and 38% by tone of voice and only 7% comes via words? And it sounds so scientific, so perhaps it might be true?
Well here’s a delightful video that explains the roots of some of those curious statistics. In this case it was a scientist who was specifically focused on how we convey feelings and attitudes rather than facts and information.
Many thanks to Chris Adams who knew I’d love this great link.
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I like the way coincidence can suddenly put things together – your post, another blog, this video – and a small circle of ideas is established.
I have been using a really good book at work recently and ashamedly never noticed the author’s name.
It turns out to be Tech Talk!
I have never really thought about this–thanks for posting this Vicki!
Thank you for this post and the video link. I have always believed the ‘scientific statistics’ you quoted, but now I’ve got to reconsider.
Actually, in the English textbook we use for school there is a text on body language speaking louder than words, talking about exactly those statistics. Next time I will teach it, I will also show this video and ask students to discuss their ideas. So thank you for a nice lesson plan 🙂
Hi Sinikka. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. I’m sure you’re right – it’d make a great lesson. Let us know how it goes!
Ha! Gosh Chris, the world gets smaller and smaller.