Last year during June, you may have seen this post on Effective Communications Month, which is June. But what else can you use to practice effective communications?
How about when you are communicating, whether in writing or speaking, incorporating the five senses into your dialog?
“What do I mean?” you may ask… let’s look at an example
“The room was dimly lit.” can more effectively tap into the sense of sight by saying “The only light in the room was that of the podium drawing your eyes to the speaker.”
This second version begins to paint a picture your your reader or listener, of just how dim the light was, tapping into their sense of sight and past experiences as to how much light is enough.
How about another example? “As I remembered my summer vacation I felt the sights, sound, and smells of the beach.” can be replaced with “As i remebered my summer vaction… I felt the grainy sand between my toes, the smell of salt water in the air, and sounds of the seagull call out over the water.”
Again we use specific sounds, smells, and, feelings to tap into the senses of the reader or listener in order to help place them in the time and place of your story. This will always help keep their attention and interest with you.
How can use these techniques to improve your story telling?
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