With regard to the importance of communication mentionned in class, it might be interesting to know that current research considers 55% of communication as visual and 38% as vocal. This means that only 7% of a person's attention is assigned to words. You are most believable and most effectively communicating when all three elements are aligned with each other. The visual part is referred to as body language. (source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pf_article_102425.html)
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Hi Victoria and all-
ReplyDeleteI think we all need to learn to interpert body language, but it is also important to maneuver it when it comes to oursleves.
Here's a link to a little video i saw on TED which regards to the influence on YOUR body language ON YOURSELF: http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html