Idea 10: The Communication Star

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Chinese proverb

Communication is like a three-legged stool. In the basic model of a good conversation there are two people or parties engaged in a fundamentally two-way process of communication. The third element is that communication is always about something. So there are three elements: speaker, listener (which alternate) and content.

The Communication Star model clearly identifies those three factors.

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You will see at a glance that there are three other elements in the picture: aim, methods and situation.

AimThe intention of the message is the purpose in the sender’s mind ...

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