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Date Submitted: 04/02/2012 03:34 PM
Demonstrative Communication is the process of sending and receiving information and feedback. This involves the exchange of messages through the process of verbal or nonverbal communication and active listening. The sender of the nonverbal message should always be careful to send the correct information in the message, and the receiver must listen and interpret the message correctly.
Demonstrative communication comes in many forms, such as facial expressions, body language, gestures, eye contact, and tone of voice delivery. With any kind of communication whether it is personal or professional the way to present the information can be positive, negative, effective and ineffective for both the receiver and the sender. Communication is vital to everyday life. If the message is not sent correctly then the receiver of the message will not be able to fully understand what the content of the message was supposed to be and if this happens then the feedback you receive will be a negative and then your message will have been ineffective.
Facial expressions are the most common form of demonstrative communication. Studies show that body language, including facial expressions, account for 55 percent of all communication, 38 percent is tone of voice, and 7 percent is written (Ehrenkranz, 2011). A positive facial expression example is as simple genuine smile of happiness. Of course interpreting variances of the smile can be positive and even negative dependent upon interpretation. For example, the interpretation of a grin can be seen as a sign of arrogance dependent on the connotation and is an example of a negative facial expression. Another example of a negative facial expression is the ever popular frown displaying sadness or disappointment. Effective use of demonstrative communication is extremely important in delivering a message properly. Specifically, if presenting a business brief to a corporate body an effective facial expression would definitely be of a...