Thinking+and+Communicating+With+Clarity+and+Precision

**Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision

To think and communicate with clarity and precision means you can convey your ideas and thoughts clearly with your audience. An example of this was the presentation of our individual projects from the last unit. In order to present my thoughts and conclusions from my experiment, I decided to give an oral presentation to the class using drawings on the whiteboard. I talked about the background of polymerization and the reasons for why I chose to do this experiment. I explained all the parts of my procedure and my conclusion and evaluation. Although the way I structured my presentation in my mind was very clear and precise, I stuttered a lot and left pauses. Also, I didn't use that many visuals in my presentation to help convey my ideas. However, despite all of the shortcomings of my presentation, I believe I communicated my ideas well overall because of my oratory skills and my grasp of understanding of the subjects at hand. Through the use of my clear, loud voice, I got my message and experiment through to the audience relatively easily. Also, I used humor throughout my presentation which helped garner the interest of my classmates. I further let my classmates look at the actual flubber I made, contributing to their interest in my presentation and helping me convey my message clearly and precisely.**

This is an excerpt from my presentation - things that I planned on saying in order to help convey my ideas better and relate them to my audience more easily: media type="custom" key="6236825"

 **I believe that being able to think and communicate lucidly and efficiently is an essential skill in the real world. The better you can get your thoughts out to those around you, the less miscommunication and misunderstanding will occur. Also, if you can learn to communicate precisely and clearly, people will develop a sense of credibility in you and will be more open to listening to your thoughts and opinions. Moreover, it may lead to easy persuasion or the efficient stemming of a problem. Communicating clearly has always been a skill I wanted to master since Jr. High. I want to be able to get my thoughts out as easily and quickly as possible, that makes sense to everyone. In return, I hope that because my thoughts and ideas are communicated clearly, people would be more likely to accept my thoughts and I would thereby succeed in persuading them to take a course of action. Also, communicating clearly is most important when I'm working with others such as in student council. A lack of precise communication leads to mix-ups and potentially disasters in an event. Directions have to be expressed clearly and straight-forward enough so everyone knows what's going on without any questions asked.**