Comments on: Postscript to Debunking the myths of non-verbal communication http://www.ianbrodie.com/selling/postscript-to-debunking-the-myths-of-non-verbal-communication/ More Clients in Less Time, Even if You Hate Selling Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Debunking the myths of non-verbal communication | Ian Brodie http://www.ianbrodie.com/selling/postscript-to-debunking-the-myths-of-non-verbal-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Debunking the myths of non-verbal communication | Ian Brodie Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:41:17 +0000 http://www.lighthousebc.co.uk/blog/articles/postscript-to-debunking-the-myths-of-non-verbal-communication.html#comment-25 [...] Further thoughts on this myth var addthis_pub = 'ianbrodie'; var addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, print, [...] [...] Further thoughts on this myth var addthis_pub = 'ianbrodie'; var addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, print, [...]

]]> By: Ian Brodie http://www.ianbrodie.com/selling/postscript-to-debunking-the-myths-of-non-verbal-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Ian Brodie Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:06:14 +0000 http://www.lighthousebc.co.uk/blog/articles/postscript-to-debunking-the-myths-of-non-verbal-communication.html#comment-23 Agreed John (& Rachel). I feel very uncomforable when I see percentages and statistics quoted without a source - and if I see the source I'll check it out. It's shocking just how many times the statistic is being misrepresented - all to make something seem more scientific. And it's then even more surprising how the misrepresentation can snowball via repetition into something huge like the 93% stat. Mehrabian has spoken many times of this misrepresentation and tried to correct understanding of his findings - but it's got a life of it's own now! Ian Agreed John (& Rachel). I feel very uncomforable when I see percentages and statistics quoted without a source – and if I see the source I’ll check it out. It’s shocking just how many times the statistic is being misrepresented – all to make something seem more scientific. And it’s then even more surprising how the misrepresentation can snowball via repetition into something huge like the 93% stat. Mehrabian has spoken many times of this misrepresentation and tried to correct understanding of his findings – but it’s got a life of it’s own now!

Ian

]]> By: John Sumser http://www.ianbrodie.com/selling/postscript-to-debunking-the-myths-of-non-verbal-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-24 John Sumser Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:38:27 +0000 http://www.lighthousebc.co.uk/blog/articles/postscript-to-debunking-the-myths-of-non-verbal-communication.html#comment-24 I agree with Rachel's comment. I teach in a Communication Studies department and, unfortunately, many faculty members and textbooks repeat these nonsensical percentage claims. People seem to think it sounds more sciency to say that 93 percent of communication is nonverbal than to say, wow, isn't nonverbal comm interesting and important? I agree with Rachel’s comment. I teach in a Communication Studies department and, unfortunately, many faculty members and textbooks repeat these nonsensical percentage claims.

People seem to think it sounds more sciency to say that 93 percent of communication is nonverbal than to say, wow, isn’t nonverbal comm interesting and important?

]]> By: Rachel http://www.ianbrodie.com/selling/postscript-to-debunking-the-myths-of-non-verbal-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Rachel Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:36:49 +0000 http://www.lighthousebc.co.uk/blog/articles/postscript-to-debunking-the-myths-of-non-verbal-communication.html#comment-22 Great post. A percentage of communication received makes sense if you're dealing with something discrete (kilobytes of data, morse code, or a TV picture). But human communication is so diverse and multifaceted (and composed of both the conscious and unconscious messages, some of which are contradictory) that I think it is impossible to reduce to a number. Thanks again for your blog. Great post.

A percentage of communication received makes sense if you’re dealing with something discrete (kilobytes of data, morse code, or a TV picture).
But human communication is so diverse and multifaceted (and composed of both the conscious and unconscious messages, some of which are contradictory) that I think it is impossible to reduce to a number.

Thanks again for your blog.

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