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Effective communication depends to a large extent on insights into human nature and on the ability to get desirable responses by meeting expectations. It is a complex process that involves context, sender-encoder, message, medium, receiver-decoder, and feedback. To be an effective communicator, realize that human beings’ mental filters and experiences differ. Each brings different attitudes, abilities, skills, and cultural customs to the meanings of the words we use. Your message may not always be understood. You may have problems of miscommunicated instructions, with denotations, connotations, which all interfere with messages between sender and receiver. The importance of nonverbal communication is appearance, body language, silence, time, and space. Above all, try to understand your audience, the receiver of your message, and keep an open mind in order to get as many accurate facts as possible. Your ability to do these things will help you communicate effectively. When interviewing both men and w