http://facilitate.com/blog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:19:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://facilitate.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/losing-the-art-of-decoding-expression/ http://facilitate.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/losing-the-art-of-decoding-expression/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:21:19 +0000 Nancy Settle-Murphy http://facilitate.com/blog/?p=1085 With increasing reliance on text as a primary form of communication, younger generations may be losing the ability to read vital nonverbal cues. And for those of us who multitask all too often, we may be losing the ability faster than we think.
So what’s the real harm here? Absent constant opportunities to decode expressive forms of communications, we simply will not learn how to react or respond to others’ nonverbal cues. The ability to impart meaning from one’s facial expression, tone of voice, choice of words, or cadence is a nuanced affair that takes years of experience to get right even most of the time.

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