"My Brother The Communicator"

My brother demonstrates competent communication within his career. A company my brother previously worked for funded the program I currently work for and I got to see him action quite a few times. I saw how he communicated in meetings and when he presented at training's. I did not know my brother could capture people attention so well. He is funny and he knows his stuff. I have seen him be serious in meetings and make sure he get his point across respectfully and professionally. He amazes me and I did not know I would look up to my brother the way I do. He gave a workshop on home visits for my company. I did not know that he would be so interesting. He had the audience attention and he was really fun. He engaged the audience through activities and the information that he was sharing. He made jokes and he made some crucial points about the importance of home visits in Head Start. I really enjoyed my brother's workshop and I was amazed at the end he had a line of people waiting to talk to him. When I presented my first workshop, I contacted my brother on pointers how to communicate when I present. He told me to be clear in my speech and listen as well as talk. He told me the key to a successful workshop is to make sure that I listen to any comments or questions that my audience may have and be respectful when responding. He also told me to watch the audience and make sure they are engaged, if not he said tell a joke to wake everyone up or do an exercise that will get people up and moving around. He told me that the information that I am presenting is very important, but know one likes to sit and be lectured to for hours. I took my brother advice, I did an icebreaker, I told jokes, I had an activity to get everyone moving around, and I made sure I answered every question to the best of my ability. When my workshop was over I got good reviews and positive feedback. I love my brother and I believe his method of communication is effective and I would love to follow in his footsteps!

"My brother and my daughter"

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