I would like to share our series featuring Unique Holidays: June 2022: Effective Communications Month with you. Did you know this month is Effective Communications Month? What does this mean to you and why? Because this Holiday has Charlie and I puzzled.
Effective Communications Month
The key to any relationship is communication. We should foster good communication skills during Effective Communications Month, which is celebrated all through June each year. This holiday is dedicated to highlighting the importance of good communication in our personal and professional lives. This month aims to get people to enhance their skills in this area.
HISTORY OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS MONTH
People have been communicating in some way, shape, or form for Centuries. We see this evidence all around us. Morse Code which is a code used for sending messages, where each letter and number is represented by short dashes or dots and it is one of the earliest examples of technological communication.
The first written forms of communication in the world can be seen on drawings that were recorded on the mediums of that time including Animal skins, cave walls, pottery, and wood. This communication consisted of representations of daily life such as hunting, food, and later, religion.
Communication has always seen innovation, right from the humble telegraph. History shows us how technological communication has evolved and become increasingly effective to bring us to the digital era we live in today. It began with the invention of the personal computer. Later, the creation of the cell phone. Today’s communication sees people frequently turning to apps and Social Media, making it trickier to gauge the effectiveness of modern communication, however.
HOW TO CELEBRATE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS MONTH
- What do you do for Effective Communications Month? You learn better ways to communicate. Take professional courses in business communication for your professional relationships, master the art of thinking before speaking to nurture personal relationships. Generally improve your skills with various fun exercises like repeating tongue twisters or singing along to complicated lyrics.
- Pick a day to host special virtual or offline communication-related events with loved ones. Hold special readings, tongue twister competitions, and other fun activities. Put out communication-themed food too. Encourage people to contribute with their own dishes.
- Plenty of activities and groups are continually working towards enhancing communication skills and raising awareness about communication deficits. Look out for local events, workshops, and communities celebrating communication, and see how you could join or you could create your own event or group.
5 FUN FACTS ABOUT COMMUNICATION
- American inventor Thomas Edison proposed to his second wife in Morse code. Thomas Edison taught his wife this code so they could communicate in secret while her family was around.
- Elephants are so terrified of Bees that they even have a special communication that means, “Run away, the bees are angry.”
- Lobsters communicate by squirting urine at each other.
- This tongue twister is said to be the toughest one in the English language; “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick”.
- There are more than 6,000 spoken languages around the world. The citizens of Papua New Guinea alone speak around 800 different languages.
WHY WE LOVE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS MONTH
- Learning about ways to improve our speaking and listening skills teaches us to use our voice. We all benefit from the added confidence improved skills provide us. Maybe we can even lend our voice to bigger causes.
- We always knew communication was important. However, Effective Communications Month teaches us to value the skills we have already developed, and promotes new ways to improve them. The emphasis on this month brings communication awareness to the forefront of our consciousness, which is a good thing.
- Communication is the cornerstone to developing strong relationships in every aspect of our lives. Naturally, with better communication skills, our relationships grow that much stronger too!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
