Informal Communication

If formal communication is viewed like your dressed in a suite going to a black tie affair then informal communication is like dressing casually and wearing slippers around the house. It is on the spot and usually unorganized. Most informal communication is done in a face-to-face manner without any type of professional manner. This type of communication is usually oral and tends to work in small groups of 2-5 people. Many of us have informal communication every day without even knowing it, such as having a conversation with your parents or friends. This type of communication is mostly taught in elementary school and high school because it is most important. It is more important the formal communication because informal communication is done every day.

Some types of informal communication are:

1. Phone Calls
2. Face-to-Face
3. Texting
4. Post-it Notes
5. Quick and Spontaneous Meeting

Can you imagine yourself having only the ability to communicate with people in a formal matter? Imagine a relationship like this with your children or spouse for that matter. Having to either schedule an appointment with you or rehearse everything that you want to say before saying it, almost impossible. This shows that as important formal communication is, informal communication is much more important because life is informal and spontaneous and not everything is planned out. If I had the option of choosing between only being able to communicate in a formal or informal matter, I would in a heartbeat choose to be informal. 

Formal Communication

Formal communication can be considered as communication efforts that are “dressed up”. For example, in a written letter, the formal communication style will demand that the layout of the piece of written communication follow a specific format that includes the date, header, greeting, body of the letter, close, signature lines and any indicators of enclosures all done neatly above a company overhead or anything thing else professional.

A few ways to have formal communication are:

1. Complaint
2. Application Form
3. Formal Letter
4. Formal Email

 As you see, all of these ways of communication are very professional in the way it is put out and there is a reason for that. Such things as a complaint letter or speech must be done properly to get the recipient to take you serious and know that you are a professional with a professional complaint. Same thing with an Application Form, if you are applying for a job or anything you must show that you can be formal with how you present information and communicate.   

How is Cumminication Defined

 What is communication? Communication is a noun relatively defined as imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium. Communication requires a sender, a message and a recipient who the message will go to. Communication is much more vast and unique today then how it was used 50 plus years ago. Communication between a sender and a recipient can be done across massive distances in time and space. 

"Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening." - Emma Thompson 

Good communication can lead to positive things in one persons life and make them a successful human being. It can take you further then you have ever thought possible just by communicating properly with the right people. On the other hand, bad communication can get you into trouble and lead you to having a miserable and lonely life. Communication is one of the most important values a person should have if he/she wants to live life the way it was intended to be lived not just in the business world.