Small Group Communication Analysis

Small group communication is a part of almost everyone’s lives and learning to communicate effectively in this setting is important. This is especially evident in classrooms, the workplace and even at home. Learning to navigate talking to and in small groups is a key to development of interpersonal communication. For me small group communication has always been a struggle, I have trouble speaking in groups that consist of more than two people. Learning to overcome this has been a struggle but I have been able to with some help. This help consisted of speech classes at Rogue Community College as well as practicing small group communication in multiple classes. I have also had a lot of practice with small group communication in the jobs I have

This also applies to school as working in small groups is especially important for getting help with tough homework and when working on group projects. Relying on the other people in the group to complete their portion of the assignment can be stressful but with effective communication this will be an easy task and will make the assignments go much smoother. Small group communication even has it place in the home, as the need for settling arguments is often needed and the only way to resolve these arguments is effective small group communication. So with all its uses it is very important to be a competent communicator (Adler, Rosenfeld, Winder, & Proctor, 2016). The purpose of many small group communication settings is problem solving and this is an extremely important part of life in general as many problems tend to come up (Panse, 2016). For all these reasons is why I am writing this paper, in order for me to be a more successful person in life I need to be effective in small group communication and thus become a more competent

The first couple months while working as a lifeguard at the Ashland YMCA I had to constantly meet new people and give safety briefings to people and groups wanting to swim in the pool. Occasionally I would get some very rude individuals who would get angry at me for doing my job and it took a long time for me to get used to this kind of environment. Over time and practice I was able to get better at making the safety briefings effective and short, allowing for all the information to be communicated and keeping the people happy and able to swim. The other small group communication setting I had to be in at the YMCA was some meetings to meet new people and practice our safety procedures and skills as well as see what was going on in the building. This was always extremely nerve racking for me even though they were always very easy to attended when I had to talk I was not very clear with my words which was not a good thing when being introduced to a group of new lifeguards who are trying to get used to a new settings. Once again the only way I was able to get used to this was through time and practice. In my classes I am constantly asked to present a subject or ask the teacher for help. Small group communication is especially evident in the lab sciences which we are required to work as a group and complete the lab as well as completing a lab write up