How can you improve team communication by paraphrasing?

In my opinion, paraphrasing act is very much essential. Though from the point of the receiver, needs state of open minded rather than resistive or egoism.

There are 3 key elements to better paraphrasing; 1) TIME/ timeline relatability 2) MONEY/ budget or price mandate 3) QUALITY acceptability While you paraphrase, contextualising and creating relatability with the audience can be made meaningful by keeping the above 3 key elements in mind. Work relationship is hinged on efficiency creation around time, money and quality.

Paraphrasing ensures that every team member understands the message clearly, ensuring that the meaning is not lost. Effective communication becomes the end result.

One thing I have learned while working in the corporate and NGO field is that time is everything and we don't have enough time for longer presentations or longer meetings. Paraphrasing in communication helps reduce the time we spend on an activity and gives a more explicit specific message. This improves more professional and healthy communication within team and no space for confusion.

When you paraphrase someone's words, it shows that you have taken the time to process what they have said and that you understand their perspective. This can help to build trust and rapport among team members.

Paraphrasing helps in making the communication have a tone and coherence that everyone in the team aligns with. The skill is to make it in such a way that everyone in the team understands what is told and can relate to it from their responsibility point of view

Paraphrasing is important for team communication because it helps ensure everyone understands the message accurately. And it also shows active listening and promotes clarity in team discussions. It also helps avoid misunderstandings and promotes effective collaboration within the team.

One thing I've found helpful is paraphrasing only at the end of a meeting, either in a 1:1 session or in a team meeting. Especially: - When a lot of things are going on. - When one of the members is new and/or is from a different culture, for example. - The subject in question is complex or complicated. In this way, it allows establishing a common ground and, therefore, assertive communication, which translates into higher probabilities of obtaining positive results.

Paraphrasing becomes especially important in multicultural teams where the common language being spoken might not be native to all members thereby increasing a chance of miscommunication. Paraphrasing helps people grasp the information better by hearing it again in different words.

An added reason for paraphrasing is cross team collaboration. Information or events that require technical expertise to fully understand, can overload inter company teams from other departments. So it’s important to describe situations or paraphrase outside communications to simplify the message for clearer understanding.

It is always best to use words that are frequently used. This helps in the team feeling a connection to the message. This also helps in them being able to easily translate it to their job roles effect and thus work more effectively.

We 're fortunate that English is a language which has a rich variety of words. Some mean the same or very similar. However this does also have pitfalls. An advantage of paraphrasing is that your paraphrase may help other team members understand something that wasn't immediately clear to them.

You can paraphrase effectively by - understanding the original material deeply - rewording it in your own unique style - meaning must not be altered In short express it as you are expressing to a friend What doesn't work in paraphrasing? - Just swapping words

When you paraphrase what someone has said back to them it makes them feel heard. They know you were listening to hear instead of listening to respond. That’s an important step in building trust within teams.

You should paraphrase in team communication when you want to ensure understanding and clarify information. Paraphrasing is also helpful when summarizing ideas, confirming understanding, and building consensus within the team

Paraphrasing someone gives him/her the assurance that you where listening to what he/she was saying. In most of the cases we tend to be understood than understand others.

I usually paraphrase when - Complex ideas are being discussed - Technical web3 jargons (in my case) - Intricate product concepts All team members have different subject matter experts, some are good at development, some knows how to build a product or run a business. So practically it is very difficult to communicate complex topic in a same wavelength, that is why paraphrasing in team communication is very important.

Paraphrasing is very relevant to show that you understood a team member. It becomes more stronger when we paraphrase what the member said, then add a link “that’s why” and give an argument. It is very relevant to show that you understood the team member - you need to paraphrase what he said, then add a link “that’s why” and make an argument. This technique helps to verify how accurately we have deciphered the interlocutor’s words, and to continue communication further with full confidence that everything has still been understood correctly.

One of the challenges of paraphrasing is actually adding your point of view, you can not just change the words and have the same argument. The whole point of doing it is to add your own spice.

Paraphrasing sometimes leads to misunderstandings if not done correctly. For e.g. If someone in a web3 context says: "Layer 2 scaling solutions, like Rollups, are essential for improving Ethereum's transaction throughput," a poor paraphrase might be: "Rollups make Ethereum faster." While this isn't wrong, it oversimplifies the concept and misses the broader context of "Layer 2 scaling solutions." So according to me challenges are - Loss of nuance - Over simplification - Misinterpretation

A tip when paraphrasing is to actually repeat and summarize the initial idea with the person that wrote or spoke it, in order for you to understand their point of view, and see what different lane you can get.

Paraphrasing demonstrates that an individual has understood the concept and they are ready and willing to embrace the lessons. It enables an individual to improve on their authenticity when sharing their learning journey.

In meetings, it is a great practice to wrap up with paraphrasing to ensure everyone's on the same page. It provides a concise summary that helps everyone understand the meeting's key objectives and their next steps clearly. This way, it ensures that everyone leaves with a clear understanding of what was discussed and what needs to be done next.

Paraphrasing is a great trick to ensure that communication was clear and I've found it useful to also add a concrete example or situation to o help close the loop. This not only ensures that the message is clear but may also help others understand or realize that something was misunderstood.

According to me these are some pointers that we should consider while paraphrasing - - Audience knowledge Understanding knowledge level of your audience - Ask for feedback Check with your audience if they get it or not, this will help in future communication