This book is one of our Life Tips Series and gives you valuable tips on improving your communication with others.We look at strategies for better and more effective communication. We then show you how recognising body language affects your communicating effectively with others. By others we mean business associates, friends, loved ones, children; teenagers... They all have to be communicated with and if we achieve this properly we are going to be better people for it.The trick to effective communication is to make your listener feel Important. This is not easy, but can be learnt. We help you by giving you some strategies which are easily put into action. Once you have mastered these techniques we introduce Body Language where we explore how you can recognise what the person you are talking to is really thinking. If you haven’t come across body language it really is a fascinating subject, and we all use it every day. Many of us are not aware of this. As always we make our tips simple and direct and this book is no different.Table of Contents:Introduction;How to communicate effectively;Your communication strategy;Techniques;What to talk about?How to talk;How to listen;How to get people to talk to you;How to get people to agree with you and say “Yes”;Dealing with praise and criticism;Personal communication;Communicating with Children;Body Language;Appearance;Reading body language;Body Language details;Eyes;Face;Posture;Accessories;Hands;Feet;Mouth;Arms;Smiles;Mirror;Conclusion;