{"id":4602,"date":"2017-01-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/5-hacks-in-becoming-a-globally-minded-communicator\/"},"modified":"2021-06-23T11:23:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T02:23:53","slug":"5-hacks-in-becoming-a-globally-minded-communicator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/5-hacks-in-becoming-a-globally-minded-communicator\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Hacks In Becoming A Globally-Minded Communicator"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An Interview with Emi Takemura, Co-Founder at FutureEdu Tokyo<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I met Emi Takemura<\/a><\/span> when we were both speaking at TEDx Roppongi in September 2016. I admired Emi’s diligence in preparing for her presentation. When I saw her spending many hours over several days in front of her computer with her earphones in and talking out loud, I thought she was on extensive video conference calls. But I later found out that this was her way of fully familiarizing herself with the content and structure of her talk – she was rehearsing. And she did a great job.<\/p>\n

Just co-founding one organization is a dream for most people, but Emi has co-founded multiple organizations, including FutureEdu Tokyo<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and Peatix<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0She has some great advice for us on how to communicate successfully, including how to differentiate ourselves from robots!<\/p>\n

1. What sort of communicator do you want to be?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Very good question.\u00a0 It depends on whom I am communicating with, but with anyone I speak with, I try to be a communicator who 1) asks good questions, 2) can be personable even with people I meet for the first time, 3) listens well, 4) can articulate my point of view, and 5) be transparent as much as possible.<\/p>\n

Here are the reasons why I value these 5 points.<\/p>\n

1) Asking good questions:<\/b> \u00a0Best way to find out about who the person I would be speaking with.\u00a0 If I can ask questions in a way that is\u00a0easy to understand and relevant to the person being asked, the chances of having a productive conversation are very high.<\/p>\n

2) Being personable:<\/b> \u00a0Even in business situations, we humans prefer to be cared for as people rather than faceless figures with no emotion.\u00a0 At least I would feel that way, and I try to find some mutual interests to establish some level of personal relationship.<\/p>\n

3) Listening well:<\/b> \u00a0Listening is the best way to figure out how to have the best conversation.\u00a0 The more I listen, the more the counterpart(s) can feel understood and share their ideas.<\/p>\n

4) Articulating points of view:<\/b> \u00a0In order to have productive meetings, it is essential that we have an agenda and have a few scenarios of the topics that we\u00a0want to discuss with the other person.\u00a0 Obviously, depending on the conversation, we need to modify the course of the conversation.\u00a0 But without having a clear point of view that can be understood even by young children, meetings can be unproductive.<\/p>\n

5) Transparency:<\/b> \u00a0Especially in global business communication, it is hard to have a productive meeting without having a good level of transparency on the basis of the conversation.\u00a0 That can include objective(s) of the meeting, why we want to meet with the counterpart(s), and what are the types of things we can do for the counterpart(s).<\/p>\n

2. What is one communication success that you can share with us?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When I first moved to Singapore to launch Peatix’s<\/span><\/span><\/a> business in Southeast Asia, I did not know anyone who was related to our business ecosystem.\u00a0 In order for us to establish presence, it was imperative that we articulate who we are, what our missions are, how we would like to contribute to the community, and what we can do and cannot do.\u00a0 By being consistent with our communication and messages, we were slowly being able to build a community of event organisers in Singapore and Malaysia.\u00a0 Now,\u00a0Peatix<\/span><\/a> is one of the leading community event platforms in both markets.<\/p>\n

Through this experience, I learned the importance of the above 5 points that I just mentioned.<\/p>\n

3. What is one communication failure you can share with us?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When I first lived in the US as a junior student at a community college in Seattle, I was not a great English speaker nor a communicator.<\/p>\n

It took me a few months to start having friends that I could have meaningful conversations with.\u00a0 Looking back, I was able to establish my initial success by joining a tennis team where I could be useful as one of the top players on the team.\u00a0 So finding a place where I could start asking good questions and articulate my points of view despite my lack of language fluency were the two keys to an initial success.\u00a0 It did take me a bit of time to figure out, as I was too optimistic in my first month.\u00a0 My initial thoughts were that people would be interested in international students like me and approach without me trying hard.\u00a0 Obviously, that did not happen, so I had to come up with my strategy to find people to communicate and establish friendships with.<\/p>\n

4. What is most challenging for you in communication right now?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Right now, I am working hard to improve my writing and mobile based communications.\u00a0 I believe only purposeful practice can make things better, so I am trying to write a lot more.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0What communication skill, resource, or advice would you offer to our readers?
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Watch great YouTube videos, read great books, and meet with a wide variety of people.\u00a0 On YouTube, there are many great speeches including TED, which expresses core ideas in beautiful and personable ways.\u00a0 Rather than just watching for the sake of the story, watch and reflect on why you thought some videos resonated more\u00a0than others.\u00a0 And try to incorporate those in your next presentation.\u00a0 And books are the cheapest ways to build a library of structured knowledge and absorb different expression styles.\u00a0 Lastly, the best way to improve communication is to have one-on-one meetings with a wide variety of people.\u00a0 We are naturally better communicating with similar types of people.\u00a0 So by immersing ourselves with a broad range of people, we can get better in communication.<\/p>\n

6. What else do you want to tell us about?
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In the near\u00a0future, where a lot of ground work can be done by artificial intelligence and robots, it is ever more important that we become effective communicators, as that is one of the key differentiators we have versus\u00a0AI and robots.\u00a0 Even when some people are naturally friendly, I think that being friendly is a different skillset from being able to carry out productive communications with a broad range of people.\u00a0 It is really meaningful\u00a0and rewarding when you can establish a meaningful relationship with people whom you thought you would never have something in common. \u00a0I hope you can articulate your own communication challenges and work on improving step by step.\u00a0 I believe our lives will be more fun and enriched by becoming better communicators either at a personal or professional level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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