Communication Skills for Extension Workers

Contents Preface. I. Communication 1. Communication skills for home scientists/J.P. Yadav. 2. Communication pertinent issues/V.S. Kulhari and P.N. Kalla. 3. Visual communication/Archana Raj Singh. 4. A view on communication strategy/J.P. Yadav. 5. Listening/Manju Saraswat. 6. Facilitating skills/Meenakshi Choudhary. 7. The art of public speaking and presentation/P.N. Kalla. II. Media 1. Role of television in farm communication/V.S. Kulhari and P.N. Kalla. 2. Production of video for teaching/Nishi Sethi. 3. Communication technology for distance education/N.K. Khatri. 4. Multimedia applications/Vipin Ladda. 5. Arousing communication skills through simulation/games/Manju Saraswat. III. Information management 1. Computers and communication/Rajesh Sharma. 2. Information and communication skills/Dinesh Munjal. 3. Management information system for faster communication and reporting/Nishi Sethi. 4. Internet/Nishi Sethi. 5. Designing a website/Nishi Sethi. IV. Communication and community participation 1. Motivation and work environment/Madhu Sharma. 2. Participatory learning and action techniques (PLA)/Manisha Kabra. 3. Impact of watershed management technology transfer models with special reference to farm women/G.D. Singh. 4. A birds eye view of agriculture research and its communication to farmers at ARS Gurgapura/P.C. Jain. 5. Educating masses through Balmala/Meenakshi Mathur. 6. Teleconferencing/Nishi Sethi. 7. Obstruction in human communication/Pankaj Jain. Subject index. Whether it is business or personal life or official life the role of communication is pivotal and important. Nobody can feel liberty without effective communication. It is however true that the communication skill is inbuilt in every human being. But the problem is environment personal social cultural and host of many impersonal factors. The skill of communication is rarely an inherited gift. The majority of us not blessed with instinctive flair can nevertheless develop the ability. It is not easy and it needs hard work. It depends partly one acquiring an understanding of technique. It depends also on practical development of competence and confidence either through on the job coaching by sensitive management or more often off the job in some sort of seminars workshops etc. in which it can rapidly build compressed experience. The glory and greatness of Indian womanhood is reflected in the unsung unknown and unhonoured tales of her in our national heritage. She is the manager of the family who has to shoulder a number of responsibilities and be the best communicator. Home science personnel and women extension workers having an extra and different place in agriculture due to their immense help in women emancipation and empowerment are expected to be bestowed with efficient communication skills. Thus bringing out this edited book entitled Communication skills for extension workers is a timely venture. The present compilation of lectures delivered by expert speakers of ICAR sponsored winter school are reflecting the efforts to achieve the target of exposing the participants to latest techniques and advances in communication skills with special relevance to home scientists. 192 pp.…