Barriers to effective communication

There are several barriers that may occur when you are trying to communicate, therefore you have to keep them in mind to try and avoid these barriers.

General communication barriers

In general communication barriers such as vision may occur. When presenting a presentation people who have sight difficulties may not be able to see the presentation and may not have the same experience as other people who the presentation is being presented to. Also if the community isn't paying attention to your presentation, then the point will be much more difficult to get across.

To avoid these complications there are several methods of dealing with them that can be put into syntax.
For people with vision difficulties, using the Rainbows audio books would be helpful as the receiver is actually able to hear what you are talking about therefore they will know what the presentation was about. Also the person may have an assistant beside them to explain any images that are on screen so that they can envision  what it looks like.
As for the attention difficulties, the only way of dealing with it would be to make the presentation interesting. Tackling the audience with questions and getting them involved always helps to maintain attention and interest.

Interpersonal barriers

The most common barrier for interpersonal communication is background noise. Such things as cars passing by when you are talking on the street may interrupt you, your line of thought and may make it difficult for the other person to hear you. There are also things such as latency problems when having a one on one communication over a medium such as Skype. This may cause difficulties as it will cut out in mid sentence.

To combat these difficulties you could choose a quiet room or a quiet area to have a conversation in. This should cancel out the background noise therefore preventing interruptions, and getting the conversation over with faster.
As for latency problems, if you are experiencing latency problems, checking that you don't have any downloads running in the background or other software that consumes latency, if there are, shutting them down will benefit you.
Also sometimes peak times may affect your connection, therefore interrupting you and preventing you from having effective communication. So keeping in mind when these peek times are, trying to reschedule calls to a different time would be advisable.

Written communication

Cultural differences are a big barrier for effective communication, even in written communication. Some people may not have the same grasp of literature, and may find it difficult to understand certain long words. You also have to take into mind their beliefs so nothing offensive comes out of the conversation.

To attempt and avoid these complications, use of short, common words that lead straight to the point is effective and practical. Jargon is best used when communicating with people local in your area, and not over seas, this is because they may not understand what it stands for or what it means, so not putting it into the written piece would be practical.