Competent communication

The person that I can think of is a recent Jamaican politician icon, the honorable Roger H.C. Clarke, late minister of government of Jamaica. He was my friend, mentor, a politician, an eloquent speaker, an effective anti-bias civil servant and a serious but easy going motivator. He was very eloquent in speech and had audience with royalty and commoners a like. The attitude that he had about him was that he was created to be humble and caring and an advocate for the young and those who are poor.

He had the ability to walk into a room and put everyone at ease, no matter how light or damning the communication was going to be. At times he was viscously criticized and even ridiculed but he would often turn it into appropriate humor, having everyone laughing and quickly relaxed. He stood tall in statue and powerful in speech, an active listener and gentle in mannerism. His daughter as does many, refer to him as a gentle giant as he never intimidate his opponent. He made sure his audience understood the message he was sending.

As Roger communicated, he made himself part of the context he presented, he would never stand behind an argument that he did not believe himself. That is the person he was and that is the kind of communicator that I would like to be. I will definitely model his communication capability, as I have seen how much impact he had on a people, the impact he had on me. He passed on recently and I want to carry the communication torch that he carried as his soul rest in peace.