Communication

Communication is part of Unit 1 of Staff Training.

What is Communication?
Communication is where staff confidently talk, inform and support surrounding staff, including but are not limited to Trial Moderators, Server Staff and Owners.

It is important that Staff actively communicate with each other, in order to be informed of decisions made by other staff. Failure to do so, can lead to disagreements and arguments that can make the Staff Team Environment uncomfortable for all its members. Therefore, it must be vital for Staff to clearly express their ideas and thoughts to each other. No idea or thought is considered to be bad, if there are reasoning involved and are often encouraged or welcomed by the owners.

How to Communicate?
Communication within the Team MK server can occur through Direct Messages or DMs or through Pings within the server.

While communicating with other members it is important to consider whether:

- The idea of your message can be clearly understood by the reader or receiver

- Your message consists of more than a few words. (In other words, at least a sentence long).

Only communicating with just Emojis is often discouraged, as emojis do not explain the full message that you are trying to communicate and therefore can lead to miscommunication. This is why Emojis can only be used to support the sentence that you are communicating.

''Note: It is also important to not ignore messages communicated to you by other Staff Members. If you do not like what is being communicated to you, please make it clear to that Staff Member why.''

Considering all of these factors is vital to ensure that the Staff Environment is effective and efficient in working as a team as possible.

What to Communicate?
Several messages that should be communicated between Staff Members include:

- Disruptions that make it difficult for you to do your Staff Role (For example: A Family Holiday or an exam period). Ensuring that these disruptions are clearly communicated to other Staff Members, can allow you to take a break from your Staff Role (Without losing your Staff Role) for an appropriate period of time to focus on these disruptions.

- Anything that is making you feel uncomfortable (This should be communicated directly to one of the owners.

''Note: Please keep in mind, by accepting the position of Staff within the server, you should have a lot of free time. In other words, minimal disruptions. If you always have disruptions, than you should not consider becoming a staff member. If you are currently a staff member who experiences lots of disruptions and therefore cannot carry out the duties of a Staff Member,  your Staff Role can be taken away from you, often without any warning.''