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I believe that public speaking skills can help develop character. I mentioned in my last article that I will soon be giving a workshop to teachers on using public speaking training to reduce bullying. In that article, I talked about how such training can increase children’s sense of empowerment, lifting them out . . . → Read More: Can We Teach Empathy?
Bullying is a hot topic. A majority of people have opened their eyes and recognized the prevalence of bullying and its devastating effects. Surely a tipping point has come when even popular television sitcoms like “The Big Bang Theory” take on the Goliath of bullying in our society. School Boards and teachers everywhere . . . → Read More: Can We Change the Bullying Climate? The after-Christmas flight was going to be full. Shortly after I had sat down and fastened my seatbelt, a young man and woman paused beside my seat, waiting for the line of passengers ahead of them to proceed down the aisle. Evidently they had met in the pre-boarding lounge. The woman looked to be . . . → Read More: The “Like” Culture
Emotional connection is the magic carpet that carries information to a listener’s memory. A speaker’s highest priority is to make that connection. Without it, content is either not heard at all or is not remembered. Recently I watched a good speaker sacrifice her connection with an audience because she felt her . . . → Read More: A Speaker’s Magic Carpet
Last week I spoke to a group of high school teachers who wanted to help their students give better presentations. When I talked about gaining the trust of the “security guard” in a listener’s brain, one teacher spoke up: “You say the below-conscious brain is concerned with survival and needs to know . . . → Read More: Audience Engagement
It was getting dark on a bitterly cold winter afternoon in Winnipeg. I was sixteen and returning home from an after-school piano lesson that had not gone well. Standing at the bus stop, chin tucked in and shoulders hunched in the heat-conserving posture that most Canadians adopt for five or six months . . . → Read More: Smile!
My husband’s son, Dave, owns a successful company that distributes high-tech computer components. He loves technology. He loves his job. He is so full of energy you can almost see sparks flying off him. He believes completely in the value of his products. I know very little about the world of high-tech . . . → Read More: Authenticity and Passion
We’re in the middle of a series of articles looking at ways to make friends with the “security guard” in your listener’s brain. That’s the gut-level, largely unconscious reaction your listener feels toward you, starting from the very first impression. If you can get a person’s unconscious protective system, their security guard, . . . → Read More: Telling Tales
Your two most effective tools for making friends with the security guard in your listener’s brain are direct eye contact and a smile. Used together, they are an unbeatable combination. By “security guard”, I mean the partnership between the brain stem (instinct) and the limbic system (emotions) – a partnership . . . → Read More: Look Your Listener in the Eye
Continuing with our series on how to get past the security guard in your listener’s brain, today we’ll talk about speaking with a vibrant voice and clear diction. When I ask audiences and workshop participants, “What’s the most boring element in a boring presentation?” the immediate answer, without exception, is “monotonous voice”. . . . → Read More: Vibrant Voice |
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