“That’s ridiculous. I tell you what… If I’m ever presenting to a group of 5th graders, I’ll call you.” This was the response he gave me when I suggested a different approach for his new sales opportunity. As you can imagine, his response did wonders for developing our relationship. Just in case you think I’m …
7 Secrets to Get Your Next Audience to Love You
I knew it wasn’t going to be your normal conference kickoff keynote when I entered the ballroom and found a bongo at every audience seat. I was in the audience that day with about 400 other attendees. We couldn’t help but pick up the bongo, inspect it and experiment with tapping on it. Then one …
How to Build Leader Presence in 3 Parts
Part 1 of 3: CONFIDENCE, the First Building Block of Leader Presence When I begin a communication workshop the topic of first impressions always comes up. We start by defining the three areas of impression your audience will have of you. One student will usually say, “So I just need to make sure that when …
Failure doesn’t teach a lesson without this…
My son had his eyes set on the biggest stuffed animal, but throwing the balls into the basket was not going to be as easy as it appeared. After three failed attempts at tossing the balls he looked up at me and said, “I want to try again.” I could see where this was going. …
iCPI – How to Facilitate the Quote Exercise
Dr. Albert Mehrabian from UCLA in 1967, broke down communication into three areas, the Verbal, the Vocal, and the Visual then showed us how interpretation is reached with non-congruent communication by percentage in each. After you teach the 3 V’s of communication making sure congruency is understood, the participants now get a chance to practice …