How Do You Impact an Audience?

How Do You Impact an Audience? How you look makes a difference to an audience–clothes, facial expression, stance, body movement, hands and eye movement. Suppose you are trying to motivate a group, and you tell them something is “a wonderful opportunity,” but you don’t look or sound enthusiastic.  Vision is the king of the senses; hearing […]

English Communication: How to Start a Conversation

English Communication- How to Start a Conversation The best conversationalists know this: prepare several topics of conversation before you head out for a meeting, reception, social gathering phone call, or meal. Adapt these to your situation: Sports (national, international, local) Weather (the good, the bad, the surprising) Local events Travel Music, film and art festivals, […]

Rapport- What to Customize

Rapport- What to Customize? Go to the trouble of learning about the audience in any presentation..  Make six or seven references geared to your audience.  That makes you, the speaker, an insider and lets the audience know you took the trouble of learning about them. Make comments – humorous statements, praise, or just simple observations […]

How To Be a Great Conversationalist

English Communication: How To Be a Great Conversationalist Conversation establishes rapport and connects us to our colleagues, clients, co-workers, friends, and family. Confidence in conversation makes you better in your work relationships and personal relationships. Susan RoAne made a survey of what she called, “ConverSensations”, people who enjoy conversation and are very good at it. […]

Should You Accept an Invitation to Speak??

Should You Accept an Invitation to Speak? (Of course, if your boss asks you to give a speech, do it!) Do you have the time in your schedule? o   You need time to get to and from the event and answer questions Do you have time to prepare? o   You want to prepare a speech you are […]

Conclusion- Write it Out

Write It Out Write out your conclusion to any presentation.. That combats stage fright. The conclusion is the second most nerve-racking time for speakers. If you write it out, you don’t have to worry about forgetting it. And most important, if you write out the conclusion, you’ll know when to stop. You won’t ramble. 20148rv

English Communication- Gracious Good-bye

English Communication: Gracious Good-bye Have you forgotten etiquette for a gracious good-bye. Gracious is when both communicators feel content with the leave-taking. Social gatherings for holidays are coming. The situation: You have participated in a conversation.  It’s time to leave the gathering or you want to strike up conversation with someone else. Smile and tell […]

English Communication: How’s It Going? The Why Tells You the How

English Communication:  How’s It Going? The Why Tells You the How “How’s it going?” “How are you?” These phrases can drive international people crazy in the U.S. That’s because in their home country, if people say, “How are you?”, they really do want to know how you are doing or what is happening in your […]

Wow Your Audience

Wow Your Audience Get a business card from someone in the company that you’ll be addressing and scan in the company logo. Then you can make it appear in the corner of every screen with your logo. 201308

English Communication: How to Put People at Ease At Meetings

English Communication: How to Put People at Ease at Meetings– Blog for Sept. 23, 2021 Sometimes you are going to a meeting to persuade.  In that case, use the first five minutes to put people at ease.  People’s egos are on alert the first few minutes of a meeting,;relax them so they’ll be receptive to your […]