Practice Makes Perfect So Try These Suggestions!

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Customized Training Solutionsfor Selling Your Ideas and Responding to Your Clientswww.impactcommunicationsinc.com Telephone: 847-438-4480 E-mail: info@impactcommunicationsinc.comOnce you have an idea of the types of gestures you Practice Makes do, practice a business presentation in front of the mirror or a video camera. Keep in mind that the Perfect So Try people who listen to this prmay ﬁ nd the subject difﬁ cult. Your gestures will help them, par-These Suggestions! ticularly if your topic is technical or if English is not your primary language or theirs. When you have a By Judith Filek- President big point, make sure you do a big gesture. There Impact Communications, Inc. should not be any difference between the gestures you do when you are with friends and family and All of us want to be perceived as conﬁ dent and when you are in front of internal or external clients.engaging when we speak in front of an audience. However, no one is born a great communicator. When you actually do your presentation, get feed-The pros will tell you that they got better at com- back about your gestures from someone who will municating by practicing. Knowing what and how give you honest feedback, rather than someone to practice is important. To be perceived as a pas- who will just say you did everything perfectly. If sionate speaker, gestures, vocal variety and move- there is ever an opportunity to video the actual ment are essential. presentation, make sure to do so ...

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PracticeMakes PerfectSoTry TheseSuggestions!

ByJudithFilek-President ImpactCommunications,Inc.

Allofuswanttobeperceivedasconﬁdentand engagingwhenwespeakinfrontofanaudience. However,nooneisbornagreatcommunicator. Theproswilltellyouthattheygotbetteratcom-municatingbypracticing.Knowingwhatandhow topracticeisimportant.Tobeperceivedasapas-sionatespeaker,gestures,vocalvarietyandmove-mentareessential.

Gestures Gesturesthatarerealornaturalemanatefromthe shoulder.Theydonotcomefromalockedelbow orthewrist.Theycomefromallthreezonesof thebody:theupperchest,themiddleandbelow theawsi.tGseuterrteafeomcnedorevokooltahts thewordandnotbefore.Theyalsocomeprimar-ilyfromonezone,typicallythemiddlewherethe elbowsseemtetheredtothewaist.

Often,whenwedoabusinesspresentation,we holdinenergybecausewearenervous.Thus,we lockourelbows.Wealsoholdourhandsbehind ourbackorfoldtheminfrontofus.Wemayﬁdget withourringsorthecoinsinourpocketinanat-tempttolookrelaxed.

Itisimportanttoletenergyout.Ifweholdinen-ergy,ourbodywillletitout,butinanineffective manner.Forexample,ourheadmaystartbobbing tomakeapoint.Ifyouletyourhandsworkfor you,notonlywillyourpointsstandout,butyou willfeelmuchmorerelaxed.

Totapintowhatyourrealgesturesare,standin frontofamirrorandthendescribeafavoritevaca-tionspot.Noticewhatyourhandsdowhennobody butyouareobserving.Howbigareyourgestures? Dotheycomefromtheshoulder?Howmanyzones ofthebodydoyouutilize?Afteryoumakeyour point,doyoudropyourhandsatyoursides?

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Onceyouhaveanideaofthetypesofgesturesyou do,practiceabusinesspresentationinfrontofthe mirrororavideocamera.Keepinmindthatthe peoplewholistentothispresentationmayﬁndthe subjectdifﬁcult.Yourgestureswillhelpthem,par-ticularlyifyourtopicistechnicalorifEnglishisnot yourprimarylanguageortheirs.Whenyouhavea bigpoint,makesureyoudoabiggesture.There shouldnotbeanydifferencebetweenthegestures youdowhenyouarewithfriendsandfamilyand whenyouareinfrontofinternalorexternalclients.

Whenyouactuallydoyourpresentation,getfeed-backaboutyourgesturesfromsomeonewhowill giveyouhonestfeedback,ratherthansomeone whowilljustsayyoudideverythingperfectly.If thereiseveranopportunitytovideotheactual presentation,makesuretodosoandreviewitfrom thelistener’sperspective.

VocalVariety Aspeakerwho“sounds”passionatehasvocalva-riety.Heorsheplayshisvoicelikeamusicalin-strument,sometimesbringingitupandsometimes bringingitdown.Keypointsineachsentenceare emphasizedbyvocalvariety.

Toassesswhetheryourvoicehasvocalvariety, tapeit.Youcaneithertapeyourselfwhilepractic-ingordoinganactualbusinesspresentation.You canalsouseyourvoicemailsystemtocheckhow yourvoicesounds.Beforeyoupressthe“send” key,reviewthemessageandlistentowhetheryou soundenergeticorbored.

Afteryouhaveassessedyourvoice,youmaynotice thatyouhardlypause.On-airradioandtelevision personalitiespauseeverythirdorfourthwordfor abreathandtohighlightthenextword.Bydo-ingso,theybringinalotofvocalvariety.Thus, inanysentence,youshouldpickouttwoorthree keywordstoemphasize.Againtapeyourselfdoing thistoreassesshowyourvoicenowsounds.Ifyou alsousegestureswhilepracticing,youwillenergize yourvoiceevenmore.

Movement Peoplewhoarepassionatewanttheiraudience tounderstand.Bymovingtowardsyourlisteners, youwilldemonstrateyourconﬁdenceandbeliefin

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whatyouaresaying.Inadditionyourlistenerswill becomemoreengagedandfocusedonwhatyou aresaying.

Thetrickaboutmovementistomakeitpurposeful. Obviously,youdon’twanttomoveconstantly,orit willbecomeadistraction.Bymovingeverythirdor fourthsentence,listenerswillfeelyourenergy.

Beforeyoumove,youreyesshouldconnectwith someoneinyouraudience.Thisisthehookthat drawsyoutowardsthem.Movementthatispur-posefulisalwaystowardssomeone,notaway. Onceyoumovetowardssomeone,plantyourself andvisitwiththepeopleintheareabygivingthem solideyecontact.Youcanmoveagainafterthree orfoursentences.

Practicemakesperfect.ThepeoplelikeBillClinton, StevenCoveyandAnthonyRobbinswilltellyou thattheystillcontinuetopracticeandhonetheir skills.Byimplementingthesuggestionsregarding gestures,vocalvarietyandmovementyouwillbe onyourwaytohavingtheimpactyoudesire.Peo-plewillseeyouasastrongbusinesscommunicator whomotivatesotherstotakeaction.

ImpactCommunications,Inc.consultswithindividuals andbusinessestoimprovetheirface-to-faceand overthephonecommunicationskills.Whenyou havetohaveimpact,phone(847)438-4480orvisit ourwebsite,www.ImpactCommunicationsInc.com.

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