Research has shown that speakers who talked at a fast rate of 191 words per minute were considered more persuasive than slower speakers. So, if you want to persuade your audiences and appear interesting, just talk quickly. Right?
Read MoreMatching for Understanding
What the audience cares about, and what you offer, are the same thing. If you're doing it right. The problem comes when you assume what you care about is important to the audience in the same way as it is important to you.
Read MoreRapport: What is it, how to get it, what to do with it
The skills of mirroring and matching can be learned by everyone. The benefits of rapport are trust, connection, and alignment that has been authentically earned.
Read MorePicture to picture
Our audiences are primed to link images together. Good presenters use this to their advantage.
Read MoreRelaxation
So what's this thing called "stage fright" all about and what's it good for, anyway? Turns out it's hard coded in our physiology, and is a real indication that we're doing the right thing.
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