Make Body Language Your Superpower

What

make

s one an exceptional presenter is their striking images, it is the tone of voice, it is the actual message or content or it has something to do with

body

language

, our gestures and our posture, today we want to talk to you about the latter. Point out how. Do we use our

body

effectively to communicate our message because we have a lot of great ideas here but if they stay in our head they don't connect with the audience our message won't have gotten through if our message won't have resonated with the audience? audience, so body

language

plays a powerful role in how we communicate, and unfortunately, body language can also be distracting.

We've seen this clip before of Michael Bay. Talk, teleprompter, lose sight of what's happening, don't sink and fight. All you see is his body moving and he's nervous, he's oozing it, so I want to give some color commentary as we rewatch as a class what's happening, so his posture at first is fine, but his hands are clasped together. and now he is starting to walk away from the audience again he has his hands clasped he looks down a little not all of you in the audience and turns he shows his back and cannot regain his composure he sways back and forth he looks down he avoids the audience his nerves As he comes out again, his hands touch them and now I think he's looking towards the back of the stage, which is exactly the opposite place where you really want to look.

He is incredibly nervous and now walks off stage. We all want to avoid our own Michael Bay moments. When we communicate, the last thing we want in a meeting or startup presentation is for that to happen and for body language to take over the message. If we lose sight of what our body is doing, the only thing people can pay attention to is the body itself. right, it will take over, so what it comes down to is not only can it be distracting, but body language can is

your

superhero, right, it can change, it's

your

superpower

, sorry you're not a superhero, you're the superhero, but It's your

superpower

in which we.

You can use it to improve and communicate with each person in the audience we want to talk about today from three points of view. Colin will help us start talking about how posture breathes success. Jung Jun will talk about how gestures strengthen your message finally Jennifer is going to close us out with how we think about the body posture of you, the audience, and how to interact with that. Colin, take us, the communication begins before she even opens her mouth to speak. The audience's first impression of you is your posture. and your position, so it is important to know how and where to stand and maybe it is quite obvious, but you should stand facing the people you are talking to, not in front of their images and with your back to the audience. that's not what we want to do we can't communicate that way it's also important to know where you are standing in the room a position of strength in this room the room is somewhere in this center square as long as you move the center in which you're doing pretty well where you don't want to be is in the corner, curled up or especially in front of any distractions and this room is pretty good, it doesn't have that many distractions but there is a window and Outside this window there are cars, there are buses, there are cyclists and When you were standing there, probably half of you could see in your peripheral vision outside the window and if a car were driving on your instincts, your reaction would be to look out. the window and that would break your concentration and our conversation and we don't want that either and now that you know where to stand it is important to know how to stand so we are going to demonstrate some positions, some bad positions that I have seen from us and from some of you and even in presentations today that you should not do and the first is to have your hands in your pockets, this is seen as indifference, your shoulders tend to roll forward and it is very difficult to convey a strong message from this position, the second is hands in the hips, when your hands are on your hips you tend to look authoritative and powerful and the third is the fig leaf, this is where you protect your family jewels with your hands and while it also looks timid, it is especially bad when you decide

make

a gesture from this position.

I want to show you something that looks like you're showing to the public and that's not a good thing, so how should you stand and if I could really catch them all? For standing, I'll walk you through a brief demonstration on how to find your Bas posture. Once you have stood up, be aware of the people next to you and place your feet hip-width apart, close your eyes, look up at the ceiling, and lift your feet up. The hands above the head are stretched well under the shoulders and let the arms fall to the sides when they open their eyes look down this is their base posture.

Thank you very much for participating. You can sit now that you have found your posture. Base posture: This is where you should gesture from and it is where you should return to when you finish gesturing. You may not feel more comfortable, but it seems more comfortable to your audience. Remember that your posture and position are the audience's first impression. you, but now that you know how to stay still, it's time to learn to move. Gestures are important because they help you communicate better, for example, if you wear dresses, the audience remembers twice as much, it also helps you, the future speakers, because it helps your memory when you speak, in addition to the transition, the movement of your hand and arm is the biggest movement the audience can see.

You can use it wisely or waste it on random and distracting gestures. I'm going to show you three types of gestures, the gift that Show and The Chop here is an example from this quarter at GSB. I attended this communications class, it was great. I mean, you could feel your skills were improving. I think this was the best class I have ever taken. Let's back up and see what happened. "Give this quote in the GSP. I went to this communications class, so this gesture is used to give the audience the facts or options. Remember to have your palms facing up, not down, we'll get to that in a minute , the show, I mean, I could do it." feel that your skills are improving this type of gesture has the greatest variety and your imagination is the limit just remember that the gesture and the message have to match for example you cannot say gains that arise with a gesture like this so congruence and creativity Chop I think this was the best class I have ever taken, so this gesture is used to give a strong opinion.

You can use it with one hand or with both hands. You can use both hands and do a larger job that will provide a better class. message, so next time you gesture, think about these three types and plan ahead. The three types are giving the show and the cut. I bet everyone in the room will remember this, just work, that's the message. Another topic is about having your palms facing up so I'll give you an example people on the right please get up and move to the left This time I'll do it a little different people on the left right please get up and move to the left once more people on the right please get up and move to the left do you see the difference which one do you think would make more people move first yes according to the study if you have your palms up 84% of the audience complies if you have your palms down 52% if you have your fingers 28% you never use your fingers with your audience it seems just arrogant and only politicians use them clinton used it I didn't have sex with that woman it looked bad back then it looks bad now so never and lastly, but no less important, avoid the t - Jes, for example, people on the right, please get up and move to the left, no matter what you do well.

I mean, it seems silly, so listen up everyone, always remember that the dresses are there for you and the audience to make the deepest connection yet. We've talked about the audience, now it's time to focus on you, the audience, as Jong Jun, Colin and Matt described. We've focused on the speaker's body language, but let's not forget who the real hero is here, as we learned in our first week. class it's not me the speaker it's you the audience, but what happens when the audience doesn't realize they're on this hero's journey? Have you ever seen an audience that looks like this?

Have you ever been that audience? Okay, we all have if we are playing on our phones falling asleep and nodding off looking at the clock and calculating can we escape from this room? We've all done it, but the thing is, it's the speaker's responsibility to understand what's going on with their audience and their body. Language is a powerful way to assess that as speakers we can be so focused on our own body language that we don't even notice what the audience is doing and it's important to change that, which is why I want to share three strategies on how to interact with You'll improve your hearing by developing more observation skills, so firstly, use the gestures and body language tools that we've talked about today and over the course of the term, but the second thing is to realize that of course, look for eye contact but look beyond look at how your audience members are sitting they are fidgeting they are moving they are leaning forward they are looking engaged and taking notes or they are distracted if your body language your eye contact and your efforts being convincing is not working, then you can go deeper more, you can try to surprise the audience with a question or use some humor or you can interrupt the audience as students, we hate being cold called, but we know it's effective, right Jason, what's your favorite color? blue, very good, you have that one, as we all know, it is the fastest way to get back into a conversation with the speaker, so don't be afraid to use it, it is very important to keep your audience on track because they are the heroes. and it's his journey, remember how Nancy Dwarte told us that we are Luke Skywalker's Yoda and our job as speakers is to keep the hero on his journey with that in mind.

I think we've talked about three concepts that really remind each other. from us, how body language is your superpower, use it, become that superpower, some that superhero, and we welcome any questions you have about how to perform strong gestures effectively and engage the audience, thank you.