Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Building Rapport”
When agreeing to do a presentation or preparing to deliver a speech always be clear on why you are delivering it and what you want to achieve. I always teach that there are two key questions that you must ask yourself and be clear about before you undertake a speech. If you are not clear on either of these questions …
Stephen Covey in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, lists habit number 5 as “Seek first to understand, then to be understood”. He places a lot of emphasis on empathic listening and deep listening, without judging, analysing, problem solving or putting your point of view forward. Stephen later goes on to describe the importance of presenting your …
I was at a presentation last year and was reminded that the concentration span of the average person in your audience is around 10 minutes. So every 10 minutes they drift off and think about what they should be doing at work, what is for lunch, what they have planned for the weekend and other unrelated stuff. So as a …
Aristotle, the Greek Philosopher and one of the fathers of public speaking suggested that all speakers must have “Pathos” when they present. Pathos is the emotion and passion with which the presenter speaks Passion is one of the key ingredients in public speaking and presentation skills. It will help make your message stick, help you connect with your audience and …
One of the keys to being a successful speaker and ensuring that your message is heard, understood and acted upon by the audience, is to ensure you use the right emotion. You need to be genuine, authentic, and honest and you need to be aligned with your message. The easiest way to do this is to have conviction, absolute conviction …
One of the keys to effective public speaking and presenting is the ability to connect with your audience. You will all have experienced workshops and seminars where the speaker really connected with you and had a massive influence over your thinking. And there will be other presenters who may have been quite confident and eloquent, but they failed to have …
