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First of all, trainers can now be less concerned about cross- cultural training, because Western jargon permeates the developed countries. Although people in Kuala Lumpur have great respect for their culture, they are influenced by Western culture, including many of America’s most popular TV shows—“Desperate Housewives”, “The Apprentice”, “Two and a Half Men”, “Dancing with the Stars”, “Iron Chef”. And these people are more aware of U. S. The West has truly infiltrated most of the world!
And, as trainers, this makes our job so much easier. Like many trainers, I often begin with having the group do a self- evaluation. Questions like the following help them clarify their precise needs and goals. What do I want to feel? How can I work toward it?
Buckminster Fuller said, . Society de- geniuses them. Simply meaning that when we have suffered enough we can overcome our fear of change. Overwhelming anxiety triggering either life- affirming (reaching out for help) or life- negating (entering into addictions) activity. The realization that change is possible by mobilizing and using one. Yet, I can’t tell you how many times I hear the following statement, “I get so nervous presenting in front of a group, and can’t seem to get over it.” According to the Virginia Education Association (Roger Seip), more than 7.
Americans surveyed report that they suffer from “glossophobia”, a debilitating fear of public speaking. You would think that a professional hypnotherapist would simply hypnotize him/herself to overcome this issue. I can tell you from experience that it’s often easier to help another person, than to help oneself. But you CAN free yourself from this anxiety! So let me offer some tips to help tone down those nerves. Trembling lips. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s joke is not far from the truth—? Many well- known and renowned orators also started off with butterflies fluttering about in their stomachs, when they first started addressing large audiences.
Some of whom include—Abraham Lincoln, Margaret Sanger, and Winston Churchill. The first time Demosthenes, the renowned Greek orator, made a speech in the public assembly, it was a disaster! The famous Roman orator Cicero said, “I turn pale at the outset of a speech and quake in every limb and in my soul.”Over time, as they found themselves more often in situations where they had to address ever- growing numbers of people in an audience, they overcame all these fears and emerged as dynamic speakers.
Can you be that champion presenter, whom you have set yourself up to emulate? And the following tips will help you shed the performance fright you may currently be experiencing.
Prepare. Simple, yet very powerful in its implication. Remember that if you are to deliver the goods effectively while addressing a public gathering, with little or no performance anxiety, you must prepare the subject matter well. This is particularly true when you expect the session to be an interactive one, with audiences likely to pose questions. If you find yourself at a loss for words on the theme of your presentation, it is very likely that other forms of stage fright will also emerge, worsening the situation. Therefore, it is imperative that you prepare very well, whenever you are scheduled to make a speech or presentation.
Well Begun is Half Done. Remember to begin your presentation on a high note. If you ooze confidence right at the outset, chances are good that you will maintain that right through and also keep your audience captivated. Beginning on a high note has numerous advantages, as it improves your own self- confidence, as well as augments the confidence that the audience perceives you have. Confidence (not arrogance) is a very attractive quality, which helps you to immediately connect with your audience. Focus. This is an absolutely vital aspect of the entire public speaking and presenting endeavor—you must focus your attention completely on the audience, as well as the subject matter.
Digressing too much on to inconsequential matters will fritter away the attention of your audience fairly quickly. The focus that we are talking about here, also holds true for the time you are preparing for your presentation. Distractions will affect the quality of your content adversely. You might even include a factually incorrect statement into your speech.
So, make sure that you focus completely on the job at hand. Eye Contact. It is important that you maintain eye contact with your audience. This will keep it engaged with all that you have to say, and will also give audience members the feeling that you really care for them, and would like them to benefit maximally from your speech. But what if the audience number is reasonably large, to the extent that you can barely see them, let alone see their eyes? Or what if you are presenting your speech in a very dimly lit room? Obviously, eye contact would be difficult in such settings.
Yet, even in such scenarios, it’s important to give the impression of maintaining eye contact with them. You can be rest assured that not only would you have captured the attention of your audience, you would in all probability have left them spellbound, with any signs of stage fright safely tucked away into oblivion. Keep it Light- Hearted. However technical or complex the subject matter of your speech may be, keep the proceedings light- hearted. An occasional joke or wisecrack (in good taste) will certainly not do anyone any harm, and will in fact boost your own confidence considerably. Also keep in mind the fact that, the more complex the subject matter on which you are speaking, the lesser will be the attention span of your audience, unless you are addressing a very elite group of people who have a very close association with what you are talking about.
Honesty is the Best Policy. Do you believe in what you are presenting?
I recently worked with two politicians who wanted to appear more genuine in their interviews. Is it truly part of your makeup? Is it truly who you are?
Some More Hints. The more important one thinks the consequences of a performance are, the more performance fright he/she could experience. Think about speaking to a group a people who are listening to music with earphones, about a topic that you don't care about, in a situation that has little or no importance to you. Could you possibly be frightened in that setting? Of course not! Remember also, that performance fright is an extension of the fight- flight response. It is normal, natural and even helpful, when used positively. It can add tremendous power and impact to what might otherwise be a boring presentation.
By definition, nervousness is actually an ! Almost all of the great speakers get this excitation. Continue Reading. Exude Entrancing Charm and Charisma in your Trainings! While presenting has a lot to do with the ability to speak correctly, and refer to the appropriate subject matter and content, it also has a lot to do with exuding a certain charm and charisma, which is truly entrancing, magnetic, compelling, captivating and persuasive. Some presenters stand out from the rest, and command and grasp our attention, while others, even though they seemingly remain correct on all basic dimensions, fail to make that one big impression that would make all the difference—speaking straight to the hearts of the group.
It reminds me of what Nelson Mandela once said, . But if you talk to him in his language, you speak to his heart. They have an intuitively, active pulse and rhythm in their words and inflections, tuned into on what moves their audience, creating and feeding off an entrainment, that enables participants to feel—. Keep in mind the fact that these people cannot even hope to progress in their profession, without the aforementioned charisma, charm and magnetism.
Their emotionally- charged words have to have the power to sway their audience in the direction in which they would like them to move. As Pearl Strachan said, ? Yes, some of them are.
Just as there are good and bad apples, there are always the wily and deceptive lot, who are out to fool people and make unscrupulous gains by manipulating their emotions. Yet, there's a lot to learn from both.
And I would hope that there are many— and a lot more— good apples, good people, than the bad ones—good people who are genuinely out to help others attain the goals, hopes, desires and dreams, they have sought out for themselves. These people legitimately need the assistance of the above mentioned coaches and gurus, and us, the trainers.
Charisma helps magnify, expand, and bring to the fore, the support that we were talking about. Without this charisma, even the most honest, direct, sincere and genuine of attempts to lend a hand to those in need of assistance, often fail to make the desired impression. In a business context, you can compare charisma to marketing. Can you equate marketing to cheating? In some cases yes, but in most, probability not. Marketing is simply about highlighting the benefits of various products, and also making sure that there is the much needed visibility and awareness around, and understanding of that product.
It is this top- of- the- mind recall that can determine frequent purchases by potential customers, of the product in question. In the same way, a charismatic trainer manages to enthuse, stir up, stimulate and motivate his or her audience to such an extent and frenzy that it simply cannot have enough of him/her.
Things get to a stage where the audience equates charismatic presenting with the imagery of the presenter.