Sims Wyeth my East Coast Fripp Associate wrote that he
saw two people giving presenations and their mouths did weird things while they listened.
One pushed her lips over to one side of her face. She looked like a Picasso painting. Sims wondered what she was thinking.
The other pulled a corner of his mouth back toward his ear. Sims said he looked like he was clucking in disapproval, like a mother hen.
A neutral-to-open face, eyes focused on the speaker, eye-brows slightly raised in an expression of interest, mouth in a tiny smile, head nodding, and the voice indicating attention would be more encouraging of a healthy dialogue.
When you are mastering the art of presentation skills, even as a listener and audience member you are being noticed. Imagine you are at a compnay meeting and you are pulling the faces Sims mentions. What does the speaker...who may be one of your executives... think of you?
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Facial expressions are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to making an impression of acceptance, interest and respect with a given audience. I'm curious to hear more of your ideas on these topics as well!
Posted by: Presentation Skills | June 23, 2009 at 02:17 PM