WHEN YOU GIVE PRESENTATIONS
I have selected the science around charisma, especially for you, who will give presentations and want to be good at it. This has been in several media before. Here we go:
Empathize. Reflect the sentiment of the group – listen to group concerns, stories, desires, struggles.
Show moral conviction – show your intention to do the right thing.
Expect the best – set audacious goals for both yourself and your audience. And assure with confidence that they can be achieved.
Tell stories and anecdotes – engage and capture your audience with real-life stories.
Use metaphors and analogies – help your audience understand the message in terms of experiences which they already know.
Use contrast – define yourself (your ideas) clearly by emphasizing what you and your ideas are and what they are not.
Organize content into triads – leverage the rule of 3 to make your message easy to remember.
Ask rhetorical questions – prompt your audience with questions to get them cognitively involved.
Smile –All the way up to your eyes
Use gestures – use clear gestures that strengthen your presence and your message.
Use facial expressions – express emotions in tune with your content.
Animate your voice – Modulate tone, volume, pacing, and pauses for emphasis.
