Nonverbal Communication: Episode 5

Nonverbal communication matters. To be sure, your message should be the central focus of your presentation. Yet the fact remains your audience will be more receptive when you utilize your nonverbal tools effectively.

In this episode of The Truth About Public Speaking podcast, you’ll discover:

• • • What qualities go into your Video Tools, the way you look.
    • The five Audio Tools that help you master the way you sound.
    • A series of questions to help you maximize your nonverbal patterns.

Links:

Check out Ed’s position paper “How Important Are Nonverbal Signals?”

The book, The Truth About Public Speaking: The Three Keys to Great Presentations: https://www.barkscomm.com/TruthBook.

C-suite Blueprint blog posts on nonverbal communication: https://csuiteblueprint.wordpress.com/category/nonverbal-communications.

Note of caution: There is a lot of junk written about nonverbal communication, so evaluate your sources very carefully. Here are some added resources that I’ve vetted for you:

• • • Paul Ekman’s website (Ekman is one of the foremost experts in facial expressions): https://www.paulekman.com
    • Albert Mehrabian’s book Nonverbal Communication (Mehrabian published this seminal work in 1972; that edition is notoriously hard to find; your best bet is to search for it at one of your local libraries in WorldCat at https://www.worldcat.org/title/nonverbal-communication/oclc/375688)
    • Joe Navarro’s book What Every Body Is Saying: https://www.jnforensics.com/books