ENGAGING
It isn’t simply THAT Christopher Carter reads your thoughts. It’s also HOW he reads your thoughts. He does it with style, charisma, and great humor. Even the most jaded are drawn into the action, and Christopher defiantly guides the audience on a journey from the laughter to gasps of amazement to even greater heights of
Read More5 Easy Tips For Unforgetable Entertainment
So you’ve booked an entertainer. Now all you have to do is sit back and let him do his job, right? Not so fast! As you might guess, I’ve attended hundreds of corporate events as a featured entertainer and hundreds more as a guest, and I’ve seen pretty much the entire range of venues and
Read MoreI Finally Saw “Lie To Me.”
Considering how many people approach me after a show and tell me how much they enjoy the show “Lie To Me,” you’d think I would have seen it by now. Chalk that up to always working during prime time viewing hours. But last night I found an episode on “On Demand,” and checked it out.
Read MoreSure, You’re Making Eye Contact, But Is It The Right Kind?
Everyone knows how important it is to make eye contact with the people you’re talking to, but not all eye contact is the same. If you’re doing it right, you’re communicating to your conversation partner that you’re likeable, trustworthy, attentive. If you do it wrong, you could be communicating that you’re intense, aloof, domineering, or disinterested. Here
Read MoreUsing Body Language To Spot Terrorists
Can airport security personnel be trained to spot the bad guys from behavioral clues? The science journal, Nature, casts a skeptical eye. Of particular interest to me is this passage: Most credibility-assessment researchers agree that humans are demonstrably poor at face-to-face lie detection. SPOT traces its intellectual roots to the small group of researchers who
Read MoreMy Three Favorite Books on Body Language (For Regular People)
I always have a hard time when people ask me to recommend books on body language or people-reading. Sadly, most of the books written for the general public are junk. Either they’re based on out-of-date research, or they’re filled with content that’s simply made up. It’s true! Some authors recognize that you don’t have the knowledge
Read MoreIs it what you say or how you say it?
I’ve had a lot of occasion lately to give tips on presentation techniques, and I’ve noticed that at first concentrating on your own body language can make you feel very self-conscious. This problem makes me thing of the old question, “which is more important, what you say or how you say it?” Which will it be, style
Read MoreA Magic Touch? cont.
Another interesting article on the power of touch. As a bit of trivia, mentalists performing in the late 19th century used touch almost exclusively as a method for receiving the thoughts of their volunteers.
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