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5 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

I 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.

Sure, 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

3 Way To Use Body Language To Get Better Grades

Since so many of my readers are college students I thought it would be nice to show you a few ways to use non-verbal communication to your advantage in your everyday lives. But don’t assume that the strategies I present here will work only for students. These same strategies apply equally well to most business

Using 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

My 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 Either they’re based on out-of-date research, or they’re filled with content that’s simply made up.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

Is 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

Why Human Touch Still Matters in Communication

There’s a moment I’ve noticed after many live events that always fascinates me. People will come up after a presentation wanting to talk, and almost without thinking, many of them will touch my arm for a brief second while they’re speaking. Not aggressively. Not awkwardly. Usually it’s just a quick touch during a laugh or

5 Things You Must Do To Be a Good Listener

Chances are you think you are a good listener. Chances are greater there’s somebody in your life who will disagree. If both of these statements are true, congratulations! You’re pretty much like everybody else on the planet. The fact is, none of is born with good listening skills. We have to learn them. Unfortunately, most

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