I’ve only recently begun to follow Making a Murderer, the very popular Netflix docuseries. Let me state at the outset that I have no opinion on the case it examines. But I recently came upon an article about Brendan Dassey’s lawyer that promotes a common misconception about body language. The article about Dassey’s lawyer, Laura […]
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Giving Successful Presentations Internationally
In January I’ll be flying to Doha, Qatar to perform for some of the top tennis players in the world at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open Tennis Tournament. I’ll be in front of an international audience, in a country whose culture is very different from my own. Since my shows rely so much on language, I’m […]
Jumpstart Your Team’s Creativity
Here’s some exciting news for anybody who is in the business of leading change. As we all know, the right communication skills are crucial for fostering innovation in your organization. Recently, researchers at Stanford Universityexamined the correlation between certain kinds of body language and highly creative teams. They discovered that teams come up with the […]
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Parsing the Percentage
It seems like you can hardly open a book about nonverbal communication without eventually coming across the claim that it account for up to 95 percent of our meaning. The claim usually states that 55 percent of our communication is body language, 33 percent is tone of voice, and the remaining 7 percent are words. If you’ve […]
Five Tips For Looking Confident (Even When You Aren’t)
By Christopher Carter on May 3, 2013 in Body Language, Featured Posts, Impression Management, Influence, Positive Thinking
Confidence is the most powerful tool for persuasion you possess. People tend to be more attracted to those who are confident and more likely to agree with them or want to do what they ask. But there’s a problem. From time to time everybody gets butterflies. Your palms start to sweat, your breathing becomes […]
Body Language Over The Telephone?
By Christopher Carter on February 28, 2013 in Body Language, Featured Posts, Impression Management, Interviewing Skills, Positive Thinking
My favorite part of any speaking event is when I take questions from the audience. This is where I find out what people really want to know about communication. At one of my recent Student Body Language presentations a woman asked, “Can body language help me when I’m doing a job interview over the phone?” […]
Body Language Lessons from Pawn Stars
I’ll admit it. I’m hooked on the History Channel show Pawn Stars. And since I’ve been watching it so much, I’ve noticed some interesting body language strategies that Rick and The Old Man use when they’re negotiating that I thought would be worth bringing to your attention. In negotiations there is an important tactic that […]
What You Mean and What You Say
One of the bigger challenges I have when I give lectures is making people see that there is a difference between what body language means and what it “says” to others. This was borne out again recently after a program I gave at a Community College in Indiana. During the talk I had explained that […]
A Quick Body Language Trick.
Here’s a bit of body-language trivia that you can have some fun with. Sometimes. OK, the opportunity probably won’t come up that often if you’re a student, but if you’re in business you’ll be able to ring it out every once in a while. Here’s the trick: Just by looking at somebody you are able […]
