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February 25, 2020 By Joyce Weiss Leave a Comment

Video # 6: Exercises to Engage Your Audience

#Engageyouraudience #JoyceWeissVids #CommunicationTraining

 

Do you want to use exercises during your training or keynote to energize and engage your audience?
If so, you are in the right place.

Welcome to the video series – Secrets from a trainer to engage your audience.  This is video #6:  Using exercises to energize your audience.
Some of your audience may move a lot at work and sitting still for over an hour can be an issue for them.  The tips in this video will help you solve this challenge.

  Movement Exercise #1 to Engage Your Audience

This exercise can be conducted in a training session or even a larger audience.  Ask everyone to stand up and gather into a large group.  You will give them a choice to select and they will move into 2 separate groups.  They will select one of your choices and the group will now be divided into 2 groups.

For example ask your audience:  “Is it worse to be a softy or hardnosed?”

  • Once they decide which side of the room to stand, ask them to find 2 other people in that group and discuss the reasons why they chose that side of the room.
  • Ask for volunteers to share what they discussed.
  • This is your time to shine as a facilitator.  People usually laugh during this exercise.

 Movement Exercise #2 to Engage Your Audience

While they are still standing up you can do this next part or wait until they need an energy break a few minutes later.

  • At work do you tend to be sociable with your colleagues or keep more to yourself?
  • Do you find it easy or uncomfortable when giving compliments to others?
  • Think of choices that are relevant to your program.
  • You can do this a couple of times just to get everyone up and energized.
  • I find that these exercises are great discussion starters when we cover leadership or communication topics.

Stay Connected with Me

Add a comment to my blog on how you engage your audience. What stories or exercises help you? You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to send me a private email HERE
with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

Please contact me at my cell 248.310.6998 or 800.713.1926 to explore how career coaching could be a great action step for your career development. There are many options to fit your budget and time schedule!   My last 4 clients have asked me to help them feel more comfortable with their public speaking skills.  It only takes a few sessions to make this happen.  Hey, what can I say?  I’m quick and clients use their new public speaking skills immediately.  A win/win for all.  🙂

Links to Videos 1-5 How to Engage Your Audience

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4

Video 5

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

PS Find Your Voice with Joyce! 😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: communication secrets, public speaking training
Tagged With: audience engagement, communication training

February 24, 2020 By Joyce Weiss Leave a Comment

Video 9: You May be Surprised Why I Became a Communication Strategist


Clients ask me how I became a communication strategist.  The answer may surprise you.

I was a late talker.  My relatives lived on the same block in Detroit MI.  They were very supportive and did what they could to understand my gibberish for years.  My father understood me when I said, “The goo took moo.”  In my language, it meant, “The girl took my mirror.”  Finally, I grew out of that stage and started talking a bit later than other kids in my family.  I was ready and look at me now.

We sure didn’t know that I was going to end up speaking for a living.  I started out as a keynote speaker and now I specialize in coaching emerging leaders, individuals, and small groups to kick conflict to the curb to get the respect they deserve.

People smile or laugh when I tell them that I was a late talker.  It has been an interesting ride for me.  I find it fascinating to research the latest information about communication challenges.  Clients appreciate that I share my stories with them about my own journey because it makes me approachable and real.  I think that these two qualities are not bad for a coach.  🙂

Here’s the lesson for today’s message 

Try to figure out your own path on why you do what you do today. Did you dream as a child that you would be in your present career?  What did you want to do when you grew up?  We all have stories to share during our speeches or in any communication.

Stay Connected with Me

Please add a comment to my blog on the stories you share about yourself on why you do what you do today.  You can always send me an email HERE with questions on how you can find your own story.  You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂

Reach out on my cell 248.310.6998 or 800.713.1926 to explore how career coaching could be a great action step for your career development or others who could benefit from working with me as their personal communication coach. There are many options to fit your budget and time schedule!

My last 6 clients have asked me to help them feel more comfortable with their public speaking skills.  It only takes a few sessions to make this happen.  Hey, what can I say?  I’m quick and clients use their new public speaking skills immediately.  A win/win for all.  🙂

Here are Links to Videos 1-8 Secrets from a Trainer How to Engage Your Audience

 

Video 1
arrive early

Video 2
sit with your audience

Video 3
how to use humor

Video 4
using props

Video 5
danger:  don’t be boring

Video 6
movement exercises

Video 7
evaluations

video 8
why I talk about conflict

 

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

PS Find your voice with Joyce!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Communication Strategist, Individual and Team Coaching
Tagged With: Coaching as a Leader, how to improve communication skills

February 18, 2020 By Joyce Weiss Leave a Comment

Video # 5: Danger! Make Sure that Your 1st Words Aren’t Boring

 

#VideosonAudienceEngagement #CommunicationStrategist #PublicSpeakingTraining

Do you ever wonder why certain speakers and trainers engage the audience immediately?
Do you want to learn how to engage your audience?

Welcome to my video series:  Secrets from a trainer to engage your audience.  This is video #5:  Danger:  Make sure your 1st words are not boring.  You will find 4 tips to help you engage your audience below.  Please let me know which tip “speaks” to you.

How to engage your audience Tip #1

Don’t – I repeat don’t say anything boring when you begin your program such as:

  • I’m thrilled to be speaking to you today.
  • Thanks for being here.
    Everyone says comments like these and the audience could tune you out immediately and start looking at their phones.
    You can definitely thank the audience for being so engaged, just not at the beginning.

How to engage your audience tip #2

Start off with a great quote or funny experience that you had while driving or flying to the program.  Your own personal stories are great to use.

 How to engage your audience tip #3

Give kudos to the audience or to your introducer later on in your program.

 How to engage your audience tip #4

  • Start paying attention to your favorite news anchors
  • Watch how they set up their segment
  • Listen to other trainers and speakers
  • Take notes on what works and doesn’t work

Stay Connected with Me

Add a comment to my blog on how you engage your audience.  You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to send me a private email HERE with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

Please contact me at my cell 248.310.6998 or 800.713.1926 to explore how career coaching could be a great action step for your career development. There are many options to fit your budget and time schedule!

My last 4 clients have asked me to help them feel more comfortable with their public speaking skills.  It only takes a few sessions to make this happen.  Hey, what can I say?  I’m quick and clients use their new public speaking skills immediately.  A win/win for all.  🙂

Here are the Links to Videos 1-4 How to Engage Your Audience:

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

PS Find Your Voice with Joyce

 

 

 

Filed Under: engage your audience, public speaking training
Tagged With: public speaking coaching, public speaking tips

February 18, 2020 By Joyce Weiss Leave a Comment

A Favorite Motivational Quote on the Importance of Humor

#favoritemotivationalquote #Seneca #theimportanceofhumor

You will see a few more of my favorite motivational quotes on the importance of humor in future blog posts.

Humor is in my DNA.  The topics that I speak on are serious – bullying, conflict, communication issues, and career challenges.  I learned the importance of humor during a class on death and dying when I was working on my counseling degree at Oakland University in MI.
I will share a great story on this in a future post.

The moment I share something funny that happened during a stressful time in my life is the moment when people really connect with me.  I guess this is an important quality to have as a career coach and communication strategist! 😉

favorite motivational quote | Joyce Weiss

 

Stay Connected with Me

Add a comment to my blog on how you see the importance of humor in your life.  What sayings help you and how do you handle life by using humor?  What stories or expressions help you?

You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to send me a private email HERE with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

PS Career Advancement is like riding a bike. Shift Gears from coasting to owning the road!  

Filed Under: favorite motivational quote, the importance of humor
Tagged With: Favorite Motivational Quote, the importance of humor

February 11, 2020 By Joyce Weiss Leave a Comment

Video #4 from the Series: Secrets from a Trainer to Engage Your Audience

#communicationstrategies #publicspeaking #communicationstrategist

I do my best to add value to all my loyal readers by sharing the latest communication strategies weekly.  Welcome to the video series “Secrets from a Trainer to Engage Your Audience.  This is strategy #4:  Using props to warm up the audience.  Thanks to John Tenza,  Professional Speaker and Results Coach who has taught me the importance of using props to spice up even the dullest topic.

Communication Strategies #1:  Using large emojis humor | communication strategies

I bought the props that are in this blog from Amazon.  The emojis are perfect for my message when I open up the training on dealing with bullies and other difficult people.  The audience smiles the moment I put them in front of my face.

 Communication Strategies #2:  Using big ears

The ears will be such a success when you speak about listening and communication.  I put them on and the audience is always interested in humor | communication strategistwhere they can purchase them.  I hope that they are also listening to my message! 🙂

Stay tuned for more ideas on how to improve your presentations.  All of these ideas can be used in a small workshop or even a large keynote.

You can view videos 1-3 on the links below:
Strategy #1:  Get to the room early
Strategy #2:  Sit with the audience
Strategy #3:  How to use humor

Stay Connected with Me

Add a comment to my blog on how you use props at your speeches or training.  Let me know what challenges you experience presenting to others.  I will make new videos from your ideas by using new communication strategies.  You will receive a response from me because I enjoy connecting with my readers! 🙂  You are always welcome to send me a private email with concerns that you are experiencing at work.

You can view videos 1-3 on the links below:
Strategy #1:  Get to the room early
Strategy #2:  Sit with the audience
Strategy #3:  Add humor

Please contact me at my cell 248.310.6998 or 800.713.1926 to explore how career coaching could be a great action step for your career development. There are many options to fit your budget and time schedule!

My last 4 clients have asked me to help them feel more comfortable with their public speaking skills.  It only takes a few sessions to make this happen.  Hey, what can I say?  I’m quick and clients use their new public speaking skills immediately.  A win/win for all.  🙂 There are many options to fit your budget and time schedule!

Until next time,

Joyce Weiss, M.A., CSP
Career Coach and Communication Strategist

Have a great week.

Remember, YOU Get What YOU Tolerate!

PS Career Advancement is like riding a bike. Shift Gears from coasting to owning the road!

Filed Under: communication secrets, successful presentations
Tagged With: effective communication, public speaking

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