Share Your Voices

Captivating Connection

From:		Lugene
Date:		Sun, Feb 23 2003 12:40 pm
Email:		Lugene <squeezeb...@earthlink.net>
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I thought those of you who suffer from stage fright might be interested in  this Top Ten Personal list that came around recently.  (My personal problem lies in number 7 on the list.  I will be working on that one!)

Lugene
The Bluegrass Accordion Girl
http://www.holmesburgjam.com

The Top 10 Ways To Transform Stage Fright Into Captivating Connection

Resolutions - by Bo Bennett, DTM

We as speakers are also

We as speakers are also performers in front of an audience.

And because our voice is primarily what we use to communicate, we differ from entertainers and artists in 3 areas:

Entertain -  To capture the audience's attention & gain rapport

Inform -  To have a clear message as a take away for the audience

Persuade  - A call for action which gives the speech a purpose.

I found the following video captivating and entertaining even though no words are spoken by the performer in this video:

Fun and amazing illusions are best left to artists and magicians and we as speakers can still learn something from them - how to entertain.

Rocky Romero

Shaken and Stirred - Casino Royale

I wondered when this James Bond (Daniel Craig) would introduce himself as “Bond, James Bond” as my wife and I watched the latest movie in the franchise series, Casino Royale. 

I also played the Bond theme song, so prevalent in the other series of movies, in my mind more often than I think I heard it on the screen.

Once there was a magician - Rocky Romero