Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos

Body Language Do's & Don'ts

Episode Summary

When preparing to present, it’s common to spend most of the time perfecting the message. It’s less common to practice engaging body language. Albert Mehrabian’s study shows that when we communicate, 55% is visual, 38% is vocal, and only a whopping 7% is the message itself. If your body language is inconsistent with your message, your audience will only retain 7% of it. This is not acceptable! Your message deserves to be heard. Listen and learn how to cultivate your body language so you appear confident and make it easy for your audience to engage.

Episode Notes

Tangible Takeaways:

• Think about expanding your presence. We’ve been culturally conditioned to make ourselves physically smaller, and this needs to stop. Shoulders back, hands to the sides or gesturing out, and firmly plant your feet shoulder-width apart.
• Incorporate these habits into your daily life so that when you need your body language to shine, it will be a habit, not a stressful performance.
• Remember that every time we open our mouths, it’s an opportunity to influence and to showcase credibility.
• Do your best to unclasp your hands! Keep them apart and ensure you don't have them in front of you. Having them open will make you appear more inviting, open, and approachable.

About me:
Karen Laos, Communication Expert and Confidence Cultivator, leverages 25 years in the boardroom and speaking on the world’s most coveted stages such as Google and NASA to transform missed opportunities into wins. She is fiercely committed to her mission of eradicating self-doubt in 10 million women by giving them practical strategies to ask for what they want in the boardroom and beyond. She guides corporations and individuals with her tested communication model to generate consistent results through her Leadership Presence Keynote: How to Be an Influential Communicator.

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