Each session of the workshop starts
with physical warm-ups, essential for energizing the body, engaging the
intellect, and replacing the concerns of the everyday world with the focus
of the session. The workshop is entirely interactive, teaching the skills
through the practice of exercises and role playing.
* The Body as Communicator
Open and closed body positions
Movement styles
Determining
your personal style
Altering
movement styles to alter emotional states
Spatial comfort zones
Gestural modalities: thinking,
feeling, willing
Achieving
rapport by reading and matching modalities in others
Guiding
others into desired modalities
* Status Transactions
Physical and vocal characteristics
of high and low status
Use of space and objects
Reading the status of others
Altering status to achieve rapport or to take command
Maximum and minimum status gaps
Equalizing status in groups
* Communication Blockers and Enhancers
Relationship to objects and furniture
Verbal and physical blockers
and acceptors
Incorporation
Meeting people where they are
and helping them go further
* Vocal Paralanguage
Using volume, inflection, dynamics,
speed, and rhythm to reinforce meaning
Removing vocal fillers
Articulating clearly and cleanly
* Controlling Anxiety
Achieving outer-directed focus
Rewriting self-defeating mental
scripts
Calming the mind and body
Converting anxiety into positive
energy
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