I've experienced two odd conference room configurations in the last month, and I thought I would share them with you. When I'm booked for a training, I send the organizer a diagram with my preferred room setup. Each room had a screen right in the center of the front wall. MORE
Sometime you might be speaking in a room that is too big for the audience. The empty space drains away the energy that you are trying to create in the room. It's always easier to speak to a packed room versus a half empty room. MORE
The article suggests that rooms with low ceilings might foster detailed thinking, whereas rooms with high ceilings may allow people to create loftier, more abstract ideas. What might be interesting is to see the affect that rooms with these particular features affects groups in break-out sessions. If you want your groups to have free-flowing ideas then rooms with higher ceilings may be of benefit. MORE
From the Green Room: Remember, there is no such thing as "public speaking." Sunday, December 26, 2010 Lessons from The Kings Speech As a speech coach, I couldnt wait to see The Kings Speech , particularly as I am interested in learning more about how to help people who stutter. MORE
From the Green Room: A speaker can ramble in words and in movement - both are problematic. I find that I walk around during a talk to point things out on a large screen or to make eye contact with another side of the room. MORE
Before we take our client to that fancy restaurant in New York we will know what kind of rest room we will both encounter. MORE
If you want to make a spectacular impression on a low budget, room blackouts are a great technique. I would either project a picture of JFK, or MLK if I had the capability, or I would totally darken the room (except for the red exit signs, or whatever lights are mandatory for emergencies). I use them in two ways. If I want the audience to concentrate on a recorded audio tape and 2. when I want an awesome closing. MORE
In what is a very obvious example of "show, dont tell," Jake expresses his love for the ukulele not by talking about it, but by playing a stirring rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody:" From the Green Room: Most of us dont something as clear as a musical instrument to show, rather than describe a message. MORE
I’m darn good at selling at the back of the room. Just put a box in the back of the room at your table and mention that you’ll be at the table if anyone wants to take the book home with them it will be 20 bucks (or some round number). Tags: Books Guest Posts Speaking sales back of room sales Guest post by Tom Antion. In fact, just this month I did three speaking engagements at multi speaker events and I outsold all the other speakers put together. MORE
In other words, the green room is a place for performers to prepare before they get on stage. Yet I recently learned that green room has a second definition. In surfing , the green room is the inside of a barrel that is produced by a wave. MORE
Sunday, April 11, 2010 Presentation Success: How You Can Own the Room A successful presentation starts with the presenter owning the room. When you know and own the room, you will be a more powerful and confident presenter. As a presenter, how do you own the room? “Owning the room&# is a feeling that you can generate within yourself by knowing the room. How do you know the room? You can check the setup of the room. MORE
TMBG: I'd say the main difference for us as artists is that the kids are a little bit of a tougher room. For some of them, you're just what's going on in the room, and they're not all that worried about it being a successful show. Download audio here. MORE
Monday, April 19, 2010 Power Presentations Tip 34: Own the Room Know the room - own the room When you own the room you will be a more powerful presenter. As a presenter, how can you own the room? Owning the room" is a feeling that you can generate within yourself by knowing the room. Know the room Get into the room before your presentation - preferably when no one else is there. It removes the "strangeness" of the room. MORE
The article suggests that rooms with low ceilings might foster detailed thinking, whereas rooms with high ceilings may allow people to create loftier, more abstract ideas. What might be interesting is to see the affect that rooms with these particular features affects groups in break-out sessions. If you want your groups to have free-flowing ideas then rooms with higher ceilings may be of benefit. MORE
The saga of Politico and Middleman started out in a smoke-filled room. That's probably what hooked me. The mystique. In my email had been a note from Middleman asking if I was interested in ghostwriting a book for a Politico going for the next level. MORE
Last weekend at the Oscars, Chris Rock took dead aim at the elephant in the room by addressing the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. The post 4 Speaking Experts Share Advice on How to Address the Elephant in the Room appeared first on Jane Atkinson. Most Recent Post Presentation Skills Speaking Profession elephant in the room speaker business speaker dilemma speaking skills MORE
Millions of writers claim inspiration from Virginia Woolf's 1929 A Room of One's Own , a short book of long essays about the challenges women writers face because of their lack of education and financial independence. MORE
NEW YORK Magazine reports that in the past 5 years, hotel rooms have increased 24%, to 90,000. Brand New York is growing its equity, at least right now. And anyone who needs to make a buck should find something to do helping to bring in the New York in Times Square. MORE
The angst for those whose performance review indicated they are too shut-down or too apt to suck up all the oxygen in the room is the small talk. Or, Or, what was called in the dress-for-success days "working the room." MORE
The Green Room Speakers blog has moved to: greenroomspeakers.com/blog Thank you for visiting! Sarah MORE
From the Green Room: Want to have stage presence? Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Eat, Pray, Love, Present My favorite scene in Elizabeth Gilberts memoir Eat, Pray, Love takes place in India, where Gilbert manages to meditate while surrounded by mosquitoes. MORE
You are used to people laughing, nodding, and being engaged, but this room is set with rounds of 8 and people’s backs are to you. How do you specify and educate meeting planners to set the room to get more engagement from the audience? with Paul O. Radde, PhD. MORE
I've found that by giving everyone in the room the same level of energy - and not taking it personally when someone doesn't appear to be paying attention - I still manage to reach those who seem unreachable. MORE
Saturday, June 27, 2009 Find Your Green Room Trigger In this weeks New Yorker, Alex Ross writes about Marlboro Music, an elite summer music program at Marlboro college in Vermon t "where artists could forget about commerce and escape into a purely musical realm." MORE
TMBG: I'd say the main difference for us as artists is that the kids are a little bit of a tougher room. For some of them, you're just what's going on in the room, and they're not all that worried about it being a successful show. Download audio here. MORE
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Find Your Green Room Trigger How do Olympic athletes train their minds for the challenges of such intense competition? At Green Room Speakers, I call this finding your Green Room Trigger. MORE
Public opinion isn't the only voice in the room. For Uber, London is a major market. There, it has 40,000 registered drivers and 3 million consumers. That could be history. MORE
The waiting room was full of other sad stories. Today I did a good deed. I offered to accompany a neighbor who decided it was time that her two aged cats passed over. One cat Pumpkin obviously had cancer. The other cat Lucy had something too. Both were about 21. With Pumpkin and Lucy meowing in the back seat, I drove the 12 minutes from New Haven, Connecticut to the vet hospital in West Haven. MORE
And that's the meme of new film "The Room," which has been derived from a novel. The transition is complete when he asks to return to the room. Finally, he says "Bye, room." MORE
The marvelous social media sommelier Gary Vaynerchuk gives us an excellent 3 minute video outlining the necessity of "working the room" versus "giving a presentation." In the age of social media, with blogs and sites like Twitter, FaceBook, YouTube -- merely giving a presentation is less effective than "working the room". He's working the room. MORE
[link] Tom shows you a quick and easy way to keep the conference room door from slamming MORE
Amazing Public Speaking Tom shows you a quick and easy way to keep the conference room door from slamming MORE
The article suggests that rooms with low ceilings might foster detailed thinking, whereas rooms with high ceilings may allow people to create loftier, more abstract ideas. What might be interesting is to see the affect that rooms with these particular features affects groups in break-out sessions. If you want your groups to have free-flowing ideas then rooms with higher ceilings may be of benefit. MORE
From the Green Room: Let your message and your content dictate your speaking style. Friday, March 11, 2011 Speaking Advice from SNL In this weeks New Yorker, Tina Fey recounts nine "Lessons from Late Night" - what she learned from working with Lorne Michaels. MORE
I've experienced two odd conference room configurations in the last month, and I thought I would share them with you. When I'm booked for a training, I send the organizer a diagram with my preferred room setup. Each room had a screen right in the center of the front wall. MORE
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From the Green Room: Know your core message. Leave room for a little improv! Watch this hilarious Ted talk from this week - Charlie Shodd: The Shared Experience of Absurdity: The absurd scenes created here were funny only because of the people involved who had no idea what was going on. MORE
The question about the return on investment (ROI) on official academic degrees has no absolute answers. What is known is that a degree from an elite institution, such as Harvard, can open doors. Also, while matriculating, high-level networking can take place. MORE
I caught this gem in a section on making room for--rather than running away from--your fear. There's plenty of room in this vehicle for all of us, so make yourself at home. MORE
But what we're not sharing are sit down meals in the dining room. The rich, reports The Wall Street Journal, have even reconfigured the rooms of their mansions. Gone is the dining room, now an anchronism in a digital, fitness era. We live in the Sharing Economy. MORE
During the past quarter of a century, more businesses have required new employees to agree to settle disputes with their employers through confidential arbitration. At Fox, Gretchen Carlson was one of those employees. That could blow up her lawsuit. MORE
Given the latest play-out of Roger's ability to land on his feet, it's useful to re-read or read for the first time the book "The Loudest Voice In The Room." This week was one focused on the politics of leadership at Fox News. MORE
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NOVEMBER 16, 2009
TMBG: I'd say the main difference for us as artists is that the kids are a little bit of a tougher room. For some of them, you're just what's going on in the room, and they're not all that worried about it being a successful show. Download audio here.
Speak Schmeak
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
TMBG: I'd say the main difference for us as artists is that the kids are a little bit of a tougher room. For some of them, you're just what's going on in the room, and they're not all that worried about it being a successful show. Download audio here.
Speak Schmeak
DECEMBER 7, 2007
I've found that by giving everyone in the room the same level of energy - and not taking it personally when someone doesn't appear to be paying attention - I still manage to reach those who seem unreachable.
Speak Schmeak
JULY 1, 2010
I've experienced two odd conference room configurations in the last month, and I thought I would share them with you. When I'm booked for a training, I send the organizer a diagram with my preferred room setup. Each room had a screen right in the center of the front wall.
Speak Schmeak
JULY 1, 2010
I've experienced two odd conference room configurations in the last month, and I thought I would share them with you. When I'm booked for a training, I send the organizer a diagram with my preferred room setup. Each room had a screen right in the center of the front wall.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 17, 2013
Before we take our client to that fancy restaurant in New York we will know what kind of rest room we will both encounter.
The Eloquent Woman
JANUARY 28, 2016
I caught this gem in a section on making room for--rather than running away from--your fear. There's plenty of room in this vehicle for all of us, so make yourself at home.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 6, 2015
The angst for those whose performance review indicated they are too shut-down or too apt to suck up all the oxygen in the room is the small talk. Or, Or, what was called in the dress-for-success days "working the room."
TJ Walker Interactive
OCTOBER 13, 2012
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Pro Humorist
JUNE 3, 2009
The article suggests that rooms with low ceilings might foster detailed thinking, whereas rooms with high ceilings may allow people to create loftier, more abstract ideas. What might be interesting is to see the affect that rooms with these particular features affects groups in break-out sessions. If you want your groups to have free-flowing ideas then rooms with higher ceilings may be of benefit.
Pro Humorist
JUNE 3, 2009
The article suggests that rooms with low ceilings might foster detailed thinking, whereas rooms with high ceilings may allow people to create loftier, more abstract ideas. What might be interesting is to see the affect that rooms with these particular features affects groups in break-out sessions. If you want your groups to have free-flowing ideas then rooms with higher ceilings may be of benefit.
Pro Humorist
JUNE 3, 2009
The article suggests that rooms with low ceilings might foster detailed thinking, whereas rooms with high ceilings may allow people to create loftier, more abstract ideas. What might be interesting is to see the affect that rooms with these particular features affects groups in break-out sessions. If you want your groups to have free-flowing ideas then rooms with higher ceilings may be of benefit.
Great Public Speaking
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
If you want to make a spectacular impression on a low budget, room blackouts are a great technique. I would either project a picture of JFK, or MLK if I had the capability, or I would totally darken the room (except for the red exit signs, or whatever lights are mandatory for emergencies). I use them in two ways. If I want the audience to concentrate on a recorded audio tape and 2. when I want an awesome closing.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 24, 2015
And that's the meme of new film "The Room," which has been derived from a novel. The transition is complete when he asks to return to the room. Finally, he says "Bye, room."
Green Room Speakers
DECEMBER 12, 2010
From the Green Room: A speaker can ramble in words and in movement - both are problematic. I find that I walk around during a talk to point things out on a large screen or to make eye contact with another side of the room.
Speaker Launcher
MARCH 10, 2016
Last weekend at the Oscars, Chris Rock took dead aim at the elephant in the room by addressing the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. The post 4 Speaking Experts Share Advice on How to Address the Elephant in the Room appeared first on Jane Atkinson. Most Recent Post Presentation Skills Speaking Profession elephant in the room speaker business speaker dilemma speaking skills
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JUNE 27, 2015
Given the latest play-out of Roger's ability to land on his feet, it's useful to re-read or read for the first time the book "The Loudest Voice In The Room." This week was one focused on the politics of leadership at Fox News.
Executive Speech Coach
APRIL 19, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010 Power Presentations Tip 34: Own the Room Know the room - own the room When you own the room you will be a more powerful presenter. As a presenter, how can you own the room? Owning the room" is a feeling that you can generate within yourself by knowing the room. Know the room Get into the room before your presentation - preferably when no one else is there. It removes the "strangeness" of the room.
Green Room Speakers
FEBRUARY 16, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Find Your Green Room Trigger How do Olympic athletes train their minds for the challenges of such intense competition? At Green Room Speakers, I call this finding your Green Room Trigger.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
The question about the return on investment (ROI) on official academic degrees has no absolute answers. What is known is that a degree from an elite institution, such as Harvard, can open doors. Also, while matriculating, high-level networking can take place.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 23, 2014
But what we're not sharing are sit down meals in the dining room. The rich, reports The Wall Street Journal, have even reconfigured the rooms of their mansions. Gone is the dining room, now an anchronism in a digital, fitness era. We live in the Sharing Economy.
Green Room Speakers
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
The Green Room Speakers blog has moved to: greenroomspeakers.com/blog Thank you for visiting! Sarah
Green Room Speakers
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
In what is a very obvious example of "show, dont tell," Jake expresses his love for the ukulele not by talking about it, but by playing a stirring rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody:" From the Green Room: Most of us dont something as clear as a musical instrument to show, rather than describe a message.
Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
I’m darn good at selling at the back of the room. Just put a box in the back of the room at your table and mention that you’ll be at the table if anyone wants to take the book home with them it will be 20 bucks (or some round number). Tags: Books Guest Posts Speaking sales back of room sales Guest post by Tom Antion. In fact, just this month I did three speaking engagements at multi speaker events and I outsold all the other speakers put together.
Green Room Speakers
AUGUST 24, 2010
From the Green Room: Want to have stage presence? Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Eat, Pray, Love, Present My favorite scene in Elizabeth Gilberts memoir Eat, Pray, Love takes place in India, where Gilbert manages to meditate while surrounded by mosquitoes.
Green Room Speakers
JUNE 27, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009 Find Your Green Room Trigger In this weeks New Yorker, Alex Ross writes about Marlboro Music, an elite summer music program at Marlboro college in Vermon t "where artists could forget about commerce and escape into a purely musical realm."
Great Public Speaking
JANUARY 2, 2013
Amazing Public Speaking Tom shows you a quick and easy way to keep the conference room door from slamming
Green Room Speakers
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
In other words, the green room is a place for performers to prepare before they get on stage. Yet I recently learned that green room has a second definition. In surfing , the green room is the inside of a barrel that is produced by a wave.
Green Room Speakers
MARCH 11, 2011
From the Green Room: Let your message and your content dictate your speaking style. Friday, March 11, 2011 Speaking Advice from SNL In this weeks New Yorker, Tina Fey recounts nine "Lessons from Late Night" - what she learned from working with Lorne Michaels.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JULY 14, 2016
During the past quarter of a century, more businesses have required new employees to agree to settle disputes with their employers through confidential arbitration. At Fox, Gretchen Carlson was one of those employees. That could blow up her lawsuit.
The Eloquent Woman
MARCH 11, 2011
Millions of writers claim inspiration from Virginia Woolf's 1929 A Room of One's Own , a short book of long essays about the challenges women writers face because of their lack of education and financial independence.
Great Public Speaking
APRIL 27, 2012
[link] Tom shows you a quick and easy way to keep the conference room door from slamming
Executive Speech Coach
APRIL 11, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010 Presentation Success: How You Can Own the Room A successful presentation starts with the presenter owning the room. When you know and own the room, you will be a more powerful and confident presenter. As a presenter, how do you own the room? “Owning the room&# is a feeling that you can generate within yourself by knowing the room. How do you know the room? You can check the setup of the room.
Green Room Speakers
DECEMBER 26, 2010
From the Green Room: Remember, there is no such thing as "public speaking." Sunday, December 26, 2010 Lessons from The Kings Speech As a speech coach, I couldnt wait to see The Kings Speech , particularly as I am interested in learning more about how to help people who stutter.
More than PowerPoint...
FEBRUARY 6, 2009
The marvelous social media sommelier Gary Vaynerchuk gives us an excellent 3 minute video outlining the necessity of "working the room" versus "giving a presentation." In the age of social media, with blogs and sites like Twitter, FaceBook, YouTube -- merely giving a presentation is less effective than "working the room". He's working the room.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 4, 2014
The saga of Politico and Middleman started out in a smoke-filled room. That's probably what hooked me. The mystique. In my email had been a note from Middleman asking if I was interested in ghostwriting a book for a Politico going for the next level.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 29, 2011
NEW YORK Magazine reports that in the past 5 years, hotel rooms have increased 24%, to 90,000. Brand New York is growing its equity, at least right now. And anyone who needs to make a buck should find something to do helping to bring in the New York in Times Square.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 5, 2011
The waiting room was full of other sad stories. Today I did a good deed. I offered to accompany a neighbor who decided it was time that her two aged cats passed over. One cat Pumpkin obviously had cancer. The other cat Lucy had something too. Both were about 21. With Pumpkin and Lucy meowing in the back seat, I drove the 12 minutes from New Haven, Connecticut to the vet hospital in West Haven.
Pivotal Public Speaking
FEBRUARY 6, 2010
You are used to people laughing, nodding, and being engaged, but this room is set with rounds of 8 and people’s backs are to you. How do you specify and educate meeting planners to set the room to get more engagement from the audience? with Paul O. Radde, PhD.
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