Beyond Your Body Speaks: The Silent Language of ToastmastersBeth MacNeil Stinson, DTM

Welcome

Questions

Outline

Building non-verbal intelligence

How people read body language

Body language of collaboration

What is body language?

My story

Building non-verbal intelligence

Visual technology

Cross-cultural communication

Science

Emotions rule non-verbal communication

Warmth

Authority

4 mistakes people make

Context

Singular gesture

Personal bias

Cultural bias

My Story

Body language of collaboration

What it feels like to be excluded

4 Techniques

Smiling

Using Your Head

Looking at people speaking

Removing barriers

Using Space

Intimate Space0 – 18 inches

Close Personal Space18 – 24 inches

Far Personal Space2 – 4 feet

Social Space 4- 12 feet

Public Spaceover 12 feet

Seating

Controlling

Confronting

Collaborating

Conclusion

References

Emory University eScienceCommons

International Body Language

Leadership Communication

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Body Language and Promotion

New York Times

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