Composition Wrap-Up, Bridge to Signature
The “Back to Basics” Series
“Going back to the basics strengthens your foundation.”
—Anonymous
“A human being is a composite of Body, Mind and Spirit. So is a presentation.”
— Jennifer StJohn
In this Back to Basics series, our focus is on Body, Mind and Spirit as the underlying principles of communication — with practical applications.
During the last nine weeks, we covered the Mind (Process) — Composition… How you compose your thoughts into a memorable and repeatable message — that gets results!
Your well composed message however, can fall short of the intended impact, if not “Packaged” appropriately.
Hence, our next part of this series looks at the Body (Package) – specifically, Signature and Visual Aids.
The thing about Signature is that it’s personal. It’s unique to you. It’s how you convey your unique personality within the confines of a well-structured presentation.
It can be enhanced, improved, accentuated with your gestures, eye contact, movement, vocal modulation, and even… your pauses. And, that’s not all. When you combine effective visual aids, your audience is better able to recall — and repeat — your message.
We’ll formally begin the Signature segment of this series next week. In the meantime, to review (or catch up on articles you might have missed), here are the titles with links to the Composition Cornerstones we previously posted:
The “Back to Basics” Series — Introducing this series
One Discipline — Review of “Ready, Set, Go!®”
Then What? — The vital importance of the Next Step
Do Your Homework! — The secret of Audience Analysis
Last Things First!℠ — Don’t start at the beginning
The Number Three — How 3 topics helps your audience… and you
An “Art” to Beginning — From audience Boredom to Acceptance… It’s an art
The Circle Game — How great speakers use the circle technique
Imposing Limits — The power of limits to get things done on time
We hope you continue to enjoy and profit by this Back to Basics Series. Looking forward to seeing you next week as we kick off Signature and Visual Aids.
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