What’s Between You and the Audience?

Posted by Kristin Arnold on May 12, 2009

Last week, I was facilitating an important corporate meeting where the Senior VP kicked off the event.  An eloquent speaker, he started strong and ten minutes later, he was standing behind a chair.  Perhaps he needed to lean against something or maybe he missed having a lecturn to speak from, I don’t know.  What it felt like (at least to me) is that he was creating a barrier between him and the audience.  I don’t think that was his intention, either, but maybe his subconscious was saying something else?

 
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