How to Be a Good Audience

Written by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, The EQ Coach


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4. Do not bring food, drink, smoking materials or drugs, gum, candy, other work, books, cell phones, radios or palmtops, small children, drunk in-laws, or live animals intorepparttar presentation room with you, or anything that lights up, dings, whistles, rings, spins, smells, emits something, is a fire hazard, or needs to be fed.

You are there to listen torepparttar 130682 speaker.

5. Be an attentive listener.

6. Do not talk or whisper duringrepparttar 130683 presentation.

But stay withrepparttar 130684 speaker. If something’s funny, laugh. Ifrepparttar 130685 speaker asks for questions, have one. If something great happens, applaud. If you enjoyedrepparttar 130686 presentation, applaud atrepparttar 130687 end.

7. Dress appropriately and respectfully.

All professional audiences know to dress comfortably (you don’t want your belt jackknifing into your waistrepparttar 130688 whole time), and to wear layers so you don’t get too hot or too cold, and ‘act out’ because you’re miserable. Few rooms are ventilated to any two people’s satisfaction.

“Appropriately”? When in doubt, wear nice slacks and a shirt, skirt or dress. Avoid jeans, a tux, don’t wear a cocktail dress, and save your cleavage, hairy chest and other sexual displays for another scenario.

8. Do not do anything that distracts eitherrepparttar 130689 speaker orrepparttar 130690 audience.

This would include but is not limited to: talking, whispering, wearing strong cologne, coughing, joking, shuffling your feet, rustling papers, tapping your pencil, humming, heckling, allowing your cell phone to ring (or, God forbid, talking on it), The presentation is not about YOU. If you have an uncontrollable need to attract attention to yourself, please get some coaching on Emotional Intelligence and give us all a break.

9. Keep your hands and feet to yourself.

And just like in grade school, if you tend to ‘get in trouble’ when you’re with Dougie, don’t sit beside Dougie.

10. Come prepared to make your contribution as "the audience."

It's an active role, not passive. It means arriving alert (skiprepparttar 130691 double cheeseburger for lunch); having a positive attitude’ and doing what you can to make this possible for yourself,repparttar 130692 speaker, and others inrepparttar 130693 audience.

©Susan Dunn, MA, Clinical Psychology, http://www.susandunn.cc . Author of “Presenting with Emotional Intelligence,” and “Nonverbal Communication,” to help you become a pro speaker – http://www.webstrategies.cc/ebooklibrary.html . Individual coaching, distance learning, the innovative EQ Learning Lab™, and the EQ ebook Library. Mailto:sdunn@susandunn.cc for FREE eZine.




Cure Your Burnout!

Written by Megan Corwin


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Suggestions for avoiding burn out: •Hate paying bills? Despise returning phone calls? Then why do it? Outsource those tasks that really drag you down and keep you from doingrepparttar activities you enjoy. Consider hiring a virtual assistant. •Reward yourself. A major cause of burnout is feeling like your hard work is not being recognized or appreciated. If you work at home and are your own boss, you may not be gettingrepparttar 130681 kudos you deserve. When you land a big client, treat yourself to a professional massage or dinner at a nice restaurant. When you do something significant, print out a certificate of achievement for yourself and display it where you can see it.

Don’t allow yourself to be a burnout victim! Take action today or prevent or treat your burnout -- both you and your business will benefit.

Written by Megan Corwin, Personal Coach. Visit www.megancorwin.com or email megan@megancorwin.com to schedule your complimentary 30-minute coaching session and to find out how a personal coach can help you have more time and energy for the things you enjoy.


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