This clips is Amy Tan talking on creativity. Born in the US to immigrant parents from China, failing her mother's expectations that she become a doctor and concert pianist. She chose to write fiction instead and her much-loved, best-selling novels have been translated into 35 languages.
This is a clips by Tony Robbins, an inspirational life coach, shown in one of my classes. The motivational speaker has attracted a wide swath of high performing professionals ranging from heads of state to world-class athletes looking for help in reaching their fullest potential. This clips is a discussion talk: Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better.
I enjoy watching talks by professional speakers and I long to be one of them one day. I have always wished that I could have the power to influence and change people’s lives. I’ve been watching talks on TED for the past couple of hours and these clips, by Amy and Tony, are one of my favourites. Both are excellent speakers. Apart from unloading some of their knowledge, I was actually spotting the types of non-verbal cues, I learnt in class, applied by these speakers.
Types of Nonverbal Communications
- kinesics
- paralinguistic
- chronemics
- objectics or artifacts
- Oculesics
- haptics
- Proxemics
- Physical appearance
- kinesics
- paralinguistic
- chronemics
- objectics or artifacts
- Oculesics
- haptics
- Proxemics
- Physical appearance
After watching both clips I noticed the importance and the heavy usage of Kinesics (emblems, illustrator, regulators, adaptors), Paralinguistics (quality of voice, vocalics, non-fluencies) and Oculesics (eye contact). Try to imagine a talk without the aid of these nonverbal cues. Monotone, low volume, out of pitch and the absence of Kinesics, wouldn’t it be terrifying? Comparing the two clips, I find myself more attracted and attentive to Tony’s. The high energy, strong voice (Paralinguistics) in particular and the use of regulators, adaptors(kinesics) , I think, held my attention 100% for the entire 20 minutes.
3 comments:
Yes, agreed.
A talk would be so boring if the speaker just stood still without using any gestures to put across his or her ideas.
I think nonverbal communication is also a way to spot a person's sincerity, especially during an interview. Compare an interviewee sitting straight up and another slouching, the former would be more likely to get the job.
Without this no-verbal comm, people won't give their fullest attention and message won't get across. Instead, people will be thinking that its a waste of a time.
nonverbal communication is better! no one wants to sit through a talk if the speaker just drones on and on and on. that would be extremely boring... as a speaker, one should attempt to "engage" the audience and any message(s) that has to be conveyed, will be conveyed more efficiently and effectively. nonverbal communications also allow the audience to have an idea of what the speaker is thinking or feeling. if a speaker is trying to persuade the audience to vote for him, speaking with appropriate nonverbal commmunications would be tons better than speaking in a monotone(like half-dead)
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