188: The Art of Stage Presence, with James Whittaker

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2015

⏱️ 35 minutes

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James Whittaker Author, The Art of Stage Presence* “The audience will relate to your concept that you’re talking about much more than details.” -James Whittaker You are there for the audience, not you. “You are speaking for the audience, not to the audience.” -James Whittaker Have the first sentence completely committed to memory. During the first 99 seconds, do one of these four things: Inspire Intrigue Interest Inform Spend as much time on the opening as on the rest of the presentation. Seek out small stages to practice on (your 1:1 with a manager, team meetings, etc.) Give your attention to the people taking notes and nodding their heads and engaged with what you are saying. Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	Delivering the content of a presentation is one thing.
0:03.2	Having the stage presence you need to get your message across is another thing.
0:07.5	On today's show The Art of Stage Presence when you're presenting.
0:11.5	This is coaching for Leaders, episode 188.
0:14.9	Produced by Innovate Learning,
0:17.4	Maximizing Human Potential.
0:20.1	Greetings to you from Orange County, California.
0:25.8	This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host, Dave Stahoviac.
0:30.2	This is a weekly show to help leaders improve their communication, strategy, coaching, productivity, and personal mastery.
0:39.0	And we are going to tackle communication in a big way today.
0:42.0	We've talked on some recent episodes about presenting and
0:46.1	we've talked on the show before about presenting and speaking in the context of how to structure
0:51.2	a presentation and also what to do to get ready for
0:54.3	presentation day a few months ago but we haven't talked as much about the
1:00.6	delivery the stage presence that you want to have and be considering when you're giving that presentation.
1:07.8	And that's why I'm really thrilled to have been introduced to someone who has done a lot of thinking, researching, and most importantly,
1:15.4	taking a lot of practical action to help people improve their stage presence.
1:20.5	And I'm glad to welcome to the show today Dr. James Whitaker.
1:24.0	He's a distinguished technical evangelist at Microsoft.
1:27.5	He studied numerous speakers, presenters, storytellers, and comedians
1:32.3	to learn what makes them effective communicators and he
1:35.6	teaches the Art of Stage Presence class for Microsoft employees and he's also the author of the
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