Comments on: CUNA Management School, Year 2/Day 2: This is a No-Comfort Zone http://cunaverse.com/2012/07/13/cuna-management-school-year-2day-2-this-is-a-no-comfort-zone/ Words, Wit & Wisdom Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:18:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nicole Daniels http://cunaverse.com/2012/07/13/cuna-management-school-year-2day-2-this-is-a-no-comfort-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-2585 Nicole Daniels Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:14:49 +0000 http://cunaverse.com/?p=6186#comment-2585 I also attended Stacey Hanke’s session. She was great! The most eye opening part of the session was learning about how our audiences perceive us. Stacey broke this up into three categories: verbal, vocal and visual.

Verbal: What you say; your message
Vocal: Inflection; variety and project of your voice
Visual: What the audience sees; your body language

When giving a presentation, your appearance and body language account for 55% of an audience’s perception of you and their ability to trust what you are saying. Yikes! Apparently, first impressions really do matter.

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