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Sample Workshops:

"Learn toThrill Your Audiences with Nonverbal Power"

Introduction: According to many of the researchers of body language or what I like to call nonverbal communication; between 65 and 85% of human communication is nonverbal.  The way we stand, our facial expressions, our hand gestures and our entire body movement communicate more to our audience than our actual spoken words. The science of body movement; known today as Kinesics, has shown that the body represents the subconscious mind and does not and cannot lie. Said another way: the body projects and signals what you're REALLY FEELING without you, many times, being conscious of it. Your body can also contradict your words. The key to this teaching is becoming aware of, practicing and then integrating your own nonverbal cues and signals.....

"All the World's A Stage...Acting Tips for Speakers"

When we talk about taking techniques from the acting world to use for the speaker; we are not talking about being theatrical. We are talking about using acting techniques to help us as speakers to heighten our dramatic interpretation. To become more dramatic and compelling on a consistent basis. Just as actors have to deliver a consistent performance in long running shows; so speakers, to be effective, should deliver consistently exciting, touching and motivating speeches. No one wants to see a boring actor or speaker. The first technique is the idea of the speaker as a character. You are playing yourself. How do you play yourself? You recognize and recreate your behaviors and especially as they relate to your speech topic. The second technique is the breaking of inhibitions.....

"The Awesome Power of the Silent Motivator: Your Body Language Speaks"

Come on in black with neutral white mask... (This is the one minute “Body Language Ballet” that will be mimed to music. This is an intro that is completely improvised and is played to the audience. End with mime lean and arm in the air like, “Oh well!” Take off mask and ask the audience): Does the body talk or what? As you just witnessed, it does and its driving force is, what? Thought and emotion. No words came out of my mouth but you got the gist of what I was saying. My talk today is designed to help you understand how to be more aware of your body language so that you use it more consciously in your speaking. I’ll be conducting this educational in a workshop style with some audience participation.....

"The Biggest Revelation"

Intro: I’d like to welcome you into the world of the planet’s only talking mime...because I have something to say. Background: Raised by deaf mother and brought into deaf world. Ten years as professional mime. 25 Years as media salesman. Four years in toastmasters. Ten years in PAYBAC. Body Language: Not body language. Its nonverbal communication. The power of nonverbal communication. Becoming empowered by realizing that nonverbal communication is natural to Humans and that we become empowered by becoming aware of the cues and signals we and others send out. Mime: Not talking about mime as we currently perceive it in the mass consciousness as street mimes or mimes in TV commercials with berets, stripped shirts.....

"Making Your Physical Expression Speak with Ease"

The art of non-verbal communication introduction 5 minutes I might as well disappoint all of you up front. You all really are, all of you without exception, natural mimes, and natural movers!! That’s right; movement comes naturally to human beings. We can’t help it. This, what you’re looking at (point to your body), is a complete unit that Kinesthetically (definition: the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement) learns a pre-determined vocabulary that communicates on a non-verbal level. Who determines the vocabulary? We do, culturally. We all respond to that vocabulary from the moment we’re born (do some crying movements like a baby). So, why.....

"Speakers and Actors: The Greatest Tool to Free Your Silent Expression"

Start “party” dance music as students enter the workshop. Let them dance for several minutes then call out “freeze.” Ask them to look at each other in their frozen positions.  You have just witnessed mime. Soap Box: Mime is something you do every day. All humans are natural mimes. Mime is inherent in every thing. Birds, wind, rocks, the stars and water. Everything in the universe is in motion. It is atomic. It is vibrational. While some have more of a penchant, skill, talent or bent toward mime movement; everyone has a capacity to do it. What’s this workshop about? The power in music to move you to more creative mime movement. This is inherent in the universe and inherent in all of us. Here’s how this workshop will work. I will play music and you will pick a theme.....

"The Secrets to Making Your Body Talk"

(Walk out on stage and do the gestures of me? and oh no not me, both arms up for surrender, the number 10 and it wasn’t me.) I didn’t have to say a word and what I just did caused some kind of thought or reaction in you. I got your attention with the power of nonverbal communication that naturally resides in you. In my experience, I found that while the verbal content of what we say is very important; how we embellish it with our nonverbal language projects our truer intentions. More than ever, your nonverbal abilities are needed to enhance your business and personal leadership. I’m going to show you how people project their truer intentions and how you can positively influence them with understanding body language or more.....

"The Truth of Never Losing a Sale with Nonverbal Power"

You probably don’t remember that silent cry (or, perhaps it wasn’t so silent and you bawled your eyes out) you made at the time of your birth. That was one of your first non-verbal signals to your mother and the world at that oh so tender age. This made you, without exception, a natural talking mime! Welcome to the non-verbal skills of being human. That’s right, mime comes naturally to human beings. We just can’t help it. A caveat to the concept of Mime: When I say Mime, I want to make clear that I am not talking about the white-faced, stripped T-Shirt, beret wearing, person that annoys or mimics people in theme parks, movies, on streets or TV commercials. Been there, done that (show picture of yourself doing street mime). I want to be clear that I’m talking about.....

"Hey, Speakers, Relax Your Body...Relax Your Audiences"

(Begin with silent mime cry). That was a body language signal to my deaf mother at the tender age of birth! I quickly learned to add the voice component so I could get my hearing father into the act. Hence, I stand before you, having had mime and the added vocality instilled in me right out of the womb, producing the world’s only true talking mime! Yes, I admit...a contradiction in terms. Yet, you may be surprised to learn that you are all, without exception, natural mimes! That’s right; mime comes naturally to human beings. We just can’t help it. A caveat to the concept of Mime: When I say Mime, I want to make clear that I am not talking about the white-faced, stripped T-Shirt, beret-wearing person that annoys or mimics people in theme parks.....

"Make More Sales Selling Soul to Soul"

How many of you like to talk to yourselves? Some of you already do and I’m sure some of you might be a little weary of it because you believe others might think you’re crazy!  Maybe you do it in private? I know you’ve seen people talking to themselves...I have! Ever wonder what they’re saying to themselves? Whether you know it or not there is someone to talk to in there and there’s more than one BODY in there. As a matter of fact...there are four distinct bodies that make up a human being and you can have a conversation with each. “What do you mean each of us has four different bodies? That’s an absurdity!” I understand how you feel, I felt the same way when I first discovered it. Is it possible that each one of us is composed of four distinct bodies.....

"The Secrets of Body Language I learned from my Deaf Mother"

(Walk out on stage and gesticulate wildly. Walk off stage. Walk on stage using very little arm movement. Open your arms wide to audience. Gesture to audience saying never mind.) Because I was born to a deaf mother; I had the distinct advantage of discovering, early in my life, that a very large percentage of human communication is nonverbal! Please allow me to qualify that. In my experience, I found that while the verbal content of what we say is very important; how we embellish it with our nonverbal language projects our truer intentions. Some examples are: stroking the chin, steepling, hands on top of head, hands behind neck, sad face saying “I’m really glad to be here,” hands on hips and shaking head as in no and saying something positive.....

"Flex Your Body...Flex Your Audiences!  Movement Tips for Speakers"

You are all natural talking and speaking mimes. That’s right. Everyone in this room is a master of what I call nonverbal body expression. This comes naturally to all human beings. Our body is our instrument for communicating with one another. My goal today is to empower you as a speaker through the use of the power of the whole body movement. You have seen the whole body movement of greats like Charlie Chaplin, Marcel Marceau, John Ritter and Jim Carey to name a few, yes? While they may have taken their body expression to theatrical heights; what they have is inherent in you. Today, I am going to use this time as a coaching session to show you how to let your entire body speak.....

"Commanding on Stage Charisma with More Aware Body Language"

According to social anthropologist Edward Hall, 60 per cent of our communication is non-verbal. There are some studies that claim that it’s even higher and some say its lower. Whatever the percentages; the way we stand, our facial expressions, our hand gestures and our entire body movement communicate more to our audience than our actual spoken words. Through the study of Kinesics or the science of body movement that was first developed by Ray Birdwhistel; it has been discovered that the body represents the subconscious mind and cannot lie. The body projects and signals what you’re really feeling without you, many times, being conscious of it. In my estimation then, the key to this teaching is becoming aware of.....

"Turn Down the Volume...Turn Up the Silence"

Commanding Your Nonverbal Expression. (Enter platform with three different postures, expressions and walks. Scared. Egotistical. Confident and happy to be there.) I didn’t have to say a word and the different ways I entered provoked a thought or reaction in you. What did my postures reveal? You don’t have to be steeped in body language to understand that my first entrance communicated that I was afraid, the second entrance that I was overconfident and the third that I was happy to be here. It never ceases to amaze me how we can get people’s attention with the simple body language that naturally resides in all of us? A simple smile, a warm, friendly handshake, a nice pat on the back. As I am sure you know; a big mystique surrounds body language....