by Rachel Beohm | Adaptability, Breathing, Confidence, Posture & Body Position, Presence, Presentation Skills, Presenting to a Group, Promotions & Interviews
To Recover from Embarrassing Moments, Practice These Three Things One time, during a presentation, I asked an audience member a question. Instead of getting the type of answer I expected, I got one that left me feeling flustered and embarrassed. I wished I could crawl...
by Rachel Beohm | Authenticity, Confidence, Conversations, Presence, Presentation Skills, Presenting to a Group, Promotions & Interviews
3 Ways to Overcome Performance Anxiety You present yourself to others all the time. Every day, you say hello, answer questions, and tell stories. Most of the time, you do this without batting an eye. “Good morning. How is your day going? Can you believe this...
by Rachel Beohm | Adaptability, Nonverbal Communication, Posture & Body Position, Presentation Skills, Presenting to a Group, Voice Pattern
I TOTALLY SCREWED UP! A few years ago, a colleague and I gave a “Lunch & Learn” presentation on nonverbal communication skills for W.I.F.S. here in Portland. We wanted to make it entertaining and engaging, so we (and by “we,” I mean “I”) thought it would be...
by Rachel Beohm | Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, Pausing
The California Stop When you see a Stop sign, what do you do? Stop? Really? One day, I came to a four-way stop in my local shopping center parking lot as I cruised toward Target, the first of about forty-seven stops on a busy errand-running day. The van ahead...
by Rachel Beohm | Confidence, Posture & Body Position, Presence, Space, YOU
Claim Your Space “How tall are you?” I asked my client, at our first meeting. He was sitting all scrunched up in the corner of his armchair, as if to make himself as small as possible. He was tall, but awkward, as if he didn’t quite know what to do with his...
