by Rachel Beohm | Conversation, Leadership, Nonverbal Communication, Presentation Skills, Presenting to a Group, Receptivity
How to Tell an Engaging Story Summertime. What childhood memories does that word conjure up for you? Ice cream? Splashing in a pool? Camping? I remember Grandma and Granddad’s summertime visits. Every year they flew over from England. We would save up our...
by Rachel Beohm | Conversation, Gestures & Hand Position, Leadership, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, Pausing, Presentation Skills, Presenting to a Group, Promotions & Interviews
The Power of the Pause My five-year-old burst through the door one day, calling out, “Guess what, Mama! GUESS WHAT we found in the backyard!!!!” “What?” I asked. But she refused to say. “What is it?” Again, she didn’t answer. She covered her mouth and ran back...
by Rachel Beohm | Body Language Myths, Gestures & Hand Position, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, Pausing, Presentation Skills, Presenting to a Group, Voice Pattern
It’s Not Magic, It’s Technique Remember when you were a really little kid and your great-uncle Bill pulled a quarter from behind your ear, and you were awestruck and a little creeped out and wondered, “HOW DID HE DO THAT?” Later, you discovered it wasn’t actually...
