{"id":515,"date":"2016-02-02T15:16:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T15:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferences\/?p=515"},"modified":"2017-02-26T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T15:01:11","slug":"the-tells-of-body-language-part-3-being-the-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferences\/2016\/02\/02\/the-tells-of-body-language-part-3-being-the-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018Tells\u2019 of Body Language – Part 3: Being the Receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Theodoros<\/a>

Theodoros Millidonis L1, Cyprus<\/p><\/div>\n

Hello and welcome to the third and final article dedicated to body language tells<\/em><\/strong>. In Part 2<\/a> of the series, I spoke about how to be an effective sender of the proper tells that reinforce a strong presentation style during a seminar.<\/p>\n

We will now see how to read the tells our audience is sending us.<\/p>\n

Reading Body Language during a Seminar (being the receiver)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The real trick here is to be able to tailor your presentation style based on the tells you are receiving from your audience.<\/p>\n

Obviously, we should always carry out a preliminary research on who our audience will be at a particular seminar. It could be a seminar directed towards new level ones to guide them on their journey towards level two, or alternatively it could be a seminar directed to level 3+ judges to discuss major developments in the Judge Program. With such wide gaps in topics and target audiences, we need to try our best to suit our presentation style to the expectations of the audience in order to reach out to them in an effective way.<\/p>\n

We should generally try to create an atmosphere which encourages discussion, especially if we know that there are members of the audience who are more expert than us with regard to the topic we are presenting. A proper presentation style and good use of body language can ensure your audience remains interested and does not get bored.<\/p>\n

Here are common tells that indicate an audience is bored during a presentation:<\/p>\n