Anubha Walia Blog

Month: March 2016

  • Story Telling

    * Tell stories. Stories are highly effective conduits for learning. This is because listeners relate the stories to their own past experiences and actually form new experiences which incorporate the emotions and ideas in the stories. *Relive instead of retelling a story. Effective storytellers bring their characters to life through voice and physical presence, appearing to relive…

  • MANAGING FEAR AND ANXIETY During Session

     Accept fear. Anxiety is a natural reaction to stress. It can be helpful to speakers by releasing adrenaline, which improves performance. Develop confidence through practice. It is critical for to practice, and to obtain as much feedback as possible. Two major feedback sources for speakers are videoing themselves, and soliciting the opinions of others. Eliminate logistical uncertainty. Four…

  • Tips and Tricks to be used by TRAINERS

    The following tips and tricks can help trainers tackle common workshop issues: • Audience engagement. Some of the most effective methods for keeping audiences engaged include asking rhetorical questions, being authentic, and storytelling. • Bloopers. Mistakes are inevitable; allowing a mistake to derail a presentation is not. When something goes wrong, a trainer should lighten…

  • COMPELLING VISUAL AIDS

    * Sparingly use relevant only props. Props should generally be avoided, because they draw attention away from the speaker and suspend the audience’s imagination. They should be used only to trigger emotions, or when showing something is more effective than describing it. * Imbue props with mul*le meanings. Certain props, like chairs, can sometimes be used creatively…

  • Achievement Habit

    People always find excuses to not change their lives, including issues with their families, work lives, and finances; however, Professor Roth believes these reasons are often invalid. In The Achievement Habit, Roth condenses his lengthy experience teaching a course called “The Designer in Society” and posits that if people truly want to change aspects of…

  • MANAGING NONVERBAL DELIVERY

    *  Power-pose before speaking. Speakers can improve their confidence and performance simply by changing their posture before speaking. * Enter the stage with confident energy. While all speakers feel some anxiety, the best ones are able to channel nervous energy into calm confidence. When entering the stage, they project a level of energy that reinforces the purpose…