The countdown continues
Bloopers donât make it into the movie; but speaker bloopers are real-time nightmares!
Read this prior blog on how to capitalize on my Blooper #6, #5 and #4.
đŹÂ Communication Blooper #3 Mispronounce organizationâs name
What happened: I canât believe Iâm even sharing this one!
Picture youâre speaking to an automotive supplier company, named Go/Dan Industries. You greet the group of 100, mostly men, by saying, âWelcome to all of you at Go/Nad Industries!â
All I did was swap the consonants from âDanâ to âNadâ. Innocent error, but you do the math.
The fix:Â They laughed and I laughed and we moved on.
Your learning lesson: Embarrassing mistakes happen. Try to laugh. If you can get the audience to laugh with you (and not at you) you have the chance to create mutual empathy and build rapport. Try to turn a goof into a positive. AND practice the pronunciation of all names.
đŹÂ Communication Blooper #2 Computer breaks
While similar to Blooper #6 âComputer gets stolenâ, this mishap is out of your control and has a different fix + ripple effects, that might also happen to you.
What happened: Itâs not a good thing when you plug your computer into the socket at your clientâs venue and you smell smoke! Blame an electrical short or bad luck, but my computer had a weird meltdown.
The fix: Proceed without your visuals!
Your learning lesson: Prepare for Plan B. Always. Yes, bring your hard drive back up and save your support material to the cloud; but also be ready to present without visuals.
Many clients have shared stories where they had to do this exact remedy – being forced to speak without technology. And this is their response (100% of the time): âIt was my best speech everâ! Why? Your deck of graphs, bar charts and numbers takes centerstage. Sometimes, getting rid of all this will eliminate a layer of overlap, add to being more present and create increased audience engagement.
Stay tuned for Communication Blooper #1!
đŠ PS: As we celebrate Thanksgiving in America I salute you. Thank you for your support of Speak For YourselfÂź! I am grateful for your comments, clicks and connection. đ
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Thank you Karen for what you do…instilling confidence in a speaker when facing a room full of people who are there for one thing: To hear and listen to you!
Thanks Joel! AND you have to laugh at the goofs and go with the flow!
LOL! I am still laughing at Go/Nad! Thanks for the share.
đđđâŒïž You gotta laugh!!