Category: Nonverbal Communication / Body Language
Mood Congruency Recall and It’s Effect on Communication
June 22nd, 2009, 11 Comments
Mood Congruency and Its Effect On Our Communication
The Effect of Mood Valence on Memory Recall and Communication.
Have you ever noticed that when you are depressed that pretty much everything seems depressing? You may look at a couple happily walking down the street and all you are thinking about is how they are eventually going to [...]
Where Communication “Experts” Fail…
June 19th, 2009, 3 Comments
Communication Con-Men. How can you tell if they are really an expert?
ARE THEY AN EXPERT OR NOT?
This is a touchy subject as you can imagine… Why? Because I am going to blow the lid off of the communication, sales, relationship and persuasion industries by saying what I am about to say. Now let me forewarn [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 7 of 7 | Body Language Displays For Effective Communication
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
The Psychoevolutionary Theory and its place in the development of effective communication skills using body language
Today we are going to talk about how to increase congruence in your body language display and the message you want to send. I will cover 3 of the most often used emotions on a daily basis so that you [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 6 of 7 | Body Language For Event Prediction And Sensory Acuity
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
In following yesterdays post on manipulation of information delivery, let’s get right into the subsequent 2 categories of event prediction and sensory acuity…
1. Prediction of Events:
When I say “prediction of events”, what I mean is the ability to assign a probability to whether someone is going to follow through on their assertions one way or [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 5 of 7 | Manipulation Of Information Delivery
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
Information Delivery Strategy for body language usage is great for effective communication
Yesterday I introduced the 5 questions necessary to direct your mind through the effective usage of body language in any communication effort. I think it is important to repeat the fact that you should be looking to use these questions to TRAIN YOUR MIND [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 4 of 7 | How to Use Body Language in Effective Communication
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
OK, OK… So how do I use body language to be a more effective communicator?
Understanding Body language to predict actions and increase your effective communication skills.
Body language can be used for a number of powerful applications in communication and this boil down to how you or the other party is representing congruence in their/your own [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 3 of 7 | Incongruence And Our Subconscious
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
Incongruence literally means “not harmonious” per Webster’s dictionary (from incongruous). For our purposes this refers to the system of communication and the term system comprises many things… Language, content, abstraction level, tonality, etc… and last but certainly NOT least is body language. Let’s talk a bit further about how and where incongruity happens and how [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 2 of 7 | What Body Language REALLY Conveys
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
There is quite a bit of controversy wrapped around body language… Lie detection, mind reading, fortune telling… you name it; I have heard or read it. But what can we believe? Where do myth and fact part ways to help you learn a skill that is indeed viable for providing accurate information? Let’s chat a [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 1 of 7 | The History Of Deception
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
Body language is a fairly broad and complex topic. It is a fascinating subject and the most alluring aspect seems to be the concept of detecting deception. The term deception has a very negative connotation from a linguistic standpoint. When we think of deception we think of lying, cheating and black alley dealings with no [...]
Getting Real About Eye Accessing Cues | Part 1 of 3 | What Exactly Are They?
March 2nd, 2009, No Comments
The term Eye Accessing Cues refers to the positioning of the eye balls in certain areas when “accessing” information internally. They are based on certain criteria that generally revolve around the VAK predicate system with the addition of a category for raw information. It has been a strong buzz term for years at this point [...]
