Nickname: MB

Review: Don't forget genuine eye contact, vocal expressiveness, avoidance of disfluencies (i.e. uhms, ahs), facial expression, and articulation.

Date reviewed: May 4, 2006 8:16 PM

Nickname: The Image Architect

Review: Great article. Body language does not lie. As your confidence increases your body language changes. My 30 years of experience suggests that when you change your persona, people react to you differently, and then you make deep internal changes.

Date reviewed: Dec 8, 2005 1:26 PM

Nickname: Czarina

Review: I totally agree with this article. I have been to conferences where the speakers are multi-degreed, high level types, but absolutely terrible speakers. Their messages didn't get across to the audiences. Having knowledge about a topic and delivering that knowledge to an audience is two entirely different skill sets.

Date reviewed: Dec 7, 2005 8:45 PM

Nickname: Fred

Review: Regardless of your conviction to the message you deliver, physical presence, as the article states, is as important and in some cases more important (think Stonewall Jackson) to commanding respect from those that you supervise, speak to, or work with. Generally, those that have a strong physical presence are looked upon to be leaders and therefore assume the role more often. Good basic article.

Date reviewed: Dec 7, 2005 7:50 PM

Nickname: simple_life

Review: Why this obsession about commanding presence? Most executives hardly sound or appear sincere with these mannerisms. Why should one follow a set of rules to have their presence felt? As a professor, my students expected showmanship in the class, else they would not evaluate me well.

Date reviewed: Nov 30, 2005 11:46 PM

Nickname: Leslie Friedrich

Review: The author needs to mention Toastmasters. Any group will be glad to help people improve speaking and leadership skills in an encouraging, yet challenging atmosphere.

Date reviewed: Nov 26, 2005 3:56 AM

Nickname: HiTechPR

Review: So we are to understand that the delivery is more important than the message itself? As long as our society believes this is true, then actors should be running the show---perhaps they do already? I guess the Wizard of Oz was right. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Date reviewed: Nov 24, 2005 7:05 PM

Nickname: Thinker

Review: Apart from the gestures, the voice should be firm and audible (no low voice). Punctuate the lecture with jokes now and then.

Date reviewed: Nov 24, 2005 8:34 AM

Nickname: FT

Review: All of the points described are excellent and pertinent. But they are all the icing on the cake. The key for excellent presentations is to have the right message whether it's a CEO or politician or a common person. If you watch Oprah, many of them do lack many of the skills mentioned here but the message is sent effectively. When it comes to communication or presentation, there are no hard cut rules.

Date reviewed: Nov 21, 2005 3:38 AM

Nickname: me

Review: Great article on communication & executive presence.

Date reviewed: Nov 17, 2005 5:24 PM