By Kimberly Gerber
Last week we talked about the importance of bragging to get you promoted, selected or elected. We also mentioned that there was an art to it. You don’t want to bore your audience…you want to ENGAGE them. Below are 3 additional tips for graceful self-promotion that will get you noticed and keep your audience engaged.
- Be brief, be bright and be gone. When you want to share some impressive information, think of it as an elevator speech. You only have a few floors to get your message across. So, you need to make a brief and confident positive statement and then be quiet. Don’t go on and on about yourself, or rattle off a list of accomplishments. This is boring and makes your audience want to flee.
- Volley the conversation. Once you’ve shared your information, turn the conversation over to the other person. This graceful act shows that you are interested in them, and an interesting conversationalist. It’s also the polite way to communicate.
- Change up your repertoire. Keep an updated and current supply of information ready to share. If you share the same thing too often, or have a very narrow field of topics, you will get boring. This also applies to the questions you ask. Change up the questions you ask others to keep your conversations fresh and topical.
Practicing these three techniques when you share positive information will keep others coming to you instead of running from you. If you’d like to meet with communications experts and learn more about how to be engaging, sign up for our next 3-Day Intensive Workshop.
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