Communicate with Confidence ....

When you have an important event to attend there are 7 great ways to make
sure you perform at your very best. These tips are relevant for social
events and business meetings. Discover how to communicate with confidence
while making great conversation.

1. Decide what you want to say before the event. Review it in your mind to
make sure it sounds okay. Keep rehearsing it until you can say it with
conviction and confidence.

2. Consider your potential listeners. Who will you be talking to and which
topics of conversation will be welcome? You need to make sure your message
matches your audience.

3. Be yourself. The worst mistake is to pretend you are something you are
not. People will see through you and distrust everything you say. Even if
you communicate clearly and with confidence.

4. Never expect things to work out perfectly. Be ready to deal with problems
by deciding in advance what you will do. What will you do if people ignore
your input? Now is the time to decide and not later on in the heat of the
moment.

5. Be flexible in your approach. Different people need to be treated
differently. Pay very close attention to how people respond to what you say
and keep adjusting your approach until you have a good rapport with your
listener.

6. Make the other person the focus of your attention and let him lead the
conversation in the early stages. Let that person steer the conversation
onto topics that are of interest to him.

7. Anticipate what could go wrong. Then do what you can to make sure those
scenarios do not occur. Adequate planning is the key to performing at your
best in the moment.

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