Spirit (Purpose) Wrap-Up and Bridge to Mastering the Back to Basics Series

“One piece of the puzzle does not make the whole picture; nor does communicating only on one channel. You need all the pieces for someone to get the full picture.”
— Lucy Lanzar
In this Back to Basics Series, our focus has been on Body, Mind and Spirit as the underlying principles of communication — with practical applications.

Over the past months, we’ve covered the Mind (Process) — Composition… How you compose your thoughts into a memorable and repeatable message that gets results!

Your well-composed message, however, can fall short of the intended impact, if not “Packaged” appropriately. Hence, we covered the Body (Package) – specifically, Signature and Visual Aids.

Finally, we covered the Spirit (Purpose) segment of this series. Without spirit, intent, and purpose, even the best composed message and unique signature will still lack the power to move an audience.  That’s where spirit comes in. It’s the most powerful part of your communication/presentation.

Beginning next week, our focus will shift to mastering all elements — body, mind, and spirit — of an effective, well-crafted and results-oriented presentation.

Consider the upcoming Cornerstones as your guide to Mastering the Back to Basics Series. 

In the meantime, to review (or catch up on articles you might have missed), here are the Back to Basics Cornerstones (with links) we previously posted:

The “Back to Basics” Series — Introducing this series

MIND (Process) – Composition and “Ready, Set, Go!^®” to structure communication:

• One Discipline — Review of “Ready, Set, Go!^®”
• Then What? — The vital importance of the Next Step
• Do Your Homework! — The secret of Audience Analysis
• Last Things First!^℠ — Don’t start at the beginning
• The Number Three — How 3 topics helps your audience… and you
• An “Art” to Beginning — From audience Boredom to Acceptance… It’s an art
• The Circle Game — How great speakers use the circle technique
• Imposing Limits — The power of limits to get things done on time
• Composition Wrap-Up, Bridge to Signature – Moving on to next segment

BODY (Package) – The effective combination of personal signature and visual aids help your audience to recall — and repeat — your message:

SIGNATURE – Part 1

• We Call it Signature! – Harnessing your unique delivery
• “Trading Up” on Received Wisdom – Expanding our view of what is true
• The Mind Follows Where the Eyes Lead – The secret of eye contact
• Facing the Fear – A unique way to defeat the fear of public speaking
• Hands, Pockets & the Limits of Rules – Don’t let the “rules” get in your way
• Hitting Your Marks! – Choreographing your movement
• Never in New Clothes – When not to wear your brand-new clothes
• The Big Venue – Meeting the challenge of big performance spaces
• Getting Seen and Getting Remembered – Power of your personal signature

VISUAL AIDS – Part 2

• Magic Carpet Ride – Anchoring your presentation with visuals
• Thirty Hours to Art – How to increase your visual aids skills exponentially
• If it Needs to be Read, it’s a “Reading Assignment” – The Keys to visual aids
• Low & Common? Lofty & Rare! – Mastering your presentation tools
• Signature & Visual Aids Wrap-Up, Bridge to Spirit (Purpose)

SPIRIT (Purpose) – Without spirit, intent, and purpose, even the best composed message and unique signature will not move an audience. You need Spirit — the most powerful part of your communication and presentations.

• ONE thing! – The most important component of a presentation
• Walking Your Talk – Structural Integrity for your presentation
• Incomplete – How to ensure your presentations are firmly grounded and complete
• Of Course, It’s Acting – Bridge between your spirit and the physical
• Presence – The subtle power of being there
• Let Your Aim… – Reaching for a lofty or noble purpose

Looking forward to seeing you next week as we begin Mastering and Wrapping-Up the “Back to Basics” Series.

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