Angela Lansbury Speeches and Making Speeches

 I have seen evaluators literally look at the speaker in an in person meeting and lean towards them or walk towards them. If the evaluator uses 'you' it sounds as if everybody else is eavesdropping on a private conversation. As an audience member I would go off and make a cup of tea. 

Include the rest of the room. Furthermore, another bonus to using third person: if you tell the speaker that he or she did well, that's just flattery from a friend. If you tell the entire room the speaker did well, the speaker will feel much prouder at being praised in front of everybody.

If you need to remember the name or pronunciation of somebody you are interviewing, write it on the back of a fan.

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# posted by Angela Lansbury Author @ 7:22 AM