Virginia Satir hand gestures for Public Speaking presented by Ross Pepper
Summary
TLDRIn this instructional video, Ross Pepper introduces the Setia hand gestures, a set of five powerful hand movements to enhance public speaking. The 'Bully' gesture emphasizes points, 'Leveller' calms audiences, 'Joker' lightens the mood, 'Placater' pleads for engagement, and 'Thinker' signals contemplation. By consciously using these gestures, speakers can improve their communication and connect better with their audience.
Takeaways
- 🗣️ Effective hand gestures can enhance public speaking, whether in front of a small or large audience.
- 👨🏫 Satya Virginia was a therapist who specialized in communication and worked extensively with families.
- 👉 The 'Bully' gesture involves pointing to emphasize a point or person, and it can be done with varying intensity.
- 🤲 The 'Leveller' gesture is used to calm an audience, with palms facing down to create a sense of balance and relaxation.
- 🃏 The 'Joker' gesture involves putting your body out of balance to soften intense emotions or tension in the audience.
- 🙏 The 'Placater' or 'Potato' gesture is a pleading motion, used to encourage audience participation or agreement.
- 🤔 The 'Thinker' gesture, with the hand under the chin, is meant to signal deep thought or to encourage it in the audience.
- 👀 Different ways of pointing, such as with one finger or the whole hand, can elicit different reactions from the audience.
- 🤝 The 'Placater' should be used sparingly to maintain audience trust and convey confidence in your message.
- 🔄 Implementing these gestures consciously can lead to improved communication and results in various settings.
Q & A
What is the main purpose of the video?
-The main purpose of the video is to help viewers understand and utilize powerful hand gestures for effective public speaking in front of any audience size.
Who is Satya Virginia?
-Satya Virginia was a therapist who specialized in communication, particularly working with families, and she is credited with the hand gestures being taught in the video.
What is the first hand gesture introduced in the video?
-The first hand gesture introduced is 'the bully,' which is used to emphasize a point or direct attention towards a person or object.
How can 'the bully' gesture be varied?
-The 'the bully' gesture can be varied by using one finger, the whole hand, or even with clenched fists to emphasize a point more forcefully.
What is 'the leveller' gesture and when is it used?
-The 'the leveller' gesture is used to calm down an audience or to create a relaxed atmosphere. It involves having the hands flat with palms facing down.
What does the 'Joker' gesture represent and how is it performed?
-The 'Joker' gesture is used to soften intense emotions in the audience. It is performed by putting the body out of balance, often by leaning to one side.
What is the 'placater' or 'potato' gesture and how is it used?
-The 'placater' or 'potato' gesture is a pleading motion where the palms are open and facing upwards, used to encourage agreement or participation from the audience.
What is the 'thinker' gesture and how can it influence the audience?
-The 'thinker' gesture involves placing the hand under the chin, which can signal deep thought and encourage the audience to consider what is being said more carefully.
Why should the 'placater' gesture not be overused?
-The 'placater' gesture should not be overused because it can make the speaker appear lacking in conviction, which may lead the audience to lose trust in the speaker.
How can these hand gestures be beneficial in different speaking scenarios?
-These hand gestures can be beneficial in various speaking scenarios, such as boardroom presentations or stage performances, by enhancing communication and managing audience emotions effectively.
What is the final advice given by Ross Pepper regarding the implementation of these hand gestures?
-Ross Pepper advises implementing these hand gestures consciously and with intention to see a significant difference in one's public speaking abilities, whether in a group or a large audience.
Outlines
📢 Effective Hand Gestures for Public Speaking
Ross Pepper introduces a set of powerful hand gestures designed to enhance public speaking, whether in front of a small or large audience. The video aims to help speakers accelerate their results by using these gestures. Pepper explains the importance of hand movements and how they can be 'on point' or 'wishy-washy'. He introduces the 'Setia hand gestures', named after Satya Virginia, a therapist specializing in communication. The first gesture, 'the bully', involves pointing to emphasize a point or person, which can be done with varying intensity. The second gesture, 'the leveller', is used to calm an audience, with hands flat and palms facing down to create a calming effect. The third gesture, 'the Joker', is used to soften intense emotions by putting oneself off-balance.
🙏 The Art of Pleading and Thinking in Speech
The second paragraph delves into two additional hand gestures: 'the placater' and 'the thinker'. 'The placater' is a pleading gesture with palms open and upward, which can be used to encourage audience participation but should be used sparingly to maintain credibility. 'The thinker' gesture involves placing the hand under the chin, which is believed to stimulate contemplation. The video emphasizes the importance of these gestures in enhancing communication and suggests that conscious use of them can significantly improve one's public speaking. Pepper concludes by encouraging viewers to implement these gestures to see a difference in their speaking engagements, whether in a business setting or one-on-one meetings.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Hand Gestures
💡Public Speaking
💡Audience
💡Bully
💡Leveller
💡Joker
💡Placater
💡Thinker
💡Non-Verbal Communication
💡Setia Hand Gestures
💡Emotional State
Highlights
Introduction to the importance of hand gestures in public speaking
Setia hand gestures are introduced as a powerful tool for communicators
The 'Bully' gesture is explained, which is used for emphasizing points
Different ways to perform the 'Bully' gesture, including with a clenched fist
The 'Leveller' gesture is introduced to calm down an audience
Using the 'Leveller' with palms facing down to create a calming effect
The 'Joker' gesture is used to soften intense emotions in the audience
Imbalance in the 'Joker' gesture helps to break tension
The 'Placater' or 'Potato' gesture is explained for pleading or begging
Using the 'Placater' gesture to encourage audience participation
The 'Thinker' gesture is introduced to signal deep thought
Variations of the 'Thinker' gesture and their impact on the audience
The importance of using hand gestures with intention and awareness
How to use the 'Placater' gesture effectively without overusing it
Practical examples of using the 'Placater' to get audience responses
The impact of implementing Setia hand gestures in business communication
Encouragement to practice and implement the Setia hand gestures
Transcripts
g'day my name's Ross pepper and this
short video is just to help you
understand some hand gestures that are
really powerful when you're speaking in
front of an audience whether it's a
small audience in a boardroom or whether
it's a big audience on a stage these
hand gestures will be really useful so
anyone who does any public speaking of
any description and especially those
that do that within within a specific
role these hand gestures will help you
to accelerate your results so let's get
started you may have seen I did some
things with my hands there some of them
were a lot more specific and and very
very much on point
about what it is that I'm teaching you
today other ones were probably a little
bit more wish would wishy-washy
and not technically correct necessary so
let's start I'm going to be teaching you
the Setia hand gestures so Satya
Virginia Satya was a therapist that used
to her specially I guess was
communication she loved working with
families and things like that but
communication was her specialty so let's
talk about them the first one is the
bullying and I'm sure you're all
familiar with being pointed out people
say don't point don't point pointing is
part of the the bully so the bully is
when you're bullying something you can
bully your point you can bully a person
there's different ways of doing it you
can point with one finger you can point
them with your whole hand they actually
have a different experience and as
you're watching this I hope you are
starting to feel a little bit of
difference with this you know if I if I
pointed you this way or if I pointed you
this way it makes a difference or a
point of view like this you know it can
make a difference so how we use our
hands makes a difference in the
experience for that for our audience so
the first one there is the bully now
there's different ways of using the
bully we can do this we can have our
pinch now fists clenched and bully
something like this to get a point home
in you know hammer the point home yep
this is so important that you understand
this and you get this you can see where
I'm going if there's a point that you
want to make but you don't want to
pointed a /
you can point at the ground and you can
go this is so important
different ways of doing it so that's the
first one he's the bully whether it's
you know clenched fists whether you're
pointing all of these matter
you can even soften it just a pointing
at ourselves so that kind of reduces it
you can see that you know for pointing
I'm pointing or I'm pointing
makes a really big difference but I can
still be the bully and get the point
home great I think we've got that one so
go on to the leveller the next one you
know you've got you've got your audience
all riled up so you want to calm them
down a bit so you use this one you level
them down and I'm sure you've seen
people use it you may have even used it
yourself so you put your hands like this
and you level things you go right just
relax relax calm down it's okay relax so
having your hands flat like this so that
our palms are facing down I can support
your palms face down and our fingers and
our out so we're you know we're creating
this kind of calm level playing field
relaxing everybody everything's okay
okay just relax that's how we level
people out so if the audience is getting
you know a bit excited or you just want
to get their attention maybe they've
you've done an exercise and they're a
bit distracted you want to bring them
back it's all right can everybody come
back here and relax okay
take a deep breath we're going to focus
back on what we're going to do so
eyes over here so you may have seen I
used a couple of gestures in will move
on to the next one in just a moment
so hands hands down is the leveler
okay level out your audience and relax
and even out any emotions that are in
the room there's another way to do that
as well in fact I'll talk about the
other one now so if you do have a lot of
emotion maybe there's something you said
that had a that had an impact or left
your audience in a certain state and you
can kind of feel it and you're like oh
that's you know what's happening here
you can feel the emotion you're sure
what's happening or you might be really
clear about what's happening and maybe
it was something you know really
poignant that you share I'm not sure
there's a lot of things that can create
a state in your audience but if you want
to soften that then you use the Joker
and the Joker is just putting your body
out of balance so most of these are
imbalance you can see when I make
powerful I mean balance when you're
leveling people out of imbalance and the
elements of imbalance but the Joker is
off-center so yeah so that's the idea is
to actually get off center so if you've
got your audience there everything's
really tense okay everybody's you know
worried or whatever it might be
everything's really tense then you can
go and that gesture helps me helps break
it up
okay so we've put the bully the leveler
the Joker and the placate er the potato
they're pleading they're please come
with me please please so you're
basically it's like begging
you've got your comms open okay so your
palms are open and upward okay this time
they're up and it's like you're pleading
you're you're begging for someone to
come with me and you can see here I'm
actually gesturing at the same time so
it is just this so you can say who's
interested and you've got your hands up
so these are very natural and and and
you'll notice them in communication all
the time you probably use them yourself
but now you have conscious awareness of
it you can use them with intention so
here they are and you can beg the people
to come along with you don't use this
one very often though so if you're using
this all the time people are going to
lose you lose trust in you because they
don't they don't have the conviction
that you know what you're talking about
there's too much plaguing is to it
please please begging to come with you
so don't use this one a lot use it only
when you need to get a response I'll use
it in front of an audience when I want
people to answer me if I ask a question
and no one responds I might say I might
ask it again so who would like to give
me an answer to that put your hand up
come on put your hand up I know you want
it come on put your hand up okay so you
can see I was playing with a little bit
there but that's part of it you can
actually it's like a Simon Says is a
kind of an advanced thing you can start
suggesting what you want people to do
like put your hand up you know who's got
a question for me
great you know who's got a question come
on great let's your hands up awesome
awesome well done and that one though
traditionally do you like this you're
pleading please please come along is
further me actually gesturing in at the
same time so that one is the placate er
and now we've got one of my favorite
ones is the thinker and this is the last
one that I'm gonna be running through
today is the thinker the thinker is free
straightforward it's your hand under
your chin
I believe you're meant to have the
finger up along the side of your cheek
like this don't quote me on that no I'm
not a hundred percent sure but the point
is underneath the chin is really
important you may have seen the pose
there's actually a statute done of the
thinker I think he's in the traditional
pose if his fingers up then you know
then that's what it is but you can also
judge for yourself as you watch this you
know is this what what makes you think
more highly of it is it this if you
think of this or if you think of this
which one helps you to get clearer in
your thinking I suggest you use that one
so that's it and as we've worked through
these and if you implement them you're
going to have an amazing difference in
your business and maybe that's not what
you're won maybe instead you just want
to spend some time to have a think about
that maybe these are great maybe they're
not either way I hope you had a lot of
fun learning the Setia
hand gestures to actually implement the
next time you're talking you could even
meet one-on-one whether it's a group or
in front of a large audience either way
I hope they've been incredibly valuable
to you and I look forward to catching up
with you somewhere down the track
you
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