I’m going to be on TV. KOIN’s Keep It Local, channel 6 here in Portland, next Thursday at 4 p.m.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous, specifically about how to camouflage my arms- the camera adds 10 pounds they say- but besides the inevitable television bloat, I’m nervous about the angle.
I’ve made it very clear, through my assistant Val, that I am not a body language expert. This, I think, is disappointing to some people. Like the reporter who interviewed me a few months back and never ran the story. She seemed very interested in the mainstream “body language” stuff- “what am I communicating now?” she asked at one point, leaning forward, freezing her body, as if she were expecting me to pull a rabbit out of a hat. I explained that our work really centers more around becoming systematic with our own nonverbals- and well, the story never ran.
So it will be interesting to see what type of questions I get. My hope is that I’m able to convey how important nonverbal intelligence really is. Although it may be fun to look at body language and guess at the person’s meaning, we are much more successful when we tune into our own nonverbal communication.
Watch KOIN’s Keep It Local next Thursday, November 19th at 4 p.m. to see if I’m successful getting that across. And after watching, feel free to email me your comments, specifically about how thin my arms looked.
Hello Sari, I watched your segment today after DVR’ing the show, and thought you did a good job, but was disappointed they gave you so little time, nor even mentioned that you would be on at the beginning of the show. I don’t think someone could have understood completely what you were saying, but maybe it was enough to pique their interest and come to this website. I think it would have also been helpful if you could have demonstrated as you talked, instead of just sit on the couch while the TV screen is replaced with the visual you were talking about.
I absolutely agree. I was somewhat surprised that they didn’t a) announce I’d be on before putting me on and b) that it was so short! I was demonstrating as I talked but didn’t realize they had the bullet points up instead! More in my blog about the experience to come…thanks for watching!