Magic Tricks in Public Speaking

But if you're planning to utilize magic in public speaking of any type then you've to think carefully about the way you present it.

You have to make sure the magic trick or magic trick which you perform throughout your address or demonstration are made essential to the material of things you're saying, not just tagged on because you read someplace that magic can help your demo be noticeable!

It Is true of course that magic can aid your demo - it is the primary statement of this particular article and also the basis of its own argument; but it'd be more precise to state that magic may put in a strong new dimension to your own demo if it is made significant in the circumstance. The meaningfulness of the magic in the circumstance is the thing that causes it to be memorable, otherwise it's simply a diversion.

The simplest strategy to help make the magic significant (and thus strong and memorable) is always to pick a magic trick or routine that directly illustrates your main purpose. This is often done in the start to catch focus then you go to extrapolate your argument with that purpose, or at the end to encapsulate visually that which you're saying.

With a magic trick in the centre of a demonstration tends to not work; only because no one is anticipating it, it becomes a diversion and everything you say later might not be suitably heard. No one is anticipating it in the conclusion either, but there it functions as a surprise which stresses what you have said and as you will not be saying anything else it just 'wraps up' in an impactful and memorable manner.

You can easily observe that utilizing a magic trick in this manner functions as some sort of 'group mnemonic'. The visual and psychological effect of the magic trick will impress itself on the heads of your listeners for weeks, months and even years later; and the points you've made is going to be linked with that specific memory.

And here's the actual power inside: your address will likely be related to a favorable psychological encounter. And that's the best power of persuasion you will ever have the ability to use.

Magic has other bonuses for company speakers in the international arena as it's an amusement that crosses cultural borders.

Especially if you're associated with commerce with Japan or India, where magic tricks are adored and magicians exceptionally revered. Introducing magic into your display in those contexts can do no harm in any way.

Additionally, there are specific manners you could use magic at conventions, for instance, even when you're not in the limelight or in the podium. A favourite of mine would be to magically make a business card, or apparently 'print' the card by magic on a clean paper. The Two of these, performed with panache and confidence can provide a really trendy impression.

Ultimately, do not go over the top, as the saying goes: you should use magic tricks sparingly; one or two at the most in any single demonstration. Do Not attempt turning it right into a magic show! It Is the surprise factor that gives it the impact plus it is the preciseness of its own significance inside the circumstance that produces it work to transport your message onward.

A Number of the very best magic trick for using in public speaking, company presentations and school assemblies may be learned promptly and cheaply by anyone prepared to place in a bit of time. They do not need any elaborate braces or gadgets. Most can be finished with matters that come easily to hand at any given seminar, company meeting or people or school occasion like coins, bank notes, handkerchiefs, drinking glasses, pencils etc. Inflation and devaluation, for instance, might be exemplified by transforming coins or bank notes into higher or lesser values magically. Business cards may be magically made or printed before your co-workers' eyes.

To pick and present magic tricks suitably and efficiently in your demos will need trust, imagination and wisdom. Have you got those qualities? I really hope so, or you also should not actually be in company!

There Is an additional plus, also. learning magic tricks is scientifically demonstrated to improve concentration, perceptual, problem solving and connection-building abilities; all vital to modern business practice.

EXAMPLE CONVERSATION

Normal text is what you would say, bold is the subjects responses.

(You walk over to a person and sit down at their table. You have maybe spoke to this person a few times before. You have just come off your summer holidays. Note: they are sitting in the perfect posture already)

“Hi. Did you have a nice time on holiday? Where did you go again?”
“Wigan.” ☺
“Oh, I bet that was lovely wasn’t it? Can you describe the holiday to me please?”
(Subject places her hand on chin, a few moments later you mirror this)
“Well, It looked really nice, there was loads of night clubs and stuff! And the music there is great!”
“Ahh!, You like me, like music! What was your best memory from the holiday?”
(We now know she processes Visually then Auditory, so next must be Kinaesthetically)
“Yeah. I was dancing at this night club and it was really fun, the music had been playing for hours and it was early in the morning, we just had a really great time dancing and drinking!” (Emotional peak > anchored by scratching neck-visual anchor)
“Yeah, I can picture that. It looks really good. My best memory of my holiday was the first day when everything just starts to sink in. I remember looking around as I got off the plane and I saw the best view ever. The island was picturesque. Bordered with mountains and beaches with crystal- clear water. And when you got to the seaside, all you could hear was the sound of crashing waves and seagulls. The water-sports there were great. You could do anything from jet-skiing to canoeing. Can you imagine that?”
(Testing how far I was getting with the rapport, I began to attempt leading the mirroring)
“Wow, I can almost see that, It sounds really great. I remember, we had a really strange couple staying in the room next to us, they said the weirdest stuff!”
“Haha! Really? Actually I can picture this couple who were at a bar one night near to me. I was listening to what they were saying (because I am nosey!) and the man was gazing into the woman’s eyes, he touched her shoulder (touch shoulder) leaned over and said
“I love you loads, I am going crazy about you, I just want to kiss you so badly; it is driving me wild and I know you feel the same way about me!” Can you imagine that?
“Yeah, yeah I can…”
“Hehe! Look at us! We are sitting here, talking to each other about holidays, and you feel great!”
“Yeah it does feel good! I feel as though I have known you for a long time, and as though I can tell you anything.”
“I feel the same way! And I am sure that naturally, as you think about it now, you might realise that the more I speak to you; the stronger you may feel (Scratch neck) about our relationship.”

There you go, an example conversation using the majority of the techniques described above. And it could keep going on until you leave making her feel very happy (anchor).☺

KEY WORDS

There are a few little extra’s you can add into your linguistic patterns to make your “Neuro Linguistic Programming” even more effective. These tend to be adjectives; or describing words. There are many different “Key words” which we use everyday, but sometimes they will back up and enhance our desired outcome, sometimes they will not. You will realise after reading this section that there are lots of words I have not included here, that is because there are lots of them, I will include the ones I prefer to use, if you find some that are effective for you; great, use them. Whatever works for you is best.

EXPLANATION

I like to explain this as the “HOW? WHAT? WHEN? WHY?” sentence.
Our sentences will be good if we use carefully selected words to enhance the desired outcome, but if we can include “Key words” into each one of these elements, we will have the perfect NLP sentence.

HOW?
How words explain to the subject how something is going to happen, how it will feel to them.
Examples are “NATURALLY”, “STRIAGHT AWAY”.

WHAT?
What words explain what the subject is going to experience, what is going to happen.
Examples are “UNDERSTAND”, “NOTICE”, “EXPERIENCE”, “SENSATION”.

WHEN?
When words explain when the desired outcome is going to happen, in relationship to the future and present tenses.
Examples are “DURING”, “NOW”, “SOON”, “AFTER”.

WHY?
Why words are the beginnings of explaining why the subject will ‘feel the sensation’ for example. The basis behind it is “X does one thing so Y does another”
Examples are “CAUSES”, “BECAUSE”, “SO THAT”.

EXAMPLE
“Naturally you have discovered, that soon after I began to speak to you; you started to feel really relaxed, and the more that we speak to each other; the more relaxed you might feel.”
As you can see when we look at this statement, it is far more effective at getting a person to feel relaxed than saying “the more I speak, the more you will relax” this is because we are aiming for the unconscious to come into play with the detailed statement, where as the last version is purely directed at the conscious.

If you go back to page 9 now, you will see an Example about the netball girl. If you would care to look at the last thing I said to her, you will notice I use the same format as I have just explained.

“Don’t worry, Naturally, I’m sure if you take the time to think (scratch neck) you might realise that you are actually in a really good mood now, and may even want to go out tonight with your friends. What do you think?”

I bet you didn’t notice anything was special about what I had said to her when you first read it, did you? So you can also understand now just how unnoticed this pattern goes when used and the sentence still sounds perfectly normal, but will do a lot more for your persuasion and suggestion.

Another element is extremely important when you are telling someone what to feel, think or do. We do not want a person to think that we are forcing them into anything, we want everything we do and say to seem very natural to the subject. Using NLP and suggestion is a double-edged sword. You want to be seen as being on the same side as the subject, not against them, if you are seen as being on the same side then your suggestions will be far more effective and persuasive. Certain words will make the person think unconsciously that you are against them; this is where many hypnotist and suggestion artists fail, because they don’t seem to grasp the idea. So I will attempt to explain it so that we all understand what we should and shouldn’t say, and why.

THE INDEFINATE DEFINATE

Through lots of experience using suggestion and NLP I have discovered something I feel many people have failed to notice, so I decided to write this down to help all other people understand why there suggestions sometimes don’t work as well, and ultimately this knowledge will improve their performance. In the example above with the netball girl, you may notice that I did not say, “You WILL realise that you are actually in a good mood” I say “You MIGHT ….” This is because if you tell a person what they will feel, they will unconsciously try to resist this as it feels to them as though you are trying to dominate them, remember:

NO ONE LIKES TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO!!!

I have found that if you use the word “might” the person feels as though this is far less threatening to them and they have freedom of choice, it also makes you seem more relaxed as you put your faith into the person feeling or doing what you say to them. As I said before; many people have not come across this option and as a result, their suggestion and NLP is less effective, I have actually found far greater success using “might” rather than “will” so I strongly suggest trying this out.

YOU LIKE ME (LOVE CHEESE)
I guess the title has amused you a little. This technique is again a way of enforcing the fact that a person likes you. It has a similar outcome to using quotes except this is very direct and involves no third parties. The technique does use the hidden command of “you like me” although the content is nothing to do with either you or your subject. Before I explain how we can use this, let’s have a look at an example.

EXAMPLE

You are talking to the subject at a café; you are standing in line waiting to choose which sandwich you want today. The subject reaches over and takes a hold of a cheese and Branston pickle sandwich. (☺) Here is what you say:

“Ahh, you like me, love cheese!”

The command here is “you like me” so unconsciously the subject is reinforced of his/her affection for you. Notice the tonality of voice and the use of pauses is different in comparison to how we would normally say this sentence. Here is how we would usually say the sentence if the focus point was “love cheese”

“Ahh, you, like me, love cheese!” (emphasis on “love”)

This takes a whole new meaning to the sentence and the subject will only focus on the “love cheese” section, but as we want the subject to like us, all we do is get rid of the first pause after “you” and say this part as if we are actually only going to say “you like me”. We then take a small pause and say “love cheese” or whatever your criteria is.

FOR EVERY GOOD, THERE’S A BAD

We know that there are a lot of words that can enhance our suggestion and persuasion techniques, but are there any words that can make out skills less effective?
Well, it would be nice if there weren’t, but there are.
One thing we must remember is never to use negatives. If I said “do not think of a blue frog” you think of a blue frog. This is because the command is still “think of a blue frog”. Our brain has to first picture the image to not think about it, if you understand me.

Words like “try” should never be used in suggestion too. This is because try is associated with “nice try” which we know means that you have failed whatever it is you were doing. To ask someone to try and feel better for example will not work because:
TRY = FAIL.
Another word that is no good for suggestion is “BUT”. The word ‘but;’ negates anything that has been stated before it, therefore it is useless in suggestion. Negative words such as “Could have” and “Don’t” shouldn’t be used as they draw on past events that haven’t happened, and are classed as pointless.

Chapter 4- Advanced Linguistics

This section will teach about the special techniques that can be used in a sentence to increase the possibilities of persuasion and suggestion.
Hopefully, by now, you have quite an understanding of how important wording is when creating strong rapport with a person. We are now going to delve deeper into these realms and uncover the special words and techniques that enhance our ability to persuade our subjects.

FACT AND OPINION MERGE

We can all tell facts and opinions about anything in the world. From movies: “That film had poor ratings from critics, it was rubbish”, to clothes: “The top is orange, the top looks like sick!” We can also all tell the difference between what is fact, and what is opinion…or can we?
What if it was possible that we could get people to believe that what we are saying is fact, though it is indeed only an opinion? What if we could change people’s perceptions on reality?

EXPLANATION

If we can gain agreement on a few facts with our subject, then in the same sentence we can include an opinion; which will also be regarded as fact. Before we continue; let’s look at an example.

EXAMPLE

You are a motorbike-salesman, trying to sell a HONDA NSR. Note the use of fact and opinion.
“Now this motorbike is a HONDA NSR 125, it has full bodywork, will reach speeds around 100mph and rides like a dream”

Let’s deconstruct this statement.
I first use a fact about the motorbike being a HONDA NSR 125, there is no doubt about this and doesn’t need to be questioned as the buyer will see this for themselves. Again, I use another fact about it having full bodywork. The last fact I say is that it reaches speeds around 100mph (there is an extra subtlety here we will touch on later). The last statement is totally opinion based, yet it reads and sounds like a fact, so the buyer would believe that it “rides like a dream” without questioning. Can you see how we can shift a person’s perceptions of what is real?

BINDING

Binding is where we place a statement that is accepted as true next to a statement we want to be accepted as true. The bind usually comes into play after at least two facts have been stated, so the subject already assumes the next statement will be fact.
So, we have learnt how to get someone really interested in buying a motorbike, but what about getting someone to not like something? It uses the same idea; let’s have a look.

EXAMPLE

You do not like someone, and want your friend to dislike them too (this is a little cruel, isn’t it?) Note the use of fact and opinion.

“Look at her, she is standing there in that denim skirt, holding her bag, thinking she is really gorgeous” 􀃅 Obvious opinion- we can not possibly know what this girl is thinking, yet it is still regarded as fact.

Let’s refer back to the motorbike example again. I mentioned that there was an extra little subtlety hidden in the phrasing, have you noticed what it is yet? It is what I have decided to call the around about effect.

THE “AROUND ABOUT” EFFECT

Before I explain what this is and how I use it, let’s first examine what around about means. If I said to you “a can of coke costs around about 30pence”, I think that would be fair to say, knowing that a can costs about 37pence. So, around about means ‘nearly’, or ‘just over’. As most people like to think positively when we give them a statement including the words “around about”, they will generally accept what we say as “spot on”. For example, if I want to sell a can of coke, someone asks how much it is and I say “around 30pence” they believe it will be 30pence, yet when they get to the till and it says 40pence, they realise I haven’t lied, they just haven’t picked up on the information I sent them. Also, I have noticed that sometimes when a person asks me how much something is and I say“£10”, this person believes this is too much and often says “no thank you”. But what if I was to use the around about effect? I tried this same thing but when I said “around £10” the person seems to think that this is cheaper than “£10” when in fact it could even be more expensive.

CONCLUSION

Using the phrase “around about” or simply “around” allows us to also be “average” on what we say. So back to the motorbike example. I say the bike will go around 100mph, this is accepted as fact, but the bike only does 80mph. This is a deceptive technique many salesmen use nowadays, use in reference to your own beliefs.

QUESTIONS AND COMMANDS

In some circumstances we are most persuasive when we ask a question, in others; we are more likely to get the desired response when we give a command. If we could mix the two ways of gaining a desired response we could have control over what the subject does and when we want them to.

When we ask a question, our pitch increases towards the end. This is the basic way we can recognise when there would be a question mark at the end of the sentence if written down. When we say a command, out pitch tends to drop at the end of the sentence, again this is how we know that an exclamation mark should be at the end of the statement if written. If we think about it, anything can be asked as a question or as a statement, in fact, I could give a command, and the response could be the exact same sentence I have just said, but in the form of a question.

EXAMPLE

“Go and get me some chocolate and a glass of coke!” 􀃅 command
“Go and get me some chocolate and a glass of coke?” 􀃅 question

Your tonality is extremely important when using embedded commands. We can use marking to emphasise exactly what we want to be done for us. This is done by pausing right before your command point in the sentence, therefore marking the next word so unconsciously, the subject pays special attention to the command coming next. You must not be afraid to mark words with confidence, if you are too subtle, it will not work as well.

Let’s change the sentence so that the command is a little more embedded:

“Do you ever feel as though you sometimes (PAUSE) smile for no reason?”

Try this a few times on some people until you get the tonality perfect, you will notice that the unconscious mind picks up the command “smile for no reason” and the person will smile uncontrollably! Another way to play on the unconscious minds of the subject is to ask a question in the form of a command; again, they will pick this up and do what you say.

“Do you ever feel as though you sometimes smile for no reason!”

It is harder than you would expect to say a question as a command, remember your tonality should decrease towards the end of the sentence.

QUOTES

One of the best ways of using persuasion onto a subject is through word of mouth. How many times have you bought something because somebody you know said it was good, or cool? Form my own experience I can say I have done this many of times.
We can again alter someone’s actions and thoughts by incorporating the use of quotes into our linguistics. If I were to talk to a person and say what a “friend” had told me, or what someone else thinks on the matter in a subtle way, the subject I am talking to will unconsciously pick up on this and treat it like a command. They will to start to see things in the same way my “friend” does because that is what I have described to the subject.

EXAMPLE:

You want to create a strong rapport with someone, so you speak to him or her about someone else.

“Charlie said she feels as though she really knows me well, as though she can tell me anything and has known me for years. She thinks we have a strong bond and should be best friends. Isn’t that nice?”

EXPLANATION

Through the use of quotes the subject you are speaking to associates himself or herself with “Charlie” and will feel the same way as “Charlie” apparently does. This is a great way of increasing the rapport between you and the subject. Another great example of this was what a friend of mine once used to get a girl to go out with him:

“Yesterday, I was shopping around ASDA and I heard this couple together, the man said “I really love you, I want to kiss you so much it is driving me wild and I know you feel the same way! Can you imagine that? Wow!” Soon after this, the girl realised that she wanted to kiss my friend, and we had a success!

This worked because she consciously hears my friend telling her a story (the man wanted to kiss the woman, can she imagine it etc), yet she unconsciously associates you with being the man, and her with being the woman, so she feels compelled to wanting to kiss you as the woman in the story did want to kiss the man.

CONCLUSION

By using quotes we can tell people what we want them to do by replacing them with another person’s responses in a story. So, if you feel very strongly about someone you have strong rapport with, tell him/her a story where a man/woman (same sex as you) tells a man/woman (same sex as subject) that s/he really likes him/her and that s/he feels the same way and they started to kiss etc…be imaginative! Hmm….Maybe I should write a book to explain this conclusion…