: Eleni Kelakos, CSP
: Charismatic Presence 5 Principles For Magnetic Presentations
: Indie Books International
: 9781966168225
: Charismatic Presence
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: English
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Whether you're a CEO, an entrepreneur, or anyone who wants to communicate with greater influence, you know the stakes are high when it comes to public speaking. The inability to speak effectively can cost you customers, keep you from motivating your team, and damage your career prospects. Drawing on her diverse background in theater, music, and executive coaching, Eleni Kelakos presents a five-principle process to help you develop a Charismatic Presence that commands attention and inspires action. With real-world examples, actionable exercises, and proven techniques, this book is a roadmap to conquering your fears, connecting deeply with your audience, and becoming a truly magnetic communicator.

Eleni Kelakos, CSP, The Speaker Whisperer, is a presence and presentation expert and the president of the Eleni Group. She uses performance techniques learned over twenty years as a professional actor and award-winning, nationally touring singer-songwriter to help business leaders worldwide speak with more authenticity, confidence, and impact.

Chapter 1Why Charismatic Presence And Presentation Skills Matter


Presence [is] …the real core component of charisma, the foundation upon which all else is built.

OLIVIA FOX CABANE, THE CHARISMA MYTH1

You were born with a powerful, magnetic presence. A presence that’s yours to expand and share without a whole lot of muss or fuss. A Charismatic Presence that may very well be different from what you think “presence” and “charisma” looks or feels like.

Don’t believe that? I sure didn’t. Until the night and the moment when I saw and realized those mind-blowing notions for myself.

It happened in 1988 at a dress rehearsal of an exciting new musical created and performed by a talented cast at the prestigious Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. Slouched in a seat in the darkened theater, I was doing something I often did as a young actor: observing—and learning from—other professional actors as they made their magic on the stage.

The cast was large, and the opening musical number was big and bombastic. Actors in colorful costumes danced and sang their hearts out on the brightly lit stage. As they swirled and twirled and sang and whirled, I found my eyes drifting to a small staircase at the very back of the stage. On the stairs sat a little girl, an actor of about eight years old, thoroughly and silently absorbed in reading a large book. I watched her slowly turn page after page of her book, seemingly oblivious to anything going on around her. She wasn’t trying to “act.” She wasn’t trying to make us watch her or like her. She wasn’t trying to impress us. She wasn’t “trying” at all. She was simply being herself, fully present in the moment, and utterly engaged with her task. And as a result, I couldn’t take my eyes off her.

I thought about that little girl long after I left the theater that evening. Because without even trying, she had radiated “it”—that intangible magnetism we callcharisma.

That little actor had charisma, in the extreme, which both confused and intrigued me. Because, up until that moment, I had equated charisma with a sort of pumped-up, larger-tha