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RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL REIA MEETING
The final transfer of authority must be physical. What I mean is this;
once you've made the introduction, wait for the speaker to get to the
front of the room, walk on stage, then either give him a handshake
(or sometimes even a quick hug may be appropriate depending on
the situation), and then exit the stage immediately. Your job is now
done for the next ninety minutes. The handshake, as simple as it
sounds, is important and is a physical sign to show that you've now
given up the stage (and the authority of the front of the room)
willingly to your speaker.
A Really Bad Speaker’s Intro Example
I've seen some bad intros in my day, and I'm sure you have as well.
Here are a few characteristics of a terrible intro for a speaker. (You
may laugh, but this is a real example!)
• The host looks like a bum on the street, has no energy, is
boring to listen to, even worse to look at, and comes across as
someone that struggles with depression each and every waking
moment of his life.
• The host reads directly from the speaker’s bio, mumbling the
words, not speaking loudly enough for the people in the back of
the room to hear what he's saying. He has no idea who the
speaker is in reality or why the audience should listen to him,
and doesn't provide any reason for the audience to have any
emotional attachment to anything they're about to hear.
• The host appears to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 150
years old, even though he is only 34.
• The host tells a story in a monotone voice for more than 25
minutes about his need for coffee in the morning, and how he
does nothing without a few cups before he gets to work each
day, which led to his divorce. His wife just doesn't need coffee.
She's a morning person.
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