Ainda há quem diga que os políticos não necessitam de Media Training? Hum...

Transcrevo aqui post editado por Sara Batalha no seu blog Media Training 2.0 http://sarabatalha.blogspot.com/2009/07/ainda-ha-quem-diga-que-os-politicos-nao.html

- "Quando falo em público, o que devo fazer com as mãos?" - esta é uma das perguntas mais comuns q me fazem.
- "Utilize as mãos da forma que as usa no dia a dia quando fala com alguém - gesticule com um pouco mais energia do que o habitual..."

Isto fazia sentido até... Manuel Pinho!
Manuel Pinho cometeu um dos erros clássicos de Media Training... esqueceu-se que o 'OFF the RECORD' é um mito. Mesmo sem estar a ser gravado directamente, NUNCA nos podemos esquecer que onde está um jornalista (500 metros é a distância aconselhada) existe SEMPRE a possibilidade de 'isto' acontecer: Disparate por negligência que leva ao fim de uma carreira pública.
Mas mesmo assim, claro que se deve gesticular publicamente! Caso contrário, corre-se riscos. Em Portugal, nos EUA ou na India... PLEASE, move your hands when you're speaking. Otherwise....
Your body looks literally stiff.
You look uncomfortable.
Your arms stiffen.
Your vocal chords stiffen.
You speak in a lower volume.
You speak more monotone.
You seem more boring.
Don’t do it!
In theory, it is possible to move your hands too much and to gesticulate so wildly that you distract your audience.

But relaying in the MTW experience of a quarter of a century of coaching people around the world and my own, I have never had a client who moved his or her hands too much. Yet every week, sometimes every day, I have clients or students who freeze their hands or hold pens or grab lecterns to keep their hands from moving.


Let’s focus on the real problem, then: When you are nervous, you tense your body and stop moving your hands. This makes you look nervous to the audience, and that’s a problem. We want to look natural, relaxed, and confident to our audiences so they can focus on what we
are saying, not on what we are doing or not doing with our bodies.


So, even this takes some practice, please follow these steps:

When you are speaking to a new group of people for the first time, or if you are doing anything that takes you out of your comfort zone, you may need to consciously think while speaking,
“I am now moving my right hand…now I am moving my left hand…” You have to prime the pump at the beginning of your presentation by forcing your hands to move.

This sounds phony and contrived, but if you practice it, you will look natural and relaxed. And eventually you won’t have to remind yourself to move. Around the world, I find that most audiences respond best to presenters who talk and move in a natural manner. And most people move both hands when they speak. Yes, there are a few exceptions (such as in Japan where it is considered rude to gesture when giving a business presentation). Always try to find out if there are local customs that supersede your own practices, and then follow those local customs. But in general, your audience will see you as confident, authoritative, and authentic if you move your hands when you present.