VIDEOS
These are some useful videos to get you thinking like a NVC.
History Channel's: Secrets of Body Language
Secrets of Body Language attempts to reach a deeper understanding of some of the most prominent moments in history and tabloid culture. While the cameras roll, it is human instinct to put on a confident pose of strength and openness, but our body language can easily betray these good intentions. This is never truer than in the world of politics where the illusion of cooperation can often mask great anxiety, uncertainty and discord.
The film shows us several examples of this, including the summit meetings between United States President Bill Clinton, President of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak which took place at the dawning of the new millennium, and President Richard Nixon's offerings of transparency while in the throes of the Watergate scandal more than two decades earlier. In each instance, the simplest pat on the back, crossing of arms across the chest, quiver in the voice, speed of a footstep or stance during a handshake illustrates underlying tensions and doubt.
The celebrity-driven portions of the documentary, which are dominated by the likes of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, are vacuous and amusing examples of fluff at best. More consequential are the segments which spotlight the non-verbal traits of successful world and business leaders, salespeople who excel at closing a deal, or to members of the New York Police Department whose instincts for reading body language could mean the difference between life and death.
Fast-paced and engrossing, Secrets of Body Language is a fascinating study of human nature, and of how our actions really do speak louder than words.
TED Talks
Some insightful TED Talks
Joe Navarro at the CMX Summit
CMX Summit is the world's largest gathering of community professionals and businesses. CMX, the hub for the community industry, curates community management case studies, research, education and events to help businesses develop successful community strategies and give community professionals the opportunity to thrive.
Box of Lies:
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Fallon and his guest are separated by a wall. One of them looks inside a random box, which almost always contains a super strange object, and has to announce what that object is to their opponent. The opponent needs to figure out if they're getting the truth, or being lied to.
Non-Verbal Cues explained through FRIENDS
Mr. Bean and Charlie Chaplin? YES!
Bet you forgot about these gentlemen! Two of the greatest non-verbal communicators of the 20th and 21st Century.