Lauren Garza<\/a><\/p>\nYeah. I don’t like that guy. Most everybody else in the audience hated that guy, too. Can you blame us? It was 8am. We were all easing into \u00a0our days with mugs of coffee in a corporate training room. The forced cheerfulness made everyone feel hostile toward the outside training guy almost immediately. Frowns, groans, and eye rolls all around.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, connecting with colleagues, we agreed. The presenter was insufferable. Corny, cheesy, fake-positive<\/span> awful. For hours.<\/p>\nWhen I told the story of our unanimous dislike for the faux-cheerful speaker to other colleagues, I was reprimanded.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you? I love positive attitude guys. They give me a lift. You should have given him a chance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In all fairness, I gave him a chance. I felt insulted. So did most of the people in the room.<\/p>\n
As a presenter, I need to gauge the mood of the audience and adjust my tone and style. Most of the time, a business presenter needs to be slightly more peppy than the audience. (There are exceptions.) Displaying a little more energy than your audience demonstrates courtesy. Without words, a slightly amped<\/span> energy level says that you acknowledge the feelings of the audience while being mindful that you\u2019re enthusiastic about your content.<\/p>\nIf you go way overboard and fake an egregiously cheerful attitude, you cross a line. It says that you don\u2019t care about the feelings of the audience: you\u2019re going to try to force them to be as falsely cheerful as you\u2019re pretending to be. It even sends a message that your content isn\u2019t that good — instead of being genuinely enthusiastic, you have to fake your enthusiasm.<\/p>\n
So yeah, I don’t like that guy. But my question is: why on earth do other people seem to love this guy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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