Hi!!! I have just found you and I loved your enthusiasm and generosity by sharing these amazing tips!! I have been a tour guide since 25 years but with a huge break in between ( motherhood) I have returned to the lovely world of tour guiding since last year and now here, where I live ( Qatar),tourism is on its very first steps and therefore there are sooooo many new tourist guides being rapidly trained ( a week and half training ) so I have shared your channel and videos with the whole tour guide community in Qatar and I hope they make a good use of your tips !!! And add many more subscribers Thx again Eve
Thanks for the tips. I am a tour guide and a teacher. I teach Spanish and English as a foreign language and your videos are a great resource to my lessons. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Bariloche, Argentina.
hey hi there, thank you very much for uploading such an informative video. i am planning to setting up my own walking tour soon, and i will definetly follow your advice, cheers
I am in a play and I have to play the role of tour guide...I m really bad at acting ngl My teacher pointed me out saying I wasn't having the confidence or body language So I m trying to look for some tips. I will update tomorrow after final rehearsal wish me luck 😭✊
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And - if you don't mind - a very important trick: don't show that you are so very nervous, moving your hands so much. "Keep a relaxed posture" means you are not making your audience dizzy, while trying to follow your hands moving all over. If you cannot stop the movement, find a clipboard. This will make you aware of unwanted extra-movements. You can use some mimic instead... Is much easier for your listeners. It is normal to show a castle, a tower, a balcony you are speaking about, but do NOT move your hands non stop.
Great tip Alex, fiddling is a telltale sign of nervousness. But as long as your hands aren't distracting, I wouldn't worry about using too many descriptive hand motions. Actually, studies have found that using more hand gestures can engage our audience as well as help them better understand what we are saying. Our friend Vanessa Van Edwards over at The Science of People has a great article on the benefits of using hand gestures: www.scienceofpeople.com/2015/08/20-hand-gestures-using/ Thanks for tuning in Alex, Kelsey T
So useful! Thank you very much. Im from Argentina and whenever I need tips for my job, I look for your videos.They go straight to the point 😊
Thanks for this information very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for good information
Hi!!! I have just found you and I loved your enthusiasm and generosity by sharing these amazing tips!! I have been a tour guide since 25 years but with a huge break in between ( motherhood) I have returned to the lovely world of tour guiding since last year and now here, where I live ( Qatar),tourism is on its very first steps and therefore there are sooooo many new tourist guides being rapidly trained ( a week and half training ) so I have shared your channel and videos with the whole tour guide community in Qatar and I hope they make a good use of your tips !!! And add many more subscribers
Thx again
Eve
Thanks for the tips. I am a tour guide and a teacher. I teach Spanish and English as a foreign language and your videos are a great resource to my lessons. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Bariloche, Argentina.
I've enjoyed these tutorials so much. Thank you for your leadership in the guiding community.
You are awesome Kelsey.
You are amazing. Thank you for sharing this video
wow... theres a channel for guide and tour leader!!! well I subscribe right away... cheers brother...
hey hi there, thank you very much for uploading such an informative video. i am planning to setting up my own walking tour soon, and i will definetly follow your advice, cheers
Hey! Thank you I'm starting as a guide u helped me
Wow! i made most mistakes that you mentioned. Thank you!!!
interesante canal, para poner en practica todas sus recomendaciones. gracias
I am in a play and I have to play the role of tour guide...I m really bad at acting ngl
My teacher pointed me out saying I wasn't having the confidence or body language
So I m trying to look for some tips. I will update tomorrow after final rehearsal wish me luck 😭✊
Finished Watching? Join us over in the comments section at Be a Better Guide to share your input and see what others are saying. What body language advice would you share with the be a Better guide community? Were there any mistakes you corrected or techniques that you found helpful? We’d love your input. www.beabetterguide.com/how-to-effectively-use-your-body-language-as-a-tour-leader/#comments
Would have been helpful if you put the links to the videos in the description. The PDF is showing a 404 error now.
And - if you don't mind - a very important trick: don't show that you are so very nervous, moving your hands so much. "Keep a relaxed posture" means you are not making your audience dizzy, while trying to follow your hands moving all over.
If you cannot stop the movement, find a clipboard. This will make you aware of unwanted extra-movements. You can use some mimic instead... Is much easier for your listeners. It is normal to show a castle, a tower, a balcony you are speaking about, but do NOT move your hands non stop.
Great tip Alex, fiddling is a telltale sign of nervousness.
But as long as your hands aren't distracting, I wouldn't worry about using too many descriptive hand motions. Actually, studies have found that using more hand gestures can engage our audience as well as help them better understand what we are saying. Our friend Vanessa Van Edwards over at The Science of People has a great article on the benefits of using hand gestures: www.scienceofpeople.com/2015/08/20-hand-gestures-using/
Thanks for tuning in Alex,
Kelsey T
Amezing
Thank you bro
well I subschribe right away..
"a GUIDE line" for posture 😉😂
Man I do everything he said not to do