Are you a person focused on the relationship-building aspect of communication? You may observe that Quarter Turn is your default orientation even as you listen. What changes in your Breath-Though Connection, your word choice, or in your gesture when you stand or sit in a Quarter Turn? You may find that you utilize more gestures in a Quarter Turn, listen differently, or employ more narrative. Now think about how you orient your torso during the delivery of a presentation or speech in front of an audience or at a lectern. You will most likely observe that you and others default to a Full Front position.
Practice your prepared presentation or discussion points positioned in Full Front and then again in Quarter Turn. Repeat a couple of times. Notice what changes in your delivery, word emphasis, and gesture. In particular, notice the softening of facial expressions and tone when you deliver the same material in a Quarter Turn. As you begin to pay attention to your own patterns of Line Focus, you will develop an awareness of how your orientation influences the degree of engagement you have with other people and that an audience has with you. For instance, you may want to draw focus with Full Front or connect with someone in a Quarter Turn.
Learner Milestones
- Understand that Quarter Turn is a relationship-building orientation
- Experience how Quarter Turn is supportive of narrative
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Introduction11 Topics
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What is Strategic Communication?
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Exercise: What is Strategic Communication?
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Foundation Course Pre Survey
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Why Does it Matter?
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Exercise: Why Does it Matter?
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How Does it Work?
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Exercise: How Does it Work?
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What Makes it Mine?
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Exercise: What Makes it Mine?
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Understanding Fundamental Skills
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Exercise: Understanding Fundamental Skills
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What is Strategic Communication?
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The Breath-Thought Connection8 Topics
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Physical Orientation16 Topics
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The Emotional Center
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Exercise: The Emotional Center
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Understanding Line Focus
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Exercise: Understanding Line Focus
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Understanding Physical Orientation
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Exercise: Understanding Physical Orientation
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Understanding Full Front
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Exercise: Understanding Full Front
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Understanding Quarter Turn
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Exercise: Understanding Quarter Turn
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Understanding Profile
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Exercise: Understanding Profile
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Understanding Three-Quarter Turn
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Exercise: Understanding Three-Quarter Turn
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Using Full Back
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Exercise: Using Full Back
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The Emotional Center
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Frame and Stance12 Topics
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Understanding Counterbalance
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Exercise: Understanding Counterbalance
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Understanding Frame and Stance
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Exercise: Understanding Frame and Stance
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Finding a Ready Position
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Exercise: Finding a Ready Position
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Creating a Listening Body
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Exercise: Creating a Listening Body
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Stance, Symmetry, and Weight
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Exercise: Stance, Symmetry, and Weight
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The Base to Gesture Relationship
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Exercise: The Base to Gesture Relationship
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Understanding Counterbalance