All About the Numbers
Which percentage of people agree that excellent presentation skills are critical to work and life success?
What is 92%?
If you have a fear of ____ ____, you may suffer from glossophobia.
What is the fear of public speaking?
The average adult’s attention span?
What is 8-10 minutes?
True or False? Your brain is constantly trying to predict whether a speaker is safe and credible before it focuses on the actual words.
What is true?
People tend to use fewer gestures and fewer words when doing this, because their brains are working harder.
What is lying?
This is the amount of time you have to grab your audience’s attention when a new PowerPoint slide appears.
What are three seconds?
What are the top 3 fears in the United States?
What are death, public speaking, and financial problems?
What can impair your wages by 10% and hinder promotion by 15%?
What is fear of giving a presentation?
How many seconds does it take for someone to form a first impression about you?
What is 7 seconds?
Contrary to popular belief, doing this with your eyes more often does not mean a person is lying — it usually just means they’re thinking.
What is looking away / breaking eye contact?
Which percentage of people believe that PowerPoint presentations are "terrible and boring"?
What is 79%?
This Greek word is rooted in the word glossa meaning "tongue" and phobos meaning fear of.
What is Glossophobia?
86% of people in low-income communities earning less than $50K a year report experiencing this intense fear.
What is glossophobia?
How much of our time at work is spent communicating?
What is 60% of workplace time?
When lying, people may touch this part of their face more often due to increased nervous system activity.
What is the nose or mouth?
How much of our communication is nonverbal?
What is 93%
When does Atelphobia, the fear of not being good enough or making mistakes, usually show up>
What is panic about “messing up” while speaking?
This job skill has seen a 20% increase in importance over the past five years, now ranking higher in the job market than before
What is public speaking?
Our brain processes Nonverbal cues about 10x faster than what type of language?
What is verbal language?
There is no single reliable nonverbal sign of lying — but experts look for this instead.
What are patterns or clusters of behavior?
Which percent of hiring managers regard public speaking skills as important for job candidates?
What is 59%?
Atychiphobia is the fear of failure. When might it show up?
What are situations where they might be evaluated (like presentations)?
Which percent of employers are struggling to fill job vacancies where public speaking is required?
What is 90%?
What is 55% nonverbal, 38% vocal (tone), and 7% verbal (words)?
What is communication?
This body language mistake actually makes people more suspicious — even though we often do it when we’re trying to appear confident
What is smiling too much or smiling at the wrong time?