Stage Anchoring

Controlling Your Audience's Emotions Using Stage Anchoring

Have you ever heard of the term “stage anchoring”? It’s a fantastic staging technique that is used in public speaking that will help you control the emotional response of the audience. Not only is it very effective but it’s also a well-kept secret among professional speakers. Now that you know what it is, you need to know how to incorporate it into your presentations when you are in front of an audience.

Stage anchoring is a sophisticated technique that is actually much easier to do than you might think. When you learn how to use the “stage anchoring” technique you will learn how to control and manage your audience by reaching their emotional state of mind. This technique will work efficiently no matter what type of audience you are addressing or what subject you are speaking on.

The term itself means using a specific location while on the stage to create and motivate certain emotional responses within the audience. These emotions are predetermined, meaning that you know ahead of time what type of response you want to create. This is the main factor that sets this technique apart from the others and makes it more advanced. You choose how you want your audience to react to what you have to say and you decide ahead of time how to make it happen.

This technique is new because in the past public speakers didn’t know the value of being able to control how the audience feels in advance. It was something most speakers never even thought about trying. There are four stages to the “stage anchoring” technique and all four must be done before you will get the response you are after.

The first stage is to take some time to plan exactly how you want the audience to feel at the end of your presentation. The emotional state of mind you want them in will be determined by the type of presentation you are giving. The second stage is to decide when you want the audience to feel a certain way during each part of the presentation. For instance, during the opening stage you may want then to feel excited and anxious to hear more. By the end of the presentation you may want them to feel a desire to buy a specific product.

The third stage is to decide exactly where you will be located on the stage when you are trying to make the audience feel a specific way. It’s very important that you have a specific spot for each emotional state that you want to make the audience feel. There should be a different spot for each emotion you want to get across. The last stage is to decide exactly what you’re going to say to get the audience to respond emotionally the way you want them to.

In many cases, telling a story is a great way to get the response you are searching for. Your own facial expressions and tone of voice are very powerful tools that, when matched with the emotion you want the audience to feel, will help to set the stage for that particular emotion.

The “stage anchoring” technique can be used in front of any audience regardless of how large or small it is and where the presentation is taking place. It’s a highly developed technique that’s not hard to use but it’s easier to teach or demonstrate than it is to put into words. Using this technique will help to greatly improve your public speaking and make you more persuasive than you ever imagined you could be. It will make it easier to reach your goals and get the results you truly want.

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