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About Nicholas Boothman - Communication Expert:

Nicholas Boothman has spent more than two decades studying the ways in which human beings connect, communicate and collaborate through teamwork. A former fashion and advertising photographer who dealt with hundreds of new faces a week for clients like AT&T, Revlon and Coca-Cola he now shows businesses around the world how to increase sales by naturally connecting and building trust, from first impressions to lasting relationships, and all the communication in-between.

Today, he has been called one of the leading experts in face-to-face communication in the world by John Tierney at the New York Times. Matthew Bishop at The Economist calls him truly inspirational.

His first two books, How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less and How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less have been translated into more than 20 languages and his programs are delivered by licensed trainers in North America, Europe and Asia.

Nicholas Boothman’s clients include: Ernst and Young, Bank of America, U.S. Dept of Justice, Arizona State University, Harvard Business School, Cognos, RE/MAX, National Bank, Sony, Merrill Lynch, Deloitte, Johnson & Johnson, Manulife, HSBC Bank, American Medical Association, Hertz Corporation, IBM, General Motors, and many others.

What Nicholas Boothman Talks About:

A highly entertaining speaker, Nicholas Boothman has presented his revolutionary technique of ’Rapport by Design’ to businesses, corporations, governments and universities around the world. Whether you are an employee, a manager, or the boss, a great deal of your success depends on how well you connect with other people. This is not an innate talent but a skill that can be taught. In his presentation to your group, Nicholas will answer the question: ‘why is it easier to get along with some people than with others?’. Along the way he will provide attendees with tools to help them connect immediately to their clients, co-workers, managers, and subordinates.

Nicholas Boothman's interactive keynotes and workshops will have your group laughing and connecting with one another while they learn and retain skills that dramatically impact their sales, productivity and leadership potential.

Popular Topics Include:

Are You Really Connecting?
It doesn’t matter whether you're running an IT empire, managing a hotel chain, or giving the State of the Union speech, people have to feel I trust you, you make sense, and you move me. Most people can connect on one of these levels, some on two. Great leaders connect on all three.

Opportunities are everywhere and they always come in the shape of people. But, great leaders know that everybody is not the same – the workplace is made up of many types of personalities. The failure to build trust and rapport at first contact with these different personalities can be insurmountable, while the rewards of connecting and communicating with trust, clarity and emotional impact with all kinds of people are almost immeasurable.

Great leaders know how to project optimism, confidence and credibility through their spoken and body language. They know how to capture the imagination and inspire cooperation with simple words and mental images. A great leader knows how to identify and motivate different personality types (including their own) to make sure everyone is on the same team.

First Impressions and Conversation
Whether you like it or not, people decide how they feel about you in the first two seconds of seeing you, or hearing you, if it's on the phone. If they trust and like you, they will unconsciously tend to see the best in you and look for opportunities to say yes. If they don't trust and like you, the opposite is true.

Communication and Cooperation
Without communication, cooperation is impossible. The most important element of collaboration is the way we unconsciously use spoken, and body, language to motivate, and de-motivate ourselves and others. What sets a productive corporate culture apart is not only its ability to engender trust and respect but the way it uses language openly to share information, gain commitment and get people working together.