Getting attention: "I need your full attention for a minute" and wait quietly for a few seconds until the chatter dies down. and "Everybody, look up here please. Look at me." has worked well. -------------------- Lindsay Morris CEO, TSMworks Tel. 1-859-539-9900 [email protected]
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Greg McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you John, Barb, and Bree for your ideas. These are all helpful and I > would love to hear more thoughts on words used at dances. > > I try to remember that the first option is always to say nothing at all. > Instead of telling them about an upcoming instruction just give them the > prompt. Assume they are listening. > > Barb wrote: > > > I have also said 'this is tricky' to get the attention of experienced > > dancers who talk during the walk through. > > > > There are different ways to gain and hold attention. I know that some > callers talk a lot to hold attention. Some repeat instructions several > times. Others say the same thing three different ways. My approach is to > talk as little as possible. Other than prompts the only other words I use > are short one or two word phrases like: "Good!", "Yes!", "Nice!", > "Excellent!", "Very good!" > > - Greg McKenzie > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
