4 Emotional Ways to Create Connection

When creating an online class or interacting with others there is no connection with an emotional connection.  It’s been proven that when someone smiles directly at another person, their instinct is to return the smile.  That is more than just a physical reaction, it is a reflection of an emotional connection.

When creating your online class, be intentional about the emotional connection you wish to make with your audience.  In fact, think about what your emotional connection is with them already.

Maybe your audience connects with you because of a sense of excitement and adventure.  Or maybe they feel a sense of calm and safety when they engage with you.

Either way, the questions becomes- how can you deepen that sense of connection?  What can you do intentionally to build a deeper, richer connection with the group of people that you serve.

For example,  Let’s say your audience connects with you as a trusted leader.  What are some ways to deepen that connection?

  • Share results of years of research
  • Provide consistent, thorough content
  • Your materials and handouts reflect a conservative flair vs. loud and vibrant coloring.
  • Nothing unexpected or spontaneous within the class
  • Communicate in a professional manner

You may write blog posts, or have audio training, or be a live speaker, or a combination of all three.  But the one thing to keep in mind is the emotional connection you audience has with you.

If you have an exciting, adventurous emotional connection yet your blog posts are chock full of statistics and charts, you are creating a dis-connect with your audience instead of a deeper connection.

These emotional connections are felt not just in your online class, but in your website color choices, the community your build within your site, the persona you share with your audience, and the personal convictions and values you share with them.

 

Exciting – playful, fun, adventurous, escape, return to child-like sense of wonder, spontaneous, joy-filled, laughter.

Calm- trust, intimacy, sincerity, bonded,

Passion &Action- full of conviction and passion, ready to take on the world, common beliefs unite them, strength, grit, hardiness, bold, unconventional, forward moving.

Trusted leader- sense of distinction, revered, analytical, detailed, well-researched, consistent, conservative in style not necessarily in politics.  Proven over time.

You might be wondering if it’s possible to have more than one type of emotional connection.  And the answer is yes.

We all have each of these emotions within us, but there will be one style that rises to the surface most often for you, and the others are secondary.

So the next time you’re writing a blog post, or crafting a social media post, or opening your next event- remember the emotion your audience expects from you and deliver an amazing connection.

Communication Cycle

  • Attention
  • Interest
  • Desire
  • Action

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 All communication, whether you are talking to your child, your husband, your best friend, or your audience at an event- it all begins with attention.

If you don’t get the other person’s attention, you’re done from hello!

You can share the best advice, your deepest fears, your creative idea, but if you don’t have their attention - you could just as soon be talking to a wall.  And sometimes it may feel that way! Ha!

After you have their attention, you must gain their interest.

This is HUGE!!

It will change the way you communicate with others.

Let’s say you want to share something interesting you discovered today with your husband.  You learned that your neighbors house is on the market and you want to go to the open house to see what improvements they’ve done to get some cool ideas.

If you say to your husband - “ I want to go to the open house and look around.”  His answer may be quick and simple, no  thanks- I like my house, I’m not interested in buying another one.

What do you think would happen if you created interest in him first?

Instead of your first approach, you tap into something that matters to him.  For my husband it’s finances and return on investment.

So I might say - “ Hey honey, I noticed the neighbors house is on the market.  It’s similar in size to our house and built almost the same year.  If they get their listing price, that could mean that our house has increased in value.”

“One thing I’m curious about though is whether they made some improvements on the inside that we can’t see, and that is why they may have more value.  On Sunday there is an open house.  Let’s go over and check out the house.  Maybe we can get some simple ideas that increase our homes’ value as well.”

What did I do differently?

A Powerful Moment

A Powerful Moment is:

- a moment of genuine connection between two people.

- an opportunity to share, encourage, and uplift someone.

- a sense of connection, understanding, feeling heard/ validated.

- an insight.

Seeing things with a fresh perspective.

On any given day we are surrounded.  Surrounded with so many opportunities to connect with the people who cross our path each day.

We have so many moments to see from a fresh perspective.   Moments when we can enter in.  Share in someone else’s life for just a moment.   On purpose we can leave them better than we found them.

I have worked toward living this way for years. I am very intentional about affecting people’s lives. The time I spend with someone, I put a lot of energy into ensuring that our time together leaves a powerful mark on their life.  In turn our time together tends to affect my own life in ways I could not have imagined.

I invite you to join me.

If each of us were to adopt the same perspective. If we were to envision that not one single person that crosses our path is by accident.

How would that change the way that we interact with them? Maybe we would no longer see people as obstacles in our journey, but as an important part of our journey.

Join me in this experience.  Daily you can participate in creating A Powerful Moment in your life by first touching the life of the person right in front of you.

What does A Powerful Moment require?

- intention

This will not happen by accident. You will have to purpose to be a part of this opportunity and be willing to take action.

- availability

If you are busy, distracted, or doubtful the moment will pass you by. Your attention must turn from an inward focus to outward.

- listening, not just hearing

With so much noise, it is easy to adopt the habit of hearing without listening. You may find yourself hearing what someone says without truly engaging in listening. Listening, is critical to establishing a moment full of power.

- seeing with God’s eyes, looking beyond people’s outer expression to who they really are.

People’s facades can be distracting ,even intimidating, but if you are willing to look beyond what you see. If you are willing to believe that they are right here right now for a divine purpose. You will find ways to connect with them no matter what they look like or how they seem. So, who’s with me?

Are you open to creating A Powerful Moment today?