Stefan Verra, der Körpersprecher!

Two weeks ago, I attended the three-day AWT general assembly event held in Berlin, Germany. AWT stands for "Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Wirkstoffe in der Tierernährung" and is the German platform of the EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures (FEFANA). Beside field-oriented speeches and presentations, one excellent performance particularly caught my attention: "Was sagt mein Körper und warum weiß ich nichts davon? - Die Geheimnisse der non-verbalen Kommunikation" by body language specialist Stefan Verra. Herr Verra counts among the best reputable body language specialists in the world and is currently unsurpassed in the German-speaking countries. He told us what our body says and why we do not know anything about it.

Through a very dynamic performance on stage, Stefan Verra showed the attendance how much shaking hands with a partner (either professionally or in everyday life) can mean and reveal. The way we walk is also full of discerned messages. Stefan Verra's very professional and interesting approach never reaches interpretation but brings forward some ticks, quirks and sometimes obnoxious or good habits that our body reveals.


Highly energetic and active on stage, the Austrian "Körpersprecher" cites and gives as examples such personalities as former Formula One pilot Niki Lauda, ex-Monty Python comedian John Cleese, the widely televised US presidential couple Michelle and Barack Obama, Germany's first female Chancellor Angela Merkel, etc. During his one-man show, Stefan Verra never hesitates to show his great sense of humour and sometimes uses his strong Tyrolean accent which makes it even more delectable. For more than one hour of show on stage, this very dynamic edutainer (edutainment expresses the marriage of education and entertainment in a work or presentation, it is the act of learning through a medium that both educates and entertains) simply proves that he is a real body language expert and a very interesting person to be met and seen live at least once in a lifetime. Either in German or in English (just before leaving the room and Berlin in a hurry to catch a plane to Vienna, he told me that he could also perform in English), Herr Verra will make you understand your body’s language much better.

Herr Verra explains the mystery of the non-verbal communication. He has also written a book entitled "Die Körpersprache im Verkauf" (Amalthea Signum Verlag).

If you want to know more about body language and Stefan Verra's one-man show or biography, go to www.stefanverra.com.

And what if body language was eventually the only true language getting close to a lingua franca?

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