Do it right: Body Language

I am finally on holiday – which means that I have been getting some much needed sleep, been lazing around the house and doing all kinds of random stuff, anything but work. This is probably the reason why I am only getting to this post now.

I set out last Saturday morning for my first ‘Do It Right Saturday Session’ with the dating service. The topic was body language and more specifically does your body language sabotage your dating?

I arrived at the four star guesthouse early, got my nametag and some coffee and scanned the audience, all ladies, and all old. The ladies were aged approximately from 30 up to one whom I guess is approaching 60 soon. It did wonders for my self esteem. I won’t lie – this session was also a good way to get a glimpse of the other ladies who my dates will be possibly meeting.

The speaker was Prof. Anske Grobler who is the Head of the Division of Communication Management at the University of Pretoria.  She is an expert in the field of Body Language since the mid-Eighties and has been invited to comment in the media on – amongst others – the non-verbal communication of politicians and even analyzed Nelson Mandela’s non-verbal communication during his release from prison.  She’s obviously an expert but as she is also a member of the dating service which showed me early on that using body language will not guarantee you a ‘hubby’.

It is nearly impossible to sum up the three hour ‘mini-seminar’ into one post and even more difficult to translate the non-verbal into the readable verbal… but here goes.