Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People | Vanessa Van Edwards | Talks at Google

As a human behavior investigator, Vanessa Van Edwards studies the hidden forces that drive our behavior patterns in her lab-and she’s cracked the code. In Captivate she shares a wealth of valuable shortcuts, systems and behavior hacks for taking charge of their interactions at work, at home, and in any social situation. These aren’t the people skills you learned in school. This is the first comprehensive, science backed, real life manual on human behavior and a completely new approach to building connections.
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[@Stellaaahhh]

This woman will save my life and my marriage. I just found out about her last night and have been absorbing her for 24 hours subconsciously passively listening in my sleep in the background and am actively seeking her book. Thank YOU for this recovering awkward person for showing the rest of us STILL awkwardly practicing people there is HOPE for us! THANK YOU!

[@mahabubhossain8925]

Hmmm, you are right♥️Love from Bangladesh😊

[@DJWenlowe]

This lady is absolutely amazing, she is incredibly engaging and her connection and delivery are top notch.

[@ciao2315]

Just found Vanessa a week ago & can’t get enough of her content! She’s incredible & an inspiration!

[@DuluthTW]

Casey Gerald's TED talk is a great example of using body language to emphasize the message. It's my favorite TED talk and now I know why. Thanks for sharing!

[@seyfun1452]

Groundbreaking, life changing, I'm obsessed with Vanessa. Her book is also amazing

[@bmejia220]

This woman is awesome. Shes accomplished, cheerful and aware. Great talk, Vanessa!

[@jhancychalissery9871]

It was amazing... i felt so enlightened. Thank you, Vanessa

[@nicole-secondaryemail-mort9617]

Very interesting. I like the bits about neuroticism and contempt. Informative. Thank you

[@RMalai]

So interesting. I have seen her interviews and could learn and follow her notes. They make good sense to me. I teach and body language is so incredibly useful to draw attention and keep the students engaged all the time.

[@jjjabvi]

She's so entertaining to watch, or just listen to! love her

[@annale8234]

She is smart and charming. Definitely gonna read her book.

[@jimmyjimanambo5014]

Hi Iam soooo proud you mention my home country Papua New Guinea.And the Papua New Guineans, you keep the good up,thanks so much Vanessa.

[@AndrewHorn]

Well done! The world needs more of this.

[@tell-dtruth5470]

Fantastic presentation on people skills! Thanks Vanessa!

[@jeffhephner4873]

Very interesting Vanessa, you have what it takes, I am starting to broadcast more and i found your positive communication tactics study.. This will be very helpful. I think people who are very passionate about what they do then they will use hand gestures with their communication. I love Tedtalks. I am making the Tedxtalks apart of my life. I will smile for real because they helped me with my self improvement mission. I want to keep a genuine smile. Keep working hard with self improvement, growth, and living my best life.

[@kiralight4212]

She is the best! I have been following her since freshman year of college, absolutely the best Vanessa in the world lol.

[@Gester143]

Loved the big five, great talk and took a lot away from this :). Thanks!

[@theprimalpitch190]

Great Stuff! Also more than a little of NLP being reinvented bit by bit 30 years later. Looking at the facial feedback hypothesis as an example of the re-invention.

[@yousifmohammed4841]

3 days ago I was searching on KZbin for a good men perfume for dating. From video to video, I suddenly found myself in Vanessa's channel. starting from that moment, I forgot the perfume and I couldn't stop myself from watching her talks. I can tell that I become addicted to her. It might because she is beautiful, attractive, passionate, talkative,nice, feminine, or smart. But what I am really sure about is the fact that from every single video I learnt something new from Vanessa. she is very insightful, thanks to coincidence that guided me to reach here!

[@dedeyk888]

Loved her!!! The approach is commendable. Correction! Platinum rule is.... "Don't LOVE Thy NEIGHBOR! " #HIMYM

[@sciencenate]

This is an amazing talk - I enjoyed it

[@joshuamcbride5796]

Truly amazing! Fantastic presentation!

[@mauxitorres7421]

Awesome Vanessa! You are wonderful!

[@rosemary42]

Wow, I've done communication , but this is really something.very educative

[@Lilly-wd9de]

Thank you for this research and talk...million dollar!!!

[@lifebeware]

Her voice is soooooooooo soothing.

[@sapna85p]

This is a million dollar video!! Filled with useful information, thank you!

[@mahabubhossain8925]

Hmmmm, you are right😊 ♥️Love from Bangladesh.🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@chilohwink]

One of the best talks I've heard on this subject. Thank you.

[@leannkidactivities2373]

My new favorite person.

[@saidfarid6382]

Hello professor Thank you so much for your help and advice, I really appreciate your job. I wish you happiness and peace under the sky of prosperity. All the best. Take care and have a good time. Your Student from Algeria.

[@skyblue8705]

She is amazing!

[@bethalti33]

Fabulous!!! Loved this.

[@freesoulcosmopolite6838]

Beautifully put together

[@jimmyjimanambo5014]

Mmmmmm This coaching is truly amazing to me. Iam discovering some great learning in this video.

[@johncavanaugh1911]

I also have high neuroticism :P. Hey just wanted to say this was an awesome presentation. I am very interested in Charisma and human relations. I am going to buy your book, but I would like to get deeper into this. What would you recommend as your own personal resources for learning more about charisma? Thanks in advance if you reply! (again, really great speech. I wonder how many times you used hand gestures :P)

[@chuppa1chups]

The more a presenter's gestures or vocal inflections seem inflated or exaggerated, the more I feel the need to scrutinize and congruency-check the content of the presentation. This is especially true of many TED talks.

[@crikeymos22]

Totally agree and why ted talks are no longer doing well.

[@jeanixcookinglab7099]

this video is epic! gonna buy her book asap.

[@willieward7419]

This is a very interesting and informative video. I learned something.

[@850FloridaWife]

Thank you so much! This is really helpful.

[@mickeyaugrec7560]

Interesting talk, quite compelling!

[@saidfarid6382]

Hello Professor What you present is really interesting and amazing,i do appreciate your job.I wish you peace and happness under the sky of prosperity. Take care and have a good time. All the best. Your Student from Algeria

[@eduardorabassallo3717]

curious about what is the criteria for ''emotional language''.

[@melkamuadane2952]

Charming presentation!

[@PochitaOrsi]

I love her.

[@jakeliam599]

I dont and she is ugly

[@LibertaPS]

who doesnt ?

[@omgbygollywow]

I am in love with her!

[@jurbua]

Amazing Talk!

[@markhualda7488]

Im a Fan. You're so Great.

[@EFsuffolks]

I'd love to see what all 6 of the resources were in the employment motivation paper

[@abhhayshellar166]

You are super duper awesome Venessa van Edward 👌

[@rezajafari3637]

Vanessa, je vous aime. Vous êtes formidable.

[@erickmelendez9447]

Vanessa is like the guy from the Serie called ´´ Lie To Me´´ .

[@rahmayantirahmatdahlan7888]

Love Her 💞💞

[@buboetherat]

Regarding hand gesture frequency and view frequency of TEDtalks, this is just a correlation. Correlation is not causation. Some other factor might be contributing both the high frequency of hand gestures as well as views. This makes more sense if you consider that a TEDtalk consisting just of hand gestures and nothing else would be unlikely to go viral. She’s implying that more hand gestures converts to more views, but this would have to be tested experimentally. This is the danger of data mining.

[@mickeyaugrec7560]

+Frank Brown I see what you're saying, but that's a remarkable correlation - wonder what else was at play. There might not be much danger in adding some hand gestures to oral presentations - unless it is overused, forced, etc.

[@stuartchilongozi2439]

She is saying the most exciting or captivating presentations on Ted Talk had more body language

[@buboetherat]

@@stuartchilongozi2439 Thank you for your reply. I appreciate your comment. My point is that I don't think a so-so Talk could be made significantly more appealing if the presenter merely waved their arms about more. Conversely, if one listened to and did not watch a really good TEDTalk with lots of body language, I don't think it's estimation would drop to mediocre.

[@gabikoyenov]

Awesome talk. I love your work, Vanessa.

[@matteo8895]

I love her too

[@truetv2023]

I love listening too her she has so much knowledge on wat she does it’s crazy I’ve learned a lot but she has so much more too teach

[@nattaliejohnson2244]

So... contempt and disgust are what I missed. My question is based on your method to be certain that you read the facial expression right, when you ask to have them express their feelings by asking if they are clear or have any concerns and they don't respond with an explanation; or going over the aspect of the topic that caused the initial facial expression you notice it changed, do you leave it to say the individual stance has been adjusted or make a third attempt?

[@hydtechietalks3607]

Hopefully any contempt should be heard as an opportunity to explore or as a feedback?

[@mahabubhossain8925]

You are ready great thanks.♥️ Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@johannesmp3]

Do you have something where you show how to create your personal brand

[@jesuslovesyou534]

THANK U VANESSA! :)

[@jaded2007]

Sensational!

[@ShivangiSingh-wc3gk]

She is speaking fast, she is nervous. Not being mean but I love her.

[@amberfaith3196]

She does have social anxiety which I can relate to but yeah good observation 👍 and that makes two of us 😹

[@amberfaith3196]

I would also like to add that it could also be because of a time limit. I cant say for sure but yeah 😹 But keep staying awesome! 💜

[@jmull747]

I was comparing myself to the computer rendering of faces and found that when in a relaxed pose, I favor the introvert. However, I noticed that in a relaxed pose, my head tilts upward slightly, and by tilting it down I start to favor the extrovert. Just curious if this is the same for anyone else.

[@JustinoFundido]

21:32 Howmanypeoplethinkthisis...WOW! That's micromachine man level speed talk! I'm impressed! Her optimism and energy are contagious.

[@FloridaRaider]

She's awesome

[@MasterOfSparks]

Blue is perceived as a friendly and trustworthy color. Red is a power color. Blue might look better on TV. But I'm surprised she didn't even mention the other.

[@CrisErdey]

As an Italian I genetically talk more with my hands. Yay!

[@sabarose8411]

Fantastic

[@antoniosalazar565]

gorgeous!!!

[@rta9616]

She is freaking adorable!

[@mariyadawud]

How do you get in touch with Vanessa, does she have a contact website or email?

[@swaroopsai7658]

I fell in Love with this Lady.

[@theprimalpitch190]

Random: Guy Kawasaki tells entrepreneurs to use slides with a dark background. This video shows one reason why: blinding illumination on her face.

[@RealHIFIHelp]

Good presenter.

[@charles5272]

Very good 👍

[@leonab545]

I am detail oriented, but don’t like to be restricted by a set schedule; can be organized but it takes a lot of effort, still trying to adapt the habit of making lists. So I am confused. Also, I can see how they studied Tedtalks, but Shark Tank?! Isn’t it super edited and can be unreliable to study patterns?

[@azppmd]

Great content. Distracted by the headworn mic not being worn, and the mic hitting her throughout the ENTIRE presentation. Too bad. BTW, low neurotic here.

[@backtobasics8594]

HOW ARE THEY EVEN ABLE TO CONCENTRATE

[@sjl4554]

yea, coders need to read this book

[@BIONDABLONDES]

The Simon Sinek Ted talk (18min from September 2009) has 5 million views...I just checked...where have the other 40 million views gone then?

[@roddypine6077]

I got a CRUSH!!!

[@MexieMex]

I'm a little confused about the TED talk study, she said more people watched the talks with more non-verbals, but as you have to watch to see if there are non-verbals or not, and how many, how do the people who didn't watch know what the content was without watching?

[@riggidybang]

Not sure about use of Shark Tank footage for analysis - those are heavily edited shows, so unless all of the raw footage is taken into consideration, I'd think it's a crapshoot... also, micro expressions - not a fan, especially if people aren't event able to clearly discern which one is which...

[@mariorobertocontrerasmahec2567]

Love you

[@ramikundalini7887]

Wooow.. this are the Questions!!!!!Evolution...this is Amaizing🥳🥳🥳❤💯 You have defenetly the Karisma...My Goodness..You have super Skills

[@Antoniosantos77]

Nice talk

[@dakotasonney2142]

My dreams were crushed around 31:15

[@beemo9]

25:17 The introvert vs. extrovert face is interesting! Looks like extroverts are more energetic and happier.

[@cath1895]

Here’s a question: what if you have a boss who is low neurotic but also low in empathy? That’s my current challenge as a relatively high neurotic?

[@M4rifleguy]

I tend to use verbal cues to rattle their low neurotic personalities and also show I recognize a lack of empathy. Things like "Kiss my ass Bob...you douche." Or you can try "How about you get off your ass and do it yourself, you self centered ass hat." I then reinforce my statements with a universal body language hand gesture using my middle finger and a smile on my face. Then walk out of the building. Find the nearest computer and use the search terms "Jobs in my area." Repeat as needed.

[@davidmartindavies8352]

Gerald Ford's inauguration was the shortest 8 min long??? Sure because it was held on Friday, August 9, 1974, in the East Room of the White House following the resignation of President Richard Nixon. It wasn't the typical massive inauguration. Scary that they included this and makes me wonder about the rest of these conclusions.

[@derekxiaoEvanescentBliss]

I think she mentioned that this was merely "interesting" and didn't draw a lot of conclusions off of that fact. There will always be outliers and nuances that are hard to see from the data, but the good thing is, there will always bee outliers in either direciton if you have enough data, so they effectively cancel out. I feel good conclusions should be drawn from average data, while investigating deeply into outliers. But again, she didn't really dwell on that point much

[@akshatmishra4504]

Is it true that language is a barrier to interaction with people ? What if a native american wants to talk with native italian. Can't it be happen in english or it has to be happened in italian ?

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[@krool1648]

This is a TED talk on Google talk.

[@Iquey]

She got the cool molecule necklace. Appropriate for a Google talk. Looks like the oxytocin molecule. It's a big molecule so it makes a nice jewellery shape. Also!! Was this filmed near / at the University of Washington? The UW University Bookstore logo and the deep husky purple is on the table in the corner. 36:51 ah NVM she actually says "here in Seattle" at this second.

[@markcaseon7136]

so people touch them selves release oxytocin, to calm themselves, thats what i do when I am nervous!

[@Mikko088]

And what do you do to your rivals? ;)

[@BraulioCassule]

39:05 "How many..." what?

[@user-ok7gr2lw2j]

Turn on the captions.

[@owsmindopsystem3617]

lol good point bro

[@Doxsein]

How many ppl think this (the facial expression presented) is 'amused'? I think

[@josefinschwartz8309]

This was gold. And by the way, Love or hate Donald Trump but he is the king of hand gestures!

[@peacemyk7240]

I enjoyed the talk and some of it was really accurate from my experience. I do keep laughing about the line "They were all millenials.. and *I'm* a millenial..so that's great!" - why people continue to use these meaningless expressions i don't know :-)

[@krool1648]

She is using all these tricks on us.

[@reverend900]

The only sensible comment.

[@kefsound]

and they are not very effective.

[@F-J.]

Rightfully so.

[@Kenny2100vn]

It would be weird if she ignores what's taught...

[@Kenny2100vn]

​@@kefsound Not sure what this 2 year old comment means, it clearly is better gesture than most of teh people have

[@jasonbowman7190]

I've seen gestures where the hands go up and down repetitively almost like their trying to illustrate the big picture. Some kinesthetic gestures like that could be too distracting.

[@maximilianbatz2070]

There are claims that the "seven universal facial expressions" are based on faulty observations (e.g. the tribespeople were "trained" until they could "see" the emotions ...)