Hypnosis convincers, or waking hypnosis, are short demonstrations of how hypnosis works and demonstrations of hypnotic phenomena that do not have formal induction. Stage hypnotists often use hypnotic convincers and awaking hypnosis at the opening of a show, to demonstrate for a large crowd what hypnosis is like.

I once had a client who came into my hypnosis office, and after the introductions, the first thing he asked me was: “Do you do Milton Erickson Ericksonian Hypnosis?” I asked him how he knew about Milton Erickson and Ericksonian Hypnosis.  He replied, "I am a doctor, and I went to a seminar once on hypnotherapy, and I hear it’s the best!"