Thursday, 14 January 2010

Public Speaking Techniques - Movement And Gestures

By applying the public speaking techniques below you will see your stage performance improve and become more effective at communicating your ideas:-

Posture

Your posture should demonstrate you are in command and have purpose. If you are slouched or hunched over it can express that you are nervous, bored or even lazy.

An ideal posture is to stand straight and tall with your feet planted firmly on the ground. Keep your feet slightly apart - about shoulder width - this will help prevent you swaying from side to side.

Movement and Gestures

Movement and gestures should be natural and serve to illustrate your speech. If you force or overdo your gestures you will be like a "ham" actor in a B-movie. You want to aim for your gestures and movement to be a natural expression of you and your speech.

In the next few days the public speaking techniques I reveal are how to avoid some bad habits

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