How Do You as a Speaker Impact an Audience?

• How you look includes your clothes, your facial expression, your stance, your body movement, your hands, how you move your eyes.

• Suppose you are trying to motivate a group, and you tell them something is “a wonderful opportunity,” but you don’t look or sound it.  Vision is the king of the senses; hearing is queen. They believe their eyes and ears, not your words.

• Hands in pockets tries to create a casual impression.  But this can make you look anxious or disinterested.  Besides, it adds no plus value to your speech.  Who said casual was a good way to look in front of an audience?  You are much better off looking committed to what you are saying.

Rerun from April 2013