5 Quick Body Language Tips for Public Speaking Success

Hey, did you know that 95% of your communication is non-verbal?

You know what that means? That means, majority portion of your current presentation skills is non-verbal, like: Body Language, Facial Expressions, Gestures etc. People who are powerful as communicators and presenters are the ones that invest their time in improving their Body Language. Like it or not, poor body language leads to poor impression. How well is your Body Language?

Here are quick 6 tips to improve your body language immediately:

1.Have open gestures. I recently had an individual speech coaching session with a Chartered Accountant who had terrible stage fear and always put his hands inside his pockets. He had a tendency to fold his arms. Well, those are symptoms of closed gestures. We worked together on this gentleman’s presentation and at the end of our session, this man was feeling free, was confident as a presenter and learnt how to use open gestures by using gestures freely instead of putting their hands inside pocket

2. Avoid having any physical barrier between you and your audience. It destroys the connection between you & your audience. For example, if you have a big wide wooden lectern in front of you while delivering presentation, your audience will sense lack of confidence in you. They will, subconsciously, assume that you’re don’t “believe” in your message, or the idea you’re sending

3. Look them in their eyes, as you would look at your new date. Be stunningly confident in doing so. I call it “Eye Connection”. I feel that everyone can make an “Eye Contact” but not everyone is trained to make “Eye Connection”. Let no one feel you’re not talking to them. Everyone should feel as important as the prime minister of your country…ar least close to that

4. Snip your fingers before delivering a powerful line/statistic/quotation. It grabs their attention

5. Smile. Smile. Smile. Many of the presenters I coach get shocked when I coach them on having an authentic smile on their face while delivering a technical presentation. Why is that important? Well, if you lack smile, it tells the audience that you’re too serious and have no sense of “connection”. Don’t you like people who smile? Why not doing that on stage?

I hope this post adds value to you and helps you “deliver” a better presentation. If you need further help, feel free to comment and I will answer as soon as I can.

So, what’s your best tip on Body Language?

About the author: Bishal Sarkar, popularly known as “The Excellence Guy”, is called the best motivational speaker of Bangalore India. Bishal is the creator of “Present like a Champ Boot Camp” (The Best Public Speaking Course in Bangalore) where he teaches the participants the step-by-step easy-to-follow process of public speaking success. He regularly speaks to professionals, youth groups, corporate groups, and trains people from various walks of life and brings out the excellence within them. As the author of the book “I Love Public Speaking”, Bishal now teaches professionals how to overcome fear of public speaking and deliver powerful presentations using the proven formula of speaking & presentation success, through his public speaking courses & communication skills classes in Bangalore. He also helps aspiring speakers by teaching them How to become a motivational speaker in India. People say that he has designed the best presentation skills classes & public speaking workshops in Bangalore. For enrolling in Bishal Sarkar’s “Present like a Champ Boot Camp”, call us on +91-88803-61526.

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