Your Body Speaks

Your BODY SPEAKs
Communicate Your Way To Success

Did you know?

The COMMON PITFALLS

1. DeaD ARMS
Why not?
You look bored
Lack of Energy
What to do?
Move you arms
Use you hands to enhance your speech

2. STOOPING SHOULDERS
Why not?
Not a commanding posture
Shows Lack of Confidence
What to do?
Walk Straight
Stand Still

3. No Eye Contact
Why not?
Loses audience engagement
Ineffective speech
What to do?
Divide the room
Make contact with a few

4. SWAYING
Why not?
Distracts the audience
What to do?
Stand still in a locked position
Lean forward in a commanding posture

5. fidgeting
Why not?
Indicates Nervousness, Insecurity
Not prepared
What to do?
Use you arms as a tool
Furniture's can help

6. FIG Leaf stance
Why not?
Not a commanding posture
Not engaging
What to do?
Use only if you are in wait-mode
Use your arms, use a prop

7. At ease stance
Why not?
You are not in the military anymore
Shows disconnect
What to do?
Move around
Use a prop

8. Using PROPS
Why not?
Don’t let it be a distraction
Keep the audience engaged in your speech
What to do?
Avoid it
Use it as an extension of you hand, if needed

9. furnitures
Why not?
Limits body movements
Restricts audience visibility
What to do?
Don’t hide behind it
Move around

10. Lack of gestures
Why not?
Kills the speech
Boring
What to do?
Relax
Be animated
Use strong arm movements
Have fun!!!

Practice! REview! practice!
How?
In front of a mirror
Your friend as the mirror
Use recording devices

Let your body speak
Happy
Communicating!

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Your Body Speaks

by Raj Menon on Apr 06, 2010

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