| Dos and Don’ts: voice
● Project your voice to the back of the room, but don’t shout;
● use a microphone if you need one;
● don’t speak in a monotone.
Dos and Don’ts: body language
● Make eye contact;
● face the audience at all times;
● smiling is fine at appropriate moments, but not too much;
● use gestures to emphasize key points;
● stay more or less in one place;
● avoid mannerism (ways of moving and speaking which you do repeatedly
without realizing).
Dos and Don’ts: timing
● Start on time; don’t wait for latecomers;
● plan how long you’re going to spend on each point – don’t spend too long
on a particular point;
● don’t talk about things that have nothing to do with the subject, unless you
have a particular purpose in mind;
● finish on time – don’t run over.
Rapport with the audience
You can gain the audience’s attention by:
● telling an anecdote or a story;
● mentioning a really surprising fact or statistic;
● stating a problem;
● asking a question.
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