Body Language

Body Language

The effective delivery of a presentation is done not simply through words but also through the appropriate use of body language. It is very crucial to make a positive impact on the audience while giving a presentation. A presentation is all about verbal abilities, a visual and vocal impact. The following tips will help you to enhance your body language in a presentation.

􀂄 Stand straight, hold your head high and keep your shoulders straight and not drooping.
􀂄 A very normal standing posture will exude an aura of confidence about you, which is very necessary to keep your audience’s attention glued to you.

􀂄 While giving the presentation, your tone of voice should be well–controlled, the pitch should be
neither very high nor very low; the pacing between the key words should be about 3 seconds for
the audience to grasp your talk. A slower and lower tone indicates confidence and expertise,
which can only be attained with a lot of practice.

􀂄 Maintain eye contact with the audience but don’t stare hard at them to the point of making them
feel uncomfortable.

􀂄 Make use of the moving space that you get but that doesn’t mean you will frequently show your
back to the audience.

􀂄 Use hand gestures to emphasise your main points and integrate it with an open body language.

Some common errors that should be avoided:

􀂄 Don’t put your face down.
􀂄 Avoid all awkward gestures (crossed arms, tilted body, eyes down and no smile).
􀂄 Avoid fidgeting.
􀂄 Stiff body (Give your body a bit of movement to add a little variety to your speech so that the
audience feels like participating.)
􀂄 Talking too fast or too loud.
􀂄 Bad voice.