Hello, today I want to share five tips to enhance your stage presence using the top 5 body language tips at your next speech smile to connect with your audience and keep the atmosphere positive in 2022.
Once your audience sees you smile. They're very likely to smile back.
when you're giving a speech your body language can be just as important as your words for instance your body language can either show that you're confident or convey to the audience that you're nervous and unsure of yourself.
your body language can also help you emphasize the points of your speech and keep your audience interested in what you're saying and most importantly good body language during a speech helps you connect with your audience.
the way you stand eye contact hand gestures and more can draw your audience in and allow them to feel as if they're having a conversation with you instead of listening to a presentation you're speaking with them.
Not at them.
BODY LANGUAGE TIPS FOR YOUR NEXT SPEECH
So today I want to give you five body language tips that will help you to become a better public speaker.
#1 OPEN YOUR BODY
My first step is to open your body maintain an open stance so that you appear to be friendly and inviting rather than closed off and unapproachable when people get nervous in front of an audience, they often instinctively close their arms in front of them as a sort of protection.
They might fold their arms across their chest or clasp their hands together.
This means that you appear nervous and closed off from your audience, but great speakers open up their bodies to invite their audience in an open stance show confidence, and that you are approachable.
It shows that there's no barrier between you and your audience in the same regard open your hands when you're speaking show your palms to your audience rather than the back of your hands having your palms open says that you're relaxed and invites your audience to join you on the other hand showing your audience.
The back of your hands is more guarded or even confrontational stand tall and have good posture as well with your arms and shoulders relaxed and your head held high slouching can signal to the audience that you lack confidence or interest in them or what you're sharing good posture on the other hand signals confidence and energy that will ignite your audience.
Keep your toes pointed toward the audience as well to show that you're engaged with them as individuals.
#2 SMILE AND SHOW EMOTION
My second body language tip is to smile and show emotion beginning your speech with a smile will draw your audience in.
encourage them to receive your message with interesting smiles throughout your presentation as well as at appropriate moments to connect with your audience and keep the atmosphere positive.
smiles are contagious and once your audience sees you smile, they're very likely to smile back this not only creates a positive experience for them, but it can also calm your nerves and help you to deliver an outstanding speech.
show other emotions as you discuss your topics, let your facial expression illustrate.
The feelings related to your words as you guide your audience through your speech show your audience that you relate to what you're speaking about and instead of delivering a dry speech you captivate your audience and lend validity to your message.
#3 MAKE EYE CONTACT
The third tip I want to share with you is to make eye contact with your audience members as you speak look around the room and lock eyes with different individuals in different parts of the room.
make your eye contact natural and casual like you're having a conversation.
eye contact allows you to connect with individuals in your audience so that they feel that they're part of the conversation and become more engaged in what you're sharing with them.
remember to connect with the whole room and not just make eye contact with people in the front look to the back of the room as well as side to side this purposeful eye contact creates a receptive space that invites people to stay captivated by what you have to say.
#4 MOVE AROUND
My fourth body language tip is for you to move around use your stage to walk around and connect with your audience move naturally and confidently instead of stiffly or predictably.
being in motion will keep your audience intrigued and interested in what's coming next.
help your audience members transition from one talking point to the next by moving from point a to b each time you change topics this will give momentum and organization to your speech and engage your audience.
so that they feel a part of the experience along with moving around the stage move your body when you're standing in place as well vary your gestures to emphasize your points throughout your speech.
for instance, use a mix of broad movements and graceful ones signal with your hands and arms or just nod your head hand gestures give your words more meaning and capture your audience a head nod.
adds affirmation to what you're saying a head tilt can convey empathy and a shrug of the shoulders can express wonder or humbleness.
#5 AVOID DISTRACTIONS
my fifth and final tip for using body language in your next speech is to avoid distractions.
for one try not to fidget with your hands tapping with your fingers playing with your rings hugging on your shirt sleeves or jingling keys in your pocket will distract your audience away from what you're talking about.
fidgeting and internal distractions also come off as a lack of confidence or nervousness and you want to stay away from conveying these to your audience keep your hands off of your face as well as scratching your nose or tugging at your ears or rubbing your chin pushing your hair back.
All of these are distractions that may cause your audience to tune out another type of distraction to avoid is those that come from the audience such as someone whispering texting on their phone fiddling with their papers or getting up to go to the bathroom.
audience distractions aren't in your control but do your best not to focus on them so that your speech remains fluid and captivating now I'd love to hear from you.
So these are the top 5 best body language tips for your next speech that you should try while your next seminar or speech.