I believe the three main techniques everyone should use during their presentation are: Eye contact, Movement and Drama.
1. Eye Contact: One of the most important things to remember while doing a presentation is eye contact. You should try and make eye contact with as many listeners as possible. This will make the listener feel involved in your presentation. Stay focused on the listeners eyes and as well as their expressions.
2. Movement: As a listener you do not want to sit in a room listening to someone who is standing in one position throughout the whole presentation, that is when you loose your audience's attention. As the speaker it is your job to move around your audience. This will make your audience focus on you and feel as if they are part of your presentation. While walking around don't forget the first technique, eye contact, keep that eye contact while walking around the room.
3. Drama: As you speak make sure to use drama. Use a variety of emotions to keep the audience interested and engaged. For example if you were to tell a dramatic story that the audience could relate to, this would keep the audience interested in the rest of your presentation. Another way of using drama would be in the tone and/or pitch in your voice. By changing your tone the audience will know that you know what you are talking about and that you take interest in your topic. The number one tone to stay away from during a presentation is sounding monotone because that will loose your audience's attention.
didn't really think that movement would benefit your presentation, but now that i think of it... it does keep the audience's eyes moving and catches their attention if the speaker is moving around.
ReplyDeleteYes exactly, that is what you want from your audience, keep them interested in what you are talking about. There's nothing better than having the audiences eyes on you as you speak. Take comedians as an example, they have large audiences that have constant interest in what the comedian is talking about.
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