Effective public speaking means not just what you say, but perhaps even more importantly, how you say it.

Here are 3 Super Tips for effective speaking:

HOW TO CONVEY AN AURA OF TOTAL BELIEVABILITY:
How would you like to be able to come across as completely believable to your group? Do you suppose that could be useful to you? First, it's important to remember the old expression "it's not what you say, it's how you say it". You see, your body posture and gestures are going to have a bigger impact on your audience - even more than the actual words you speak. Study after study has shown this to be true. So, how do you use your body posture and gestures to convey total believability? Glad you asked: take your hand and curl your fingers gently, letting the pad of your thumb rest naturally on the side of your index finger. (Do not make a fist). Then, bring your hand close to your body about the level of your solar plexus below your chest. Your arm will naturally be shaped like an L in this position. This is the body posture that conveys total believability. Watch politicians, they do this all the time - gee, why do you think that is? Do you think there may be times in your seminar speaking that you want to come across with an aura of total believability? Now you know how!

HOW TO WAKE UP YOUR AUDIENCE AND DRIVE YOUR POINT HOME:
No matter how great a speaker you are - no matter how captivating and powerful you may be - it's inevitable that people's minds are going to start to wander. So, when you want everyone's attention - your entire audience - to be completely riveted on an important point you're making, how do you shake them out of their daze? Here's what you should do: simply raise the volume of your voice, and point with your index finger. You can point at the ground, or for a really dramatic effect, point directly at the audience. Pointing at the ground is less dramatic, but still works very well. Feel free to use a "stabbing motion" with your pointing finger to mark out the specific words or phrase you want them most to absorb at that moment. In the extreme you can even be yelling at that point, but that's not usually necessary. So, when you need to wake 'em up & shake 'em up to get your point across, just raise your voice and point!

HOW TO COME ACROSS AS THE UNDISPUTED EXPERT:
Let me repeat and remind you that it's not what you say, it's how you say it that counts. Numerous studies have shown that the actual words you say represent approximately 10% of the impact of your communication. The other 90% is your voice tone, your body posture, and your gestures. It's useful, from time to time, to come across as the undisputed expert during your presentation. Here's how to convey that with your body posture and gestures: take one forearm and lay it across your torso, just below your chest - your arm will form an L shape (call that arm #1). Take the elbow of your other arm (arm #2) and rest it on top of the back of the hand of arm #1, and let the hand of arm #2 go up to your chin. Allow the fingers on the hand of arm #2 to curl gently (not a fist) and cradle your chin naturally in the space created between your thumb and index finger. Use this posture to deliver facts and data, or to handle tough questions from the audience, or whenever you need or want to convey an aura of total expertise.

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