As the speaker, it’s your responsibility to create motivation and excitement for your audience.
When an audience is listening to a speaker for even a short amount of time, lack of movement or stage dynamism or hand gestures can put their brains right to sleep. ↑ Table of Contents ↑ The Stage is Your Muse
#Stage presence how to#
Even if you know your content well, if you don’t know how to use the space this can signal low competence or low confidence in your work.Īction Step: Prep your stage plan with your content plan. Our use of space and contexts is often a reflection of our inner thoughts and moods and this is directly related to the audience’s perception of how well you know your content. On the other hand, if a speaker enters the stage with no notes, open body language and works the entire space, it signals to the viewer that this speaker feels comfortable and this translates to comfort with the content. If a speaker enters the stage, goes behind the podium and stands small and tight, this can signal to the audience that the speaker thinks or feels nervous or closed-off. Maybe a little thought goes into body language, but usually the nonverbal piece isn’t optimized.Ĭonfidence on stage signals confidence with the material.įor example, the way we command our use of space often signals our perceptions and mindsets.
Most speakers only prep the verbal aspect of their content-the words in their speech or presentation.
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