If you don't look confident, why should the audience trust what you say?
To speak effectively, you must look confident.
The best way to look confident is to feel confident.
You will feel much more confident if you have a meaningful message that is well rehearsed.
However, you can look more confident when you speak, if you:
| Unsure | Confident |
| Don't look at anyone, or jump quickly between eyes. |
Hold eyes for several seconds. |
| Hug your notes. Speak while you read. | Use no notes. Or Read, Look, Speak. |
| Pace back and forth. | Stand firmly, and move on purpose. |
| Use filler words and Ahs&Uhms. | Pause. |
| Stick to the script whatever happens. | Acknowledge things that happens during the speech. |
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