Exploring how to use your voice and body on stage will help you tackle the most important piece of giving a powerful talk: connecting with your audience.
People aren't computers.
They're social creatures with all kinds of unique traits.
Your first job as a speaker is to build a trusting human bond with your audience.
There are many ways to do that.
Here are five suggestions: 1. Make eye contact.
Make eye contact with members of your audience right from the start of your talk and continue making eye contact throughout.
Humans learn a lot about one another through eye contact.
Our brains can detect the tiniest muscle movements in someone else's eyes.
We use that information to figure out all sorts of things — like how that person is feeling and whether or not we can trust them.
