Presentation Pointer: Use your eyes

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Presentation Pointer: Use your eyes

Focus your eyes on one listener at a time, most importantly when you come to the end of a thought. This is both a display of confidence, and an invitation to the listener to signal a response—to nod, frown, or lean forward in agreement.

In this way, your talk becomes a dialogue, as they listen and signal their reactions with the language of their bodies.

Keep your eyes on your audience and respond to their signals. You will build the connection that makes speaking so powerful.

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