From the course: Master Confident Presentations

Unlock the full course today

Join today to access over 22,600 courses taught by industry experts or purchase this course individually.

It's better once you're up

It's better once you're up

From the course: Master Confident Presentations

Start my 1-month free trial

It's better once you're up

“

- Tip number five out of seven for increasing your confidence is to stand up. Now you probably don't want to stand up. A lot of people worry about standing up. But it is definitely better. A bit like swimming in cold water; it's great once you're in, and it is better once you're up. So I would absolutely say stand up. If you're using PowerPoint, you can operate it from sitting down, but don't. The reason why you should stand up, there's a number of reasons, actually, but partly that you're easily visible from the audience; they can see you. Secondly, your brain works better when you're standing up. I think when you're standing up, you're heart has to work harder to pump all the blood around, and therefore it pumps around quicker, and so more oxygen gets to your brain or something. But I bet you know that's right, because when you're on the phone, if you're doing a difficult phone call, don't you find it's better if you do it while you're pacing around so your brain works better? So…

Contents