From the course: Creating and Giving Business Presentations
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Strategic eye contact
From the course: Creating and Giving Business Presentations
Strategic eye contact
- Confident and respectful eye contact, depending on the culture and your surroundings, can be another asset for successful speaking. Speakers that visually connect with their audiences scan them comfortably, yet make intentional eye-to-eye contact with as many people as they can. Now, when I say eye contact, I mean the kind where you can remember the color of the other person's eyes, not the flighty one that says, I'm in a hurry. Here are a few tips if maintaining eye contact with a group makes you sweat. Use the three second rule. Look at each person in the room for at least three seconds as you make your points. That keeps you from constantly scanning the room like you're a well-trained lifeguard. Look at the friendly faces first. There are always audience members who give you positive nonverbal feedback. They smile, they nod, with everything that you say, they give you audible confirmation, mm-hmm, uh-huh, yes. They are the ones you want to speak to. The ones who are furiously…
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