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Hi I'm Andrea Beaulieu. Have you ever noticed that sometimes it's the simplest things
that could have the greatest impact? It's the same way in speaking. Here are three
tools you can use that can really make a huge difference in your presentation.
Pause. I know you've heard of this, pause. We all need time to take in information
and think about how does this matter to me. That pause communicates your own
comfort with the material and with your audience and it can calm us both calm us
all down. Take a moment to breathe. A lot of times I'll take one of those breaths
when I'm in the middle of a presentation to give myself time and the audience
time and you know they think it's pretty funny. So take a deep breath from time to
time allow yourself the comfort and the relaxation that comes from breathing. And
last, slow down. Speeches have a rhythm and a pace to them. We might want to
speak very quickly we want we want to get across something and have that sense
of energy or urgency, but other times we want to slow down. That also conveys your
comfort, your confidence at all three of these tools pausing, breathing, and
slowing down will communicate to your audience that they can trust you. You're
not trying to rush them through something, you're giving them time to
think about things so pause, breathe, slow down, and remember this all the world's a
stage and all the men and women merely players, so make sure your play is
authentically yours. See you next time.