Practicing Speeches: Nonverbal Communication

Video Transcript

"Alright, now let's talk about non-verbals. We're watching this video, or this, or if you're watching a video, now, if you just tape recorded you don't have to worry about this. But if you're concerned about what you're going to do non-verbally, and you use a video tape to for your practice session. The things that you want to check for; What was the eye contact like? Did you make eye contact? And did you make it with different areas of the audience? As well as not staying too long in a specific area, or not being too brief in a specific area. That makes you look like you're on something. O.k., so check for those things. As well as you want to check on your gesturing. Are you doing way too much flailing about of your hands? Getting your hands all over, maybe you're a hand talker in real life, so you're using your hands. Don't do that because that's a distraction. Or, maybe you're rocking. This is something we see a lot of times . People are nervous so they rock back and forth. Very bad thing to do. So, if you've done a video tape, pay attention to what you're doing with your body. Are you still? Are you using a minimum amount of gestures? And are you making adequate eye contact with the entire crowd for an appropriate length of time?"