Tips for a more powerful presentation
After important points look for the person's reaction to what you have just said. If the person feels like you have been talking to them, they'll nod.
People nod when they have processed what you have just said. "Waiting for the nod" is an effective way of pacing your delivery to the rate at which your audience can take it in.
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The most powerful time to have your eyes up is at the end of a sentence. Unfortunately, it's also the time when you'll be most tempted to drop your eyes so that you can look at your notes.
Eye connection means spending time with each person so that person feels like you're talking just to them. Eye connection has two major benefits:
1. People in your audience will feel that you have genuinely connected with them and that you care about their reaction.
2. Because you're talking to people as if you were in a one-on-one conversation, you'll come across as conversational. That makes you easy to listen to and engaging.