How to look confident during a presentation

How do you look confident when you're giving a presentation,

even if you're faking it?

Some people, when they give a presentation,

will walk up and down in front of the audience,

and they might be looking at the audience or they might be looking

at their PowerPoint, but they just never stop moving.

Don't do that.

Tip number one is to anchor your feet.

Imagine that your feet are fixed to the floor,

and your body weight is distributed evenly between them.

If you're going from one side to the other, you just don't look very confident.

So keep your feet hip width apart,

and don't move them during the presentation.

Tip number two is about your hands.

People always worry about what do with their hands during a presentation.

And if you find yourself thinking this, I have a really good trick for you.

Just take the thumb of each hand and the middle finger and put them together.

Then you can put your hands by your sides, and forget about them.

This is a really good thing to do because it's not doing nothing with your hands.

It gives you a plan.

You're going to put the thumb to the middle finger.

It's also something that some people do when they're meditating or doing yoga,

and they argue that it makes you feel calmer.

So, thumb to middle finger, and then just let your hands drop by your sides.

And the final one, if you want your audience to think that

you're really confident, is to slow down.

Remember, the information that you're sharing might seem old to you,

but to the audience it's new. They need time to digest it.

Try watching this video in double speed,

and you'll realize that it's way too fast.

Sometimes when you do a presentation, you end up speaking in double speed,

even if you didn't plan to.

Slow down and give your audience time to absorb what you're saying.

So there you go.

Even if you're only faking it during your presentation,

you can look really confident.

And when you look confident, you'll feel more confident too.

Don't forget to anchor your feet,

put your thumb and middle finger together and slow down

so the audience can take in what you're saying and really enjoy the presentation.

Good luck.

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