Effective Public Speaking: How Gestures Can Distract Your Audience

Extreme hand gestures when talking is a typical problem of the majority of speakers and presenters who often get nervous while in front of many audience. Therefore, to solve this problem it is important to practice your speech along with your gestures. Have you ever seen a presenter who speaks naturally as well as very easily? What about a speaker who seems distracted while wringing his hands and flapping his or her arms? You most likely had not observed the hand gestures of the first type of speaker. How about the second? He or she most likely got annoyed you with his own actions, making you recall him but not his speech. And this second type of speaker may be the one nobody wants to become. If you would like your audience to recall what you are saying, have control over your own hand gestures.

Before the day of your speech, be sure to prepare your speech or presentation. You may write it down first and read it quietly to achieve understanding. Concentrate on internalizing the message of your piece instead of attempting to memorize each and every word. And without the help of your notes, practice stating it out loud. It’s not essential to recall every single word. But instead have the concept, along with the structure of the words used in your piece. If you're still having problems, then return to the process of reading it quietly to yourself. When you're familiar enough with your topic, you will get much more assurance and the odds of being nervous will disappear. Be aware, a nervous speaker has a tendency to show a lot more annoying gestures.

Whenever you practice presenting your speech in a particular approach, you will get used to it as well as deliver it in a proper way. For that reason, your concentration could be more on your crowd instead of on yourself and on the way you deliver your presentation. And in return, you'll be much more connected with the audience. In such a way, your gestures appears more natural. So when your gestures are smooth, they'll complement what you are saying.