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Eye Contact

All these features of your delivery style will be affected by the size of your audience. You
will generally need to be more extroverted the larger your audience and it will require
more energy and concentration to scan a large audience to make sure that everyone is
following your message.

You also need to take into account the likely effect on the audience of what you are
presenting. If the implications of your message are going to cause problems for some
people in the audience—for example, redundancy or restructuring—then an overly up-
beat delivery style will come across as insensitive and antagonistic, alienating those in
your audience that are affected.

KEY POINTS
KEY POINTS

• A persuasive delivery style involves mastery of voice, body language, and eye
contact.

• You should make a conscious effort to eradicate any verbal mannerisms you may
have. These include: droning, aural punctuation, hesitation, or verification.

• Try to avoid becoming rooted to the spot. It is generally easier to keep people’s

attention if you move around a little.

• Respect the audience’s personal space and only move into it briefly if you need

to make an important point.

• Remember to make plenty of eye contact. This enables you to check that people

are following you and to modify your delivery if they are not. Make sure that
your overall tone is appropriate for the message.

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