Download - Bodily Language & Gestures: Your body speaks
VocalWarm-up
Practice this daily for better
& well-developed voice.
Find your balance.
Spine Roll
Loosen Shoulders
Make contact with your breath.
Hand on stomach, blow breath out in a strong, steady, continuous stream. Each time you recover the breath,
notice the expansion in the stomach area 3x
Hand still on stomach, say hah, hah, hah 3x
Stretch to open ribs
Hum for 1 minute
Loosen Jaw.
Chew. Place two fingers between the teeth and say goo gah, gee gah, gay gah. Remove fingers and say this again retaining the sense of space in the mouth.
Flutter through lips.
Billy Buttons bought a big bunch of beautiful bananas.
Have a big yawn, stretch and say hey or hi.
Imagine you are bouncing a ball with your hand and say
huh huh.
Raise hands while reading a short text.
Bakit puro na lang kami, sila na nga ang tumulong eh.
Tinulungan nila ako, pinagtanggol nila ako
kaya ito ang tamang oraspara ipagtanggol ko sila.
Hindi nila ito deserve,
Research shows that more than half of all human communication takes
place nonverbally
time attention
interesting informative memorable
Gestures:Your body speaks
Action speaks louder than ______.
Why Gestures?The Principle of Empathy
& Albert Mehrabian
7%-38%-55% Rule7%-38%-55% Rule
Eye Contactforget yourself and see
the beauty of your audience.
Why eye contact?Eye Contact Builds Rapport &
Eye Contact Gives Immediate Feedback
How to eye contact?TOASTMASTERS
•Hold to one’s eye for 3-4 minutes
PREFERED
•Hold as long as possible until an act of ‘acknowledgement’ is done then move to the next
Possible problems
1staring frown &
furrowsbeing brave
enough
2 3
Posturealways make that first
impression a powerful one
Comfortable Authoritarian
How to posture?
Possible problems
1leaning to one
sidemoving around & rocking back
& forth
turning your back on the
audience while you speak.
2 3
Hand GesturesTo be effective, a speaker’s gestures
must be purposeful
Your hands can be marvelous tools of communication when you speak. But
many inexperienced speakers are unsure what to do with their hands.
Why hand gestures?Clarify and support your words. Gestures
strengthen the audience’s understanding of your verbal message.
Why hand gestures?Dramatize your ideas. Together with what
you say, gestures help paint vivid pictures in your listeners’ minds.
Why hand gestures?Help dissipate nervous tension. Purposeful gestures are a good outlet for the nervous
energy inherent in a speaking situation.
Why hand gestures?Function as visual aids. Gestures enhance
audience attentiveness and retention.
Why hand gestures?Stimulate audience participation. Gestures
help you indicate the response you seek from your listeners.
Types of Gestures
DDescriptive
clarify or enhance a verbal message
E P SEmphaticunderscore & emote what’s
being said.
Promptingto help evoke a
desired response from the audience
Suggestiveare symbols of
ideas and emotions.
Possible problems
1Hands on
HipsCrossed
ArmsHands
crossed in front
2 3
Possible problems
4Hands
joined in the back
Hands in pockets
Circular moving hands
5 6
Facial Expression
your face speaks ofa thousand words.
1
2 3 4
5 6 7
Possible problems
1lip-locked move-vy
eyesSquished
lips
2 3
As speakers, we need to remember that much of our message is not just in our
words, but also in our visual presentation
Gestures:Your body speaks
References:http://www.toastmasters.org/http://www.artofcommunicating.com.au/