What's up Explearners welcome back and hello to anyone here who is new welcome
to my channel exploring communication where you're gonna get tips and tricks
and strategies to become a better public speaker and interpersonal communicator
so today we're talking about stance because it is so important not just what
you say but how you say it this is true for when you speak to one person 10
people 200 people YouTube audiences and when you're on stage because your
message needs to be conveyed clearly and effectively and one way of doing that is
by paying attention to our delivery which can be aided by steps how you
stand on stage or in front of large groups of people so without further ado
let's get right into it you'll notice that there's often a podium on stage I
don't want you to use it why because it's restrictive and it blocks you off
from the audience so it's like saying okay I'm gonna stand here and you guys
can stand all the way over there and I'm gonna talk to you from the podium what
you don't want to do it doesn't create rapport and it also really restricts you
so instead you want to be walking freely you want to make sure that you're pacing
and I'll make another video later about pacing comment below if you want to know
more about what to do to pace effectively on stage so that's for later
comment below and let me know if you want a video on this I want you to think
about you know projecting your voice well another video will come about that
too a comment below if you want a video on voice projection techniques the other
thing you can do is ask for a lapel mic if you feel like your volume needs to be
adjusted and if people can't hear you maybe your soft-spoken right so at all
costs I want you to avoid podium move it don't use it and just use the stage
instead really important to stand square that means that my shoulders are
pointing squarely towards the audience notice how I'm not talking to you like
this over my shoulder hey guys right we don't do that kind of
saying certainly not on stage so instead you have to make sure that your
shoulders are square and they're pointed directly towards your audience into your
interlocutors it is our natural tendency to want to sway when we have our feet
next to each other and notice how this is starting to make you dizzy and also
distracted when people come to see you talk they're not going to a tennis match
they're not going to be doing that or they shouldn't want to anyway the idea
here is that in order to avoid swaying you should put one foot slightly in
front of the other so we stagger our feet it doesn't really
matter if you put your right foot in front of your left or vice versa just
you know alternate so that you don't get tired of it while you're standing for
prolonged periods of time but really try to stagger your feet and they don't have
to be too far apart right we're not lunging here which is not a fitness
class that you can do later or before but just stagger your feet right so this
is when your feet are not staggered and this is when they are okay plant your
feet firmly in the ground make sure you feel the connection with the earth or
this stage and to do this I want you to evenly distribute your weight so that
there's not too much weight in your toes or your heels but evenly distributed and
that's gonna allow you to really plant your feet firmly which is what we want
in addition to having your shoulders pointed straight at the audience you
also want your feet to be doing the same thing and this is true too when you're
in a smaller public speaking setting or among friends or colleagues or whatever
it is wherever you're communicating you want your feet to be pointed towards
your interlocutors the people with whom you're speaking
hola 3ds that's gonna tire you more quickly and especially if you're
standing for prolonged periods of time you don't want your knees to buckle so
instead I want you to think of maintaining a weightlifting stance so if
you're familiar with you lifting free weights at the gym you can have your
knees slightly bent and that will allow you to stand for longer periods of time
more comfortably okay so maintain a weightlifter position
for free weight lifting and have that slight bend in
your knees that will really help you alright Explearners that's it for this
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