On a Tuesday evening, I plugged my camcorder into the TV, and carefully screened my latest speech. One fact jumped out at me. My eye contact was too congested. If the audience had been a slice of bread and my eye contact the peanut butter, there would have been gaps the size of the Nevada Dessert. Do you connect with all members of the audience?

Public Speaking Tip #14: Spread your eye contact to every section of the audience.

As mentioned elsewhere, it is good to have eye contact for 5-8 seconds with each person. You don't have to look at each person, just hit every section of the audience. When you look at one person, the people around feel like you are speaking right to them. Hit all corners, the front, the back, the middle. If you struggle in this area, try doing a figure eight with your eyes. Start in the back on the right side, move to the center back, the left back, the middle, right front, etc. It takes practice, but this is how you have good eye contact and connect with the audience.

Arlen Busenitz

Arlen Busenitz is an experienced speaker with over 650 presentations. He is Author of several books, CD's,and creator of Become a Better Speaker in One Evening™

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