1. 1. Involve them immediately
2. Watch your S-space and C-space
3. Make a person in your audience a character in your speech
4. Reactions tell the story
5. Punch and Pause
6. Action in your story prompts the movement in your speech
7. Check the VAKS
8. Take on the persona of each character
9. Put the recipient’s name in the line of dialogue
10. Scan and stop
11. Pause after your Question – wait for them to mentally respond
12. Bigger Audience = Bigger You
13. Acknowledge them when you first come out (Look them over)
14. Walk your timeline
15. Milk the laughter and applause
16. Respond to their reaction
17. Tell your audience a secret (lean in like you’re telling them a secret)
18. Gesture Realistically
19. Stop on a Dime
20. Leave and Lean
21. Point to the past and future on stage
22. Give your gestures a meaning
23. Foundational Phrase
24. Stand still when giving your foundational phrase
25. Give each section it’s own spot on the floor
26. Don’t expect, Invite your audience members into your story
a. You should have been with my wife and me…(visual and verbal cues)
b. If you had been sitting beside me…
27. Anchor your points with a gesture
28. Use a visual and verbal metaphor
29. Make your entire audience a character in your speech
30. If you’re always dynamic, then you’re not dynamic
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