When you are talking to someone, where do you usually look? To establish real communication you have to make eye contact, otherwise people will soon stop listening to you.
When you are talking to someone, where do you usually look?
Down at their feet?
Over their shoulders to a distant point on the horizon?
Or somewhere above their heads?
To establish real communication you have to make eye contact, otherwise people will soon stop listening to you.
“I can’t believe how many people there are! Who should I look at?”
At first, start with the people who are nearest to you, or people who are already looking at you.
But then look at the whole audience. You must talk to and involve everybody. And when you have something really important to say, pause briefly and look at all of them.
It’s a great way of creating a little suspense so your listeners will be even more interested in what’s coming next.
And finally, when you’ve finished your talk, quickly look around the whole audience and thank them for their time before leaving the stage.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you …
