GESTURES:

  • Get the hands moving as you speak

  • Use your gestures to help the listener (show and tell them simultaneously)

  • Hand autonomy — try to move them independently (not just together and in sync)

  • Place information purposefully around you — remember where it is (consistency for listener)

  • Keep the spine sturdy (can twist around spine, but avoid collapsing)

  • Shoot for mostly palm down gestures for now

Use hands to:

  • Show numbers - anytime you mention a number and can show it on fingers
    • Example: You have 3 options / there are 2 main points / there are 3 major values / etc.
  • Show connection and/or distinction between topics
    • Example: You have two options — option A, option B (separate with hands)
  • Show scale
    • Example: is 20% a lot or a little?
    • Is “7 years” a long time or a short time?
  • Show positive/negative or incentivizing/de-incentivizing