What to do with your hands when speaking, from a public speaking coach
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What to do with your hands when speaking, from a public speaking coach
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This is genuinely the most commonly asked question I get as a public speakingcoach: what am I supposed to do with my hands? Good news: it's not ascomplicated as you think!
Option one: talk with your hands naturally. This is called informal gesturing,and it's completely fine, as long as you give your audience a rest every nowand then. Let your hands drop back down by your sides between points, ratherthan gesturing non-stop.
Option two is formal, rehearsed gesturing, built around two simple rules.First, air under your armpits: make sure there's genuine space under your arm,so the gesture sits somewhere your audience can actually see it, not tucked inclose to your body. Second, strong fingers. Weak, floppy fingers make a gesturelook accidental, like you didn't quite mean to do it. Strong fingers make theexact same gesture look deliberate and confident.
That's really it. Talk with your hands, or use formal gestures, just rememberto rest, and keep it visible and intentional.
This is exactly the kind of detail we work on in my corporate presentationskills training.
I'm Michelle Bowden. Corporate Presentation Skills in under 60 seconds.