A speaker compares public speaking to driving a car: just as you shift gears for different road conditions, you shift your volume, pitch, gestures, and stillness to keep an audience engaged. Vary your delivery to match your content, moving between animated and quiet moments.
Can you take your car on a long drive by only using one gear? Answer is maybe not. So why do you think you can take your audience on a journey without switching vocal gear, the body language gear, the gestures gear? Speaking is just like taking your audience with you and going on a journey. And just like you navigate, you keep switching gears You need to change your delivery nuances based on what you are sharing. So at times you may become louder, at times you will have some animated gestures, but at times you'll be still, you will have a lower voice, and anything in between. And next time when you have to speak, think about which all gear you're going to use in your speaking.
