Sally Koering Zimney teaches how to use body movement, stage position, and proximity to emphasize key points and hold an audience's attention when speaking.
You're saying, hey, this is important. And we know that by changing something in our delivery. So when we change our delivery in some way, when we change the movement of our bodies in some way, so when we go from standing still to moving, we're pulled in. We notice it's a cue to the audience. Also, where we move on stage is— those are cues for the audience. Right? Stepping in closer. You can do this virtually as well. When I move closer, it's more important. When I step back, what does that communicate? Less important. We are using our bodies to underline things for our audience. When it's all aligned, it's not distracting. And then it's really important to know ourselves well enough to know what our tendencies are.
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