TJ Walker says presenters kill their impact by freezing up or hiding behind lecterns. Move your upper body, lean in, make eye contact with actual people, and walk toward them in large rooms. Movement works only when it's natural, not jerky.
Your next presentation will be much more effective when you use the right body language. The biggest mistake most people make is they shut down their body language. They're holding notes, standing behind a lectern, frozen stiff like scared little bunnies. Don't do that. If you want to make your presentation more effective, you've got to move now. Not in a jerky way, and not pacing back and forth, but you need movement. You need to lean into people. Occasionally. You need to your eyes to look at actual people in the audience. You need to move from the waist up. If you're sitting or you're standing. And if you're standing in front of a large group of people, walk around, walk to one side of the room, walk up to people. You need movement. Otherwise you're just stiff. And that's.
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