Master the Art of Public Speaking
Body Language: What Do I Do with My Hands?
A course by Dasha Dollar-Smirnova , Public Speaking Coach
Joined June 2021
Joined June 2021
About the video: Body Language: What Do I Do with My Hands?
Overview
“I address the common query of "What do I do with my hands?" and help you understand the significance of body language in effective communication. You will learn about the impact of good posture on self-perception and audience perception, and how gestures can enhance message delivery and audience engagement. I encourage utilizing the entire stage for movement, avoiding hiding behind lecterns, to ensure active audience engagement. Additionally, I explore the importance of considering multicultural differences in body language.”
In this video lesson Dasha Dollar-Smirnova addresses the topic: Body Language: What Do I Do with My Hands?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Master the Art of Public Speaking. Learn to overcome fear, find your voice, and communicate effectively in any professional or personal setting.
Partial transcription of the video
“What do I do with my hands? This is a question I get asked a lot about public speaking. And really, it's not about the hands itself. It's thinking about your whole body language. And if you start focusing on your whole body language, your hands will naturally find a place to be. We tend to close our body language when we don't feel confident. We tend to collapse our posture. And we try to make ourselves as small as possible because we don't feel great in that moment. And actually, we kind of want to disappear. Noticing if that happens to your body language and actually opening up your body ...”
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Course summary for: Master the Art of Public Speaking
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Communication
Dasha Dollar-Smirnova
A course by Dasha Dollar-Smirnova
Dasha Dollar-Smirnova is a public speaking coach, and founder of Frog Talk, a company that provides public speaking training workshops. Dasha originally trained and worked in the field of drama and theatre which is where she built her confidence and found her voice.
Her first job was working for advertising agency Hogarth Worldwide, where she applied her acting background to the pitching team and helped the company become one of the UK’s fastest growing advertising agencies. Since then, she has obtained a master’s in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health and devoted herself, and Frog Talk, to helping individuals and companies master public speaking and become better communicators.
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