Eye contact

Some
Look at the while
Look the heads
of audience/ participants
So why do people do it?
• Being Disinterested
• Being Sleepy
• Talking among
themselves
• Being busy on mobiles
• Looking at us
Better
Definitely make

Use these types of eye contact

• Sweep your gaze across all participants.
• Don’t hold the gaze of any one participant.
• Cover the audience from front to back
• Alternate with side to side
• Hold their gaze for a few seconds
• Move to another participant – hold gaze
• Zoom out to the entire group
• Repeat after a few minutes or while making
an important point
• Look at the participants in no particular
order
• Don’t hold the gaze for more than 1-2 seconds
 why you must make

It shows that you are

• Comfortable
• Confident
• Connected
Eye contact shows that you are
• Comfortable with the content
• Comfortable with the audience
• Comfortable with the knowledge
Eye contact shows that you are
• Confident about the knowledge
• Confident of being able to answer any doubts
Eye contact shows that you are
• Happy to connect with your audience
• Open to their points of views and thoughts
• Not closed to their ideas
• Reach the venue a few minutes early
• Stand in the space you will stand for the
presentation
• Look at the empty room
• Practice your opening sentences
• Drink a sip of water just before you start
All the Best