SELF-TRAINING CHECKLIST

EYE CONTACT

●  Am I making eye contact with the audience, and could I be making more of it?
●  Am I distributing my gaze evenly among all of the listeners so as to engage everyone?

BODY LANGUAGE

●  Are my hand gestures enhancing my message?
●  Are my hand movements natural, or too repetitive and mechanical?
●  Am I making any unconscious movements, like fidgeting or twitching?

SPEECH AND VOICE

●  Am I emphasizing important words in sentences?
●  Are my emphases correctly placed in sentences?
●  Am I using pauses and moments of silence effectively?

OVERALL IMPRESSION

●  Does the audience feel like I’m communicating with them, not just focused on myself?

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY…

●  Do I feel like I’m interacting with the audience, not just focusing on myself?