Deliver your Presentations with Power Poses
Power poses are a way to take control of your emotions before you deliver an important presentation. The idea is to use these poses to “pre-visualize” your power, whether that be in a game, public speaking, or any other situation where your mind will be key in how well you succeed.
Power Poses are physical poses used to increase your confidence and magnetism. By doing these poses, you’ll be able to exude power from every angle. If you follow this simple step, you’ll be able to make an incredible impact on the room during a presentation! Power Poses are poses that can make you feel more powerful and confident. There are different types of power poses, such as open-handed high fives, wide stances, arms outstretched with a relaxed palm, and hands-on-hips. These poses help to increase testosterone while lowering cortisol levels in the body by 15%. Power Poses are poses that instil a feeling of power, confidence and strength in the person you’re posing for. They’re designed to make you feel powerful, empowered and strong while they help to build rapport with your audience.
When preparing for a presentation, you should use Power Poses to effectively motivate yourself. Developing a set of power poses before your presentation can help put you in the mindset you desire. The poses should be targeted towards overcoming any setbacks that have been experienced. “We need poses that act like exclamation points” says Amy Cuddy, an expert on body language. There’s no more no time for weak energy when you’re speaking about a new product to your team. Presentation skills are like martial arts: learn the basics, practice, and your presentations will be more powerful than ever.
You know that feeling you get when you are about to give a presentation and all the butterflies in your stomach start fluttering? That feeling is great because it means that you are ready to perform! You want the audience to be fully engaged with your message, so it’s important to learn how to deliver your presentations in a way that will make all those butterflies take flight. One key way of doing this is by using aggressive stances. Aggressive stances are postures (typically standing or sitting) that help us identify our strengths, build confidence, and infuse positivity into stressful situations. They have been found to increase feelings of power and confidence, decrease feelings of anxiety and depression, increase self-efficacy, and elicit increased levels of testosterone.
If you’re having a hard time getting your audience to listen, it might be time to consider using aggressive stances. Aggressive stances have been shown to increase people’s commitment and willingness to pay attention. People who use aggressive stances are more easily persuaded and less likely to antagonize others, which results in fewer distractions throughout the presentation.
David Scott is a video production artist, speaker, and coach. He has spent more than 14 years teaching filmmaking and storytelling. With that much experience behind him, he knows what it takes to deliver great presentations.
