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Be authentic to yourself and don't try to copy someone else's presentation style. When I was a member of Toastmasters I received feedback that I did not move around the stage or gesture enough--I stood in one place and essentially moved my arms just from the elbows. To help overcome this, I paid close attention to other presenters who better commanded the stage and forced myself to stretch my movement comfort zone. I learned to take a few steps to emphasize a speaking point and to make my gestures more extreme than felt natural. I did not, however, emulate a fellow speaker who was praised by some for her overly dramatic stage presence and ridiculed by others for her use of Jazz hands while speaking about serious topics. Imitating her would have been inauthentic.
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