Gail up your hand gestures when you're speaking to more people.
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When you are doing the speaking, you should look the person you're talking to directly in the eyes, but not so much when you're the person listening.
Making eye contact while your interlocutor is speaking actually harms your perceived competence.
You must get the audience moving and speaking and responding to you if you want them to engage with what you're saying.
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