Getting physical
How can you practice and learn good eye contact?
The only way to cultivate good eye contact is to practice doing it each and every time you speak.
Here are some tricks for doing that:
· Be aggressive. When speaking, pick out a specific pair of eyes in the audience and bore
right into them, for just a few seconds. Then move over to another set; do the same, and
on and on.
· Don't allow your eyes to jump around helterskelter. Do it with purpose. Look left. Make
a statement. Look center. Make a statement. Look right. Make a statement. Look at eyes
in the back of the room. Make a statement.
· Each time your eyes move, pretend to yourself that you are talking only to that individual.
A number of skillful business speakers have said that with these techniques they have been able
to recapture the attention of a temporarily disinterested listener. When experienced speakers spot