Don’t forget to smile at your audience!

At the Inc. web site yesterday there was an 1150-word article by Thomas Koulopoulus titled One thing that you can do right now to make your next speech extraordinary (no practice involved).

In brief, his advice just is to smile at your audience. Similarly, the 20-page instructional booklet (Item 201) from Toastmasters International titled Gestures: Your Body Speaks reminds us on page 14 that:

“The key to conveying friendliness is remembering to smile.”

An image of a smiling stuffed Cheshire Cat came from Daniel Schwen at Wikimedia Commons.