7.2: Nonverbal Presentation Skills
While writers use headings, fonts, and punctuation to draw attention, delineate relationships, and express importance, presenters use nonverbal intonation to highlight essential information.
Nonverbal communication encompasses everything from paralinguistics – how we use our voice (tone, rate, pitch, accent) and bodies (facial expression, eye contact, gestures, posture, stance, clothes, and jewelry) to communicate information. For example, we can speak softly or loudly, use hand gestures, or change the tone or intonation of our voice to express or convey emotion and engage our audience.
Read this section, which describes how we communicate nonverbally and the role of nonverbal communication.