Having confidence is to believe in yourself and your ability. When you’re confident, it means you know your worth, and you’re content and comfortable in your skin. When it comes to confidence in public speaking and presentation skills, it impacts your speech’s delivery and how the audience receives it.

How to display confidence in public speaking and presentation skills

During a speech, your look and demeanor affect your audience’s perception of you. If you display a clear look of confidence, your audience will be more likely to respond to your message. Presentations, particularly, can be challenging. Having a confident exterior can endear you to the people you’re presenting to and make them more likely to engage with you. Displaying confidence in public speaking and presentation skills can make or break your speech or presentation. 

How to display confidence in public speaking

• Maintain an open stance
• Maintain eye contact
• Use positive body language.
• Move around the stage self-assuredly.
• Incorporate meaningful pauses
• Prepare extensively before your presentation.