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Tip #29: Talk with Your Hands - Use Gestures to Better Explain Your Content | 30 Public Speaking Tips

November 29, 2025 • Doug Staneart

Welcome to 30 Tips in 30 Days! Over the entire month of November, I will be releasing a short, bite sized episode of Fearless Presentations every morning covering things that are absolutely essential to being a better presenter.

Whether you've been speaking professionally for years and years or are looking to just start your public speaking journey, applying just these 30 tips I cover here will instantly and easily make you improve as a speaker.

Speeches are only partially about the words that you're saying. Even a great speech delivered limply at a podium with zero movement or awareness of what your body is doing will fail every single time. Use your hands, legs, head, full body, everything to emphasize your points, physically convey words you're saying, and just all around be more engaging to watch on stage and you'll instantly find people enjoying your speeches more and more.

Show Notes: 101 Public Speaking Tips For Delivering Your Best Speech
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/101-public-speaking-tips-for-delivering-your-best-speech/)