Professional gestures in speech skills
The first gesture: the greeting gesture.
At the beginning, the host introduced you to the stage, and you can make this professional gesture of waving one arm when you come to the stage. This gesture has three functions: greeting, thanks and goodbye, so this gesture can be used not only at the beginning of greeting, but also at the end of speech. When using this gesture, you should pay attention to one thing: when waving, the direction of your hand should be consistent with the direction of your body, head and eyes. If you wave in that direction, you should point your body, head and eyes in that direction, otherwise it is impolite.
The second gesture: gesture with or without microphone.
There are two main points in the gesture when holding the microphone. First of all, try to hold the microphone with one hand and gesture with the other hand when speaking; Second, when holding the microphone, hold it in the middle and lower part of the microphone. Don't hold it too tightly or too tightly. Be natural and put your thumb behind the microphone.
The third gesture: the open gesture
If you don't have a microphone in your hand and don't have any special gestures, you can open your hands and make an open gesture like Luo Yonghao. Big names like Jobs, Luo Yonghao and Lei Jun all like to use this gesture, and it seems that this style is popular in recent years' mobile phone brand launches. If you don't have a microphone in your hand, I suggest you use this open gesture instead of interlocking your hands.
The fourth gesture: emphasis
In addition to the gesture of putting your thumb and forefinger together to show emphasis, you can also extend your forefinger, bend the other four fingers together, straighten your arm, and point your forefinger into the air to show emphasis.
The fifth gesture: invite
When you want to invite an audience to answer or ask questions in the interactive session of the speech, you can extend a palm-up hand like the gesture of the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in this picture and make an invitation. This gesture is often used in press conferences and press conferences, and friends who often watch news should often see this gesture.
The sixth gesture: Remind to be quiet.
At the speech scene, if someone is on the phone, chatting, or talking after interaction, you can pause and say nothing, put your index finger to your lips and show them this gesture. I'm sure they will be quiet soon.
(1) Reach out (palm up, forearm slightly straight, palm forward)-indicating request, communication, commitment, humility, recognition, praise, hope, welcome, honesty, etc.
Teach you to make speech gestures with your hands.
Reach out and train: "People live in the world, who doesn't want their life to be meaningful and valuable?" "I live to make others live better!"
(2) Raise your hand (palms up, arms slightly bent, palms shoulder height)-indicating calling, arousing, praying, excitement, anger, emphasis, etc.
Hands-up training: "Good morning, leaders, distinguished guests and classmates!" ""the people hold him high who works for the people! "
(3) Raise your hand (five fingers up, forearm vertical, palm up) to show action, affirmation, passion, emotion, praise, etc.
Raise your hand training: "The value of life lies in dedication, and the true meaning of life lies in creation!" " ""Experience has proved that people who can make most people happy are also happy. "
(4) Wave (arms forward, palms up)-to express encouragement, agitation, call, appeal, advance, salute, etc.
Bo Xun: "Work hard! Fight! Our tomorrow will be better! " "Comrades and friends: Let's March forward bravely under the banner of patriotism!"
(5) Pushing hands (palms forward, forearms straight)-indicating firmness, stop, decisiveness, rejection, rejection, overwhelming, etc.
Pushing hands training: "No! Can't do this! This is not our logic! " "Whoever does not belong to his own country does not belong to mankind."
(6) Pressing hands (palms down, forearms down to the lower area)-indicates quietness, stop, opposition, depression, pessimism or anger.
Hand pressure training: "Time is life, wasting other people's time for no reason is actually tantamount to killing people for money." "Whoever values money more than honor will fall from noble to humble."
(7) Wave (palms outward, forearms raised above the central area)-expressing disgust, contempt, denial, disappointment, disdain, etc.
Bo Xun: "A person's value should be based on what he has contributed, not what he has achieved." "People who tell the truth rashly in small matters cannot be trusted in big matters."
(8) Heart and hand (fingers together, bent, naturally placed on the chest)-express yourself, wishes, wishes, hopes, mood, mentality, etc.
Heart and hand training: "patriotism is the purest soul, and patriotism is the most beautiful soul." "Qian Xuesen will always be a hero in China."
(9) Side hand (palm on one side of the body, palm forward)-indicates hatred, contempt, mystery and anger, and indicates people and things.
Side hand training: "knowledge determines fate, and learning makes the future!" " ""If you want to be happy, you have to create value for the world! " .
(10) Hand in hand (hands open on the chest, hands together)-indicates intimacy, unity, union, welcome, affection, contact, enthusiasm, consent, etc.
Hands-on training: "The duty of soldiers is to give up their families and maintain social peace for everyone." "Patriotism is a deep affection for one's motherland for thousands of years."
(1 1) Break up (open your hands on your chest, then make a gesture with your hands open)-according to the different areas of the gesture after opening, it means emptiness, meditation, negativity (lower area), approval, optimism, positivity (middle area), excitement, praise, upward (upper area) and so on.
Breaking up training: "There is no doubt in the mountains and rivers, and there is another village." "The best things in our world are created by labor and people's clever hands."
Classification of sign language areas
(1) Upper zone gesture training: The gesture that exceeds the shoulder when speaking is called the upper zone gesture. Gestures move in this area, generally expressing ideals, hopes, joy, excitement, congratulations, etc. Gestures are inward, upward, palm upward, with large movements, which are mostly used to express positive and enthusiastic content and feelings. Upper zone gesture is widely used in speeches and meetings, but rarely used in daily communication.
(2) Middle zone gesture training: The gesture of moving from shoulder to waist when speaking is called middle zone gesture. Gestures in this area mostly express narration, explanation and relatively calm emotions, and generally do not have strong emotional color. The main point of action is that one hand or both hands naturally extend forward or horizontally to both sides, and the palm can be up, down or perpendicular to the ground, with moderate motion range. Central gesture is one of the most widely used gestures in daily life and work.
(3) Lower zone gesture training: The gestures that move below the waist are called lower zone gestures. Gestures in this respect generally express hatred, contempt, opposition, criticism, disappointment, etc. Its basic action is palm down, and the gesture is pressed forward or sideways, with a small movement range, which generally transmits negative information.
How to Use Gestures Correctly in Speech
About gestures,
Only one thing to remember: put your hands on your upper body.
A misunderstanding needs to be corrected: don't plan your gestures in advance.
Gestures are not martial arts moves, and there is no such clear one-to-one relationship with ideograms, and the use of gestures is not so rigid. Don't let your hands droop naturally, so raise your hands every time you gesture. If you are a little stage fright, it will be over before raising your hand, and the audience will focus on your upper body.
The correct way is to put your hands in front of your stomach, as Merkel did below. In this way, when you need to make gestures, your hand will naturally reach out. How to put it is more comfortable, you can fold it, you can hug each other, whatever you want.
Variant: If you want to be cool, you can put one hand in your pocket or something, but make sure that one hand is on the upper body.
As long as you provide enough convenience for your hands as mentioned above, your gestures will naturally follow when necessary, so you don't have to learn this. Everyone has different styles, some people gesture less, and some people gesture more, which is normal.
What you need to pay attention to is your mood. If you are nervous or bored, your gestures will naturally show these emotions. If you are already very tall, or want to convince the audience, then your hands know what gestures to use.
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