Make your ideas contagious. Speak with enthusiasm; such enthusiasm will not only hold the interest or your listeners it will also be more apt to motivate them.
But this enthusiasm can't be faked. The first step in this your honest belief in what you're talking about. If you have this belief and an honest conviction that your listeners really need to hear and will benefit from what you want to share with them your facial expressions, gestures, and voice will almost automatically be enthusiastic.
This enthusiasm will be almost automatic because there could still be things you have to work on more mechanically. If you're the kind of person who can speak either for or against the Mayan prophecy that it is all over for us earthlings on December 21, 2012 in a deadpan tone then you may need or make an extra effort to be more expressive ( See our or thoughts on belief and conviction above). or there might be some portions of your presentation requiring extra enthusiasm -- such as when you have to tell workers that their acceptance of a pay cut will eventually work out not only for the benefit of the company but also for them and their families -- or you might want have to inject new life into material that you might have covered numerous times before.
The way to overcome this last problem is to do continual research to come with new nuggets of information that excite you. It doesn't have to be something totally new or some that provides a fresh perspective to to the topic.
All of this will help you to make your ideas more contagious and move your audience to action
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