Steve Jobs: A Character Analysis

Jean also has some outstanding positive points and some pressing points of improvement. The following recurring positive points deserve the most praise.

The following recurring points of improvement require extra attention and work.

Points of improvement

Lack of eye contact (1)

Static posture (2)

Lack of ending (3)

Small & repeated gestures (4)

1) Always try to maintain eye contact with your audience. This will cause your message to seem more believable and you will come across as less confident. It also helps you out as maintaining eye contact helps you concentrate and focus on your story. Try following the tips on how to make strong eye contact: o Try to look at every member of your audience as an individual, imagine having

While this technique works for him, it is not suitable for everybody or every format. Keep this in mind! There is a lot to learn from his other movements.

You could also take a look on this website: http://www.ljlseminars.com/bodymove.htm

It contains a section out of a book named ‘10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking’. It might help with choosing when and how to move during a presentation.

3) It is important to close your presentation off properly. This will make your message stick better and make it memorable. It is also of the essence that you do not overwhelm your audience by attempting to make multiple memorable statements at once. This will only lead to confusion and have the opposite effect of what you had intended. Try to incorporate the following elements when writing and practicing your

The methods are easy to follow and very simple yet very effective.

Lastly, do not forget to thank your audience for their attention!

4) As mentioned before, hand gestures can greatly improve a presentation. However, they do need to be appropriate and effective. Making hand gestures too small causes impaired visibility to parts of your audience. It also is a sign of insecurity as people will think you are afraid to commit to obvious (big) gestures. Most importantly, small gestures can be mistaken for fidgeting.

Repeating gestures has a different effect, although also not a desirable one. By repeating a gesture over and over again the audience can get distracted and stop focusing on your message. Also, repetition of a certain gesture can come off as aggressive or forceful, counteracting your objective.

Try to look at the lesson about gestures and body language again (page 4).

Jean often uses this gesture. This is mostly used when trying to reinforce a point or when telling an event in sequential order. However, it can come across aggressively when repeatedly used. Try to avoid this as you do not want to scare of your