It is important to keep eye contact with the individual members of your audience. Have you ever been part of an audience where the presenter didn’t look at you once? Did you feel that the
presenter was speaking to you? Did you fee engaged when the presenter was looking only at another part of the audience in the room?
Keeping eye contact with your audience is important. Divide the time and look at different members of your audience and consider the different sections of the location. Don’t only look at the
people in the front, back, left or right. Divide your audience in logical sections and ensure you make eye contact with all of them in a timely manner. For some public speakers this may come
naturally and for others this will take some practice to make it work correctly and look authentic. Ask some members of your audience that you trust after your presentation for feedback about
your eye contact to learn from their observations and improve your eye contact to better engage with your audience. Read the book that is part of the Public Speaking Kit for more tips
and information.