6 Ways to Look More Confident During a Presentation

Harvard Business Review · Oct 16, 2026 · 5m

6 Ways to Look More Confident During a Presentation

Uploaded 12-06-22

13 Jun 2022

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Research says using these 6 persuasive body-language positions during a talk can lead to success.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Your ideas are important–but so is your body language.

00:47 Position 1: The box

01:10 Position 2: Holding the ball

01:25 Position 3: Pyramid hands

01:52 Position 4: Wide stance

02:05 Position 5: Palms up

02:22 Position 6: Palms down

The next time you give a presentation, try to have it recorded, then review the video with the sound off, watching only your body language. How did you stand and…