During his speech, Obama displayed many important public speaking tactics that kept his audience engaged. To begin with, President Obama was absolutely immaculate with the way he used his gestures. If you watch the speech, President Obama took advantage of empowering words such as “together” and “freedom” and use hand gestures to emphasize its meaning. Words like that have a very powerful meaning, especially when used by President of the United States. Meanwhile, the cameramen would zoom in and out of specific people in the audience and you can just tell, by the way they barely blinked, that President Obama had 100% of their attention. Within his gestures and empowering words, President Obama was very poise during his pauses. He made it a huge deal to pause right after specific sentences that engraved the crowds with enthusiasm. After reciting words from the Declaration of Independence, “… Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness…” he paused for a moment which resulted in a euphoric roar from the
During his speech, Obama displayed many important public speaking tactics that kept his audience engaged. To begin with, President Obama was absolutely immaculate with the way he used his gestures. If you watch the speech, President Obama took advantage of empowering words such as “together” and “freedom” and use hand gestures to emphasize its meaning. Words like that have a very powerful meaning, especially when used by President of the United States. Meanwhile, the cameramen would zoom in and out of specific people in the audience and you can just tell, by the way they barely blinked, that President Obama had 100% of their attention. Within his gestures and empowering words, President Obama was very poise during his pauses. He made it a huge deal to pause right after specific sentences that engraved the crowds with enthusiasm. After reciting words from the Declaration of Independence, “… Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness…” he paused for a moment which resulted in a euphoric roar from the