What To Do with your Hands while Speaking? Effective Hand Gestures for Tour Guides

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Have you ever wondered if there are hand gestures that you should avoid while speaking? There certainly are! That’s why we created a bonus PDF resource for this Video called, ‘Talking with Your Hands - 7 Common Mistakes to Avoid’. Grab your free copy by clicking below and take a look at some of the gestures that may be holding you back.

But back to our video... If you ever look at footage of some of the world’s most successful speakers, you’ll notice that they all have one thing in common: They use LOTS of hand gestures.

A fantastic study done by the Science of People reviewed thousands of hours of the most and least popular TED talks. The least popular speakers on TED used an average of 272 hand gestures over their 18 minute talk, while the most popular TED speakers used an average of 465 hand gestures—that’s almost double!
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So if we appreciate that our hand gestures are actually an integral part of our tour - for both us and our audience - we should take some time to consider which movements are most effective.

What to do with your hands while speaking?

In this video, we’ll look at four types of effective hand gestures to put in your toolbox. There is a good chance that you are already using 'the give', 'the mime', 'the show' and 'the chop' - but in this video we’ll look at how effectively speaking with our hands is all about choosing the right gesture at the right moment.

We’ll also find your base posture, which is the position that you should gesture to, and from, when making hand movements. This will keep your motion natural looking and give you an idea of where to put your arms when not actively gesturing. We’ll also look at where 90% of your hand movements should be to avoid being distracting or confusing.