Timeline for Is having your hand in your pocket during a presentation bad?
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| Oct 2, 2019 at 14:32 | comment | added | Captain Emacs | @TimothyAWiseman I cannot follow at all where your judgement comes from, as I do not feel it disrupts his presentation in the least. I know other (great!) speakers who do that, and it is part of their presentation personality. The discussion appears to me to be one of matter of taste and style. Let's agree to disagree. | |
| Oct 2, 2019 at 14:22 | comment | added | TimothyAWiseman | @CaptainEmacs I'm well aware of Feynman's presentations. He was magnificent, but he essentially overcame that flaw in his presentation. Just because he can do it and still have a good presentation doesn't mean that it is generally a good idea or even that it was a good idea for him. | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 23:28 | comment | added | Captain Emacs | @TimothyAWiseman Richard Feynman, one of the best and most charismatic scientific speakers who we have a recording of quite regularly puts a hand in his pocket, e.g.: youtube.com/watch?v=NM-zWTU7X-k It doesn't come across as bad or unnatural. | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 22:45 | comment | added | TimothyAWiseman | I have to respectfully disagree in part. With some narrow exceptions, I think having your hands in your pockets during a presentations comes across rather badly and would strongly advise people giving presentations against doing it. With that said, I also cannot fathom calling someone out on it publicly unless there was an actual solicitation for public feedback on style. | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 17:02 | comment | added | user104070 | No 3 would be most often associated with shyness, or stage fright, common problems in presentations. Heckling on the other hand is only associated with self-important bullies, and is never appropriate in an academic context. | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 10:42 | comment | added | Pharap | In regards to #3, I find putting one's hand behind one's back can work. | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 8:31 | comment | added | cbeleites | There's also 4. "I've injured my hand/arm/shoulder and rest it this way - and that is none of your [audience] business." and 5. "I'm freezing cold and try to keep at least one hand warm" (though in that case moving around would probably help more) | |
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| Sep 29, 2019 at 0:27 | history | answered | Captain Emacs | CC BY-SA 4.0 |