ear is the human organ the public speaker is most likely to try to impress as he makes a speech but did you ever think of the importance of the the importance of what the listener sees as well as hears a man's prosperity is often judged by the appearance of his home and thus is man himself judged yes appearance is important appearance is a powerful factor and appearance is something you can control in public speaking your appearance may make the difference between a good speech and a poor  may help convince your audience you know what you're talking about or it may convince them you don't know what you're talking about a good appearance is something that everyone should strive for something everyone can accomplish it begins with the feet seem strange but having your shoe shine will help you make a better speech it will help your general appearance and make you feel better then you should have your suit clean been pressed just for your talk this will help you look successful and your favorite t your hair is neat and clean and you're all ready to go yet so your are dressed up and you're ready to go you'll feel great but wait a minute there's a lot more to appearance than just having your necktie straight your hair color in your teeth brushed the most important one element of your appearance is your posture your posture may be more convincing to your audience than the words you say to them depending upon your posture this can be good or bad because your audience sub conscious late judges you as much by what they see as what they hear you say and they'll see you before they hear you the effectiveness of a brilliant speech can be greatly diminished by poor posture why because your audience thinks about what they see as well as what they hear if your posture is poor or your audience thinks this poor fellow isn't sharp he's wary and confused he doesn't care about us and he probably doesn't know what he's talking about and you you are puzzled right as your speech payload mr you don't look good that's why what your audience sees is so bad they can't hear what you're saying now good platform posture can be accomplished by anyone with a little effort and concentration good posture is first our physical matter the body should be held erect and tall with the head up second leg good posture is a matter of the mind your mind  thinking you must convince yourself you will think tall talk tall stand tall and walk tall remember that you must think tall talk tall stand tall and walk tall this will help you with your posture and your speech now good posture serves more of a purpose than just making you look better it helps you to be comfortable because it keeps you well balanced on the platform poor balance along with poor posture causes some of the characteristic types of speakers you have seen this type knows a subject and has good control of his voice but look at him he looks almost too tired to stand up then there is miss prim the speaker who stands straight tall and rigid she seems to be afraid she'll break and she looks frightened and excessively thermal she keeps her feet cramped tightly together we know her as the telephone call doctor next we have the he man athletic type you often seen him he stands with his shoulders back and is is the rocking horse type rast play we come to the type who leans he leans on the table back of a chair or anything handy in trying to be nonchalant and that is he makes himself thoroughly uncomfortable you can determine this distance by making the need test place the palms of your hands on both leaders and make an easy circular motion with the hands and knees if your with your feet too close together if your still are balance and your uncomfortable triad until you find the easiest and most comfortable position then know the location your feet always try to keep your feet in this position when you are speaking and you won't have to worry about balance and with good balance you appearance remember that appearance is important and that good appearance is easily accomplished just remember to thank tall to stand tall and walk tall and to