Most of the problems people perceive in presentations (hand movements, filler words) are through the speaker's own perceptual lens and not what actually improves audience engagement; Blake's clients often identify issues the audience never noticed while ignoring what the audience actually responded to.
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“a lot of communication experts will watch like a presentation and they'll go well I I think you should move your hands more or less or I think you should speak up like they're doing that through their perceptual lens they're not optimizing for the engagement of the audience”
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The Non-Verbal Expert: These Behaviors Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Someone— The Knowledge Project PodcastCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:33:31 PM
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