I like quick-and-dirty fixes.

Do you have fidgety hands while giving a speech? Waving about, or perhaps stuck in your pockets? Then try holding a pen in one hand.

I was inspired to suggest this to a speaker who tended to keep his hands in his pockets. Amazingly, when he used this trick in a later speech, his hands were liberated and actually enhanced the delivery.

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