How do you smile when giving a presentation without looking fake or phony? A lot of people are so focused on their presentation not messing up, their face goes blank, so they look scared, timid, uncomfortable. Other times, occasionally This is a rare problem. People think I'm supposed to smile, but they have kind of a plastered phony smile on their mouth. Neither one of those things will look good when you're giving a presentation. My advice is just a little bit of a smile on your face when you're talking.
Think about how happy you are to be sharing the ideas you have with your audience. Let it be genuine. You want a little more expressiveness on your face than usual when giving a presentation? Yes, there are some cultural differences in France. Too much of a smile will make people think you're some idiot American, so you got to be careful about nuances in any one particular culture. In general, most the time I find most audiences around the world do respond more favorably.
When someone is giving a presentation and they just look pleasant have a little bit of a smile, but a full range of emotion on their face. Not a big frozen smile. Not a blank scared. Look either