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Tag: audience engagement
Is there such a thing as too much interaction in public speaking?
The power of interactivity in presentations is undeniable. Whether personally or virtually, you risk losing an audience that is only passively engaged. As a presenter, you must encourage your audience to actively participate and to engage with you to create a more dynamic experience. While there are many ways to do this, a simple rule…
Interactive Virtual Presentations: The Art of Engaging
During the COVID-19 pandemic, with most of the world locked in their houses, virtual presentations became the most common way of public speaking. Those dark times are over now, but our routines have changed forever, and many of us are still asked to give virtual presentations. These presentations come with their own challenges, one of…
Stand-up Comedy is Some Serious Public Speaking
Do you like to listen to stand-up comedians? People are more than happy to sit for 1 hour or more in a chair listening to someone talking and even pay for it. However, invite them for a formal speech, and they will be less than excited… Sure, the comedic tone helps, but there is more…
Channel Supervillains to improve your public speaking
Supervillains are those evil characters who only exist to make superheroes’ life really hard. Have you noticed that they are all excellent speakers? They are charismatic like no other character in the story, and they catch the audience’s attention, despite being the bad guys. Why does this happen? More importantly, what can you learn from…
9 things that are alienating your audience
You prepared this fantastic presentation. You have everything ready, and yet… your audience isn’t engaging. Why? It is a fact that some audiences are particularly difficult, but it is the speaker’s job to find a way to reach them. In fact, most of the time, if the audience isn’t engaging, it is because you’re doing…
