7 Ways to Keep Your Audience Riveted at All Times

7 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR AUDIENCE RIVETTED AT ALL TIMES ....| 1 Talk about something your audience is interested in Focus on your audience and not your own exploits "A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest" - Winston S. Churchill Make it short Keep it short and your audience will have no time to get bored "Proper planning and preparation prevents poor performance" Stephen Keague 3 Tell stories A good story will always entertain and captivate your audience "There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them" - Dale Carnegie Vary your voice and body language 4 Monotonous voices cause people to sleep, mix it up and keep everyone engaged "There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars" - Mark Twain 5 Write clear headlines Write headlines for your slides that express a point of view "90% of how well the talk will go is determined before the speaker steps on the platform" - Somers White 6 Keep it moving Make sure that every new bit of information you provide builds on what came before "They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel" - Carl W. Buechner 7 Have frequent breaks Moving is the most effective way of reviving people at risk of dozing off "The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public" - George Jessel Sources: 1. www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/content/7-ways-audience-attention-presentation 2. blog.jvf.com/2009/04/07/public-speaking-success-four-ways-to-keep-your-audience-interested 3. www.inc.com/sims-wyeth/how-to-capture-and-hold-audience-attention.html LONDON SPEAKER BUREAU www.londonspeakerbureau.com .... יו1I!)