Tag Archives: audience engagement
Social Media Monday: Twitter for Professional Speakers
I’m going to assume that after reading last week’s Social Media Monday post titled “Twitter 101” that you all ran off and signed up for your very own Twitter accounts. Today let’s talk about how you, as a professional speaker, … Continue reading
Inspiring Speaker Friday: Sebastian Wernicke and Bobby McFerrin
The TED 2012 Full Spectrum conference was held last week in Long Beach, California. It was a weeklong celebration of the art of public speaking and featured inspiring talks on everything from science to social injustice and from climate change … Continue reading
Audience Feedback
So you’ve given your speech, you’ve answered the audience’s questions, you’ve made your concluding remarks and – phew! –you’ve breathed a sigh of relief because your presentation is over and it’s time to relax. Not so fast! I hate to break … Continue reading
Question Period
Yesterday we established that asking and answering questions is one of the best ways of engaging with your audience. When it comes to question and answer sessions, my advice – as usual – is practise makes perfect. There’s nothing worse than … Continue reading
Engaging With Your Audience
We’ve already talked about how to make a good first impression on your audience and how to not distract your audience while you’re speaking. So what’s next when it comes to speaker-audience interactions? Audience engagement! Keeping an audience’s attention is … Continue reading
