Gaining Audience Participation

Quick Tips To Gain Audience Participation Stephanie Scotti

Quick Tip # 1: Welcome Your Participants

Quick Tip # 1: Welcome Your Participants
Arrive early
Use names
Shake hands

Quick Tip # 2: Build Rapport

Eye contact

Eye contact
Smile

Eye contact
Smile
Move

Quick Tip # 3: Ask for Participation

Rhetorical questions

Polling questions

Polling questions
Boomerang questions

Quick Tip # 4: Manage Participation

Set expectations
Field strategies
Time management

Set expectations

Field strategies
Include everyone
Allow “think” time
Use names
Clarify when needed
Avoid yes / no questions

Time management
Keep it moving
Provide a countdown
Conclude smartly

Tips to Gain Audience Participation Welcome Your Participants Build Rapport Ask For Participation Manage Participation

by StephanieScotti on Mar 30, 2010