How to engage with your audience sian hughes

How to engage with your audience Sian Hughes -s.hughes@mmu.ac.uk Thurs 26 th May

The Hook – Start with impact
Be controversial
Create fear/anticipation
Be reassuring
Surprise the audience
Create participation
Quote a statistic
Tell a story
Ask a question

The Promise (INTRO)
I nterest – via the hook
N eed – why do your audience need to listen to you?
T itle – what’s it about?
R ange – outline key themes
O bjective – “By the end of this presentation, you will….”

End with a bang not a whimper!
Revisit the promise
Provide a direction for your audience….what should they do next?
A statement summing up your key message
A visual or verbal link back to the opening
Thank you for your attention, any questions?

4 things to remember about your audience
They want you to succeed
You have the knowledge the audience want
The audience don’t know you’re afraid
The audience can be treated as an individual

Difficult Participants – The Whisperer
Identify by:
Don’t understand what’s going on
Sharing anecdotes triggered by your presentation
Bored, mischievious or critical (rare)
Options:
Stop talking, wait and non verbally ask for permission to continue
Use your proximity

Difficult Participants – The Heckler
Identify by:
Aggressive
Argumentative
Insecure?
Options:
Never give a reaction
Find merit and agree on something, then move on
Wait for a mis-statement of fact and throw it out to the group for correction

Difficult Participants – The Talker/Know All
Identify by:
“ Eager beaver”
A show off?
Well informed and keen to show it
Options:
Slow down with a tough question
Jump in and ask for the group to comment
Wait for a pause, thank and move on

Any questions?

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