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Public Speaking and the Art of Audience Involvement
1469 October 21st, 2008
A speaker can no longer automatically expect to have the complete and undivided attention of an audience. The primary reason is that the concentration levels of audiences everywhere have dropped considerably within a generation due to television, radio and the Internet. Television and radio producers are well aware of today’s shrinking attention spans, so news and features grow shorter and shorter.
Effective public speakers come to grips with the reality that they need to employ a variety of techniques for ensuring that the audience stays focused, involved, and entertained. In this article, we will look at a number of techniques you can draw on to keep audience members involved in your presentation.
