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1. As much as possible/appropriate,
include your audience
You don't always have to be the talking head at a meeting.
Prepare questions in advance that will encourage the audience to
participate.
Consider your audience in advance-Who are they?
What might their histories and/or interests be?
Prepare opportunities in your presentation/speech for audience
participation.
2. Inject appropriate humour in your delivery
It will do you good, enabling you to lighten up and release any
tension.
It will also enable the audience to loosen up, pay more attention,
and receive you in a much more favorable way.
3. Share a little known fact
Most audiences are especially grateful to hear something they
haven't already heard before.
One single piece of new information can make the time spent
listening completely worth their while.
If you can find one little known, yet especially relevant fact,
you will have a captive audience.
4. Smile and the world smiles with you
It's true!
Others can sense your discomfort, and despite any earth shattering
information you have to share, your audience is apt to discount
your brilliance if the delivery of your key messages isn't clear
and assertive.
Instead remember to smile, make eye contact and believe your own
words-and they will too.
5. Keep it relevant
To the extent possible, make sure your audience is the right
audience for the information you are presenting.
In other words, don't lecture on retirement options to a newly
graduating class.
Know before hand what you want to say and practice until it comes
naturally.
This will enable you to spend more time relating to your audience,
than trying to remember what comes next in your delivery.
6. Create fun visuals (as appropriate)
Some individuals will retain more if they are able to see graphic
representations of the information you plan to deliver.
Consider which parts of your message can be presented visually,
and remember to keep visuals simple, attractive, and large enough
so everyone can see them.
Any fun, relevant clipart or comic can also be a nice perk.
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