Audience Engagement: 5 Ways to Get Your Audience to Say “I Do”

Engagement between the speaker and audience during a presentation in any format—keynote, breakout session, workshop or seminar; or training—delivers a high sense of satisfaction to the audience.


What is engagement and why is it critical to the outcome for the audience?


1. Uniting the audience and the presenter – we are in this together Stop your hierarchical mindset: the presenter is in charge and the audience is subordinate.

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  Engagement helps bridge this gap so everyone feels they are on the same side, the side that is going to make a difference.

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  People naturally follow leaders they like and trust.

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  If you can’t get close to the audience, you can help the audience members get close to each other to create a feeling of warmth and camaraderie.

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  Pride of ownership leads to pride in execution.

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  You’re not asking them to do everything new—you are reminding them to do what they already know.

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Susan G. Trivers, MBA is a consummate presentation skills coach with hundreds of confident, creative clients who have learned how to engage their audiences. Start with Susan’s two fundamental principles: Put the Audience First and Be Yourself, Polished. Add effective leading (not supporting) materials to your key points, craft excellent stories, and add engagement activities and you’ll raise your career profile. The Red-Hot Guide to COOL Speaking – Craft and Deliver presentations that are Creative, Original, Outsized & Liberated is Susan’s easy-to-use, apply-it-now e-book that answers all your questions about standing out when you’re standing up in front of an audience. Available at www.susantrivers.com/store.php Questions are always cheerfully answered at susan@susantrivers.com

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