How to Put Your Audience at Ease - Public Speaking Video Lecture - Public

so how do you make your audience more
comfortable
well for starters before you even start
speaking to them talk to them when you
walk into the room or when they're
walking into the room don't be one of
these speakers who's all off in a corner
oh don't talk to me I'm looking at my
speech notes you need to be there
shaking hands meeting people talking to
people talk about them talk about their
concerns and then when you're starting
your speech you can actually reference a
part of a conversation that will make
them feel that you have listened to them
that you care about them that will make
them comfortable
the other thing make sure you've got
something interesting I mean nothing
makes people more uncomfortable than
listening to someone thing oh my god I'd
really like to fall asleep but I can't
because this person's right here make
sure you have an interesting
presentation and that will make the
audience more comfortable now if you're
speaking to fewer than 50 people you can
also go around the room really connect
with them and occasionally ask them
questions if it's not a strict limited
ten minute or five minute speech all of
these things will make them comfortable
but be careful sometimes we make our
audience too comfortable and what's the
result we've all seen speakers giving
PowerPoint presentations and their
audience is comfortable all right and
they're comfortable because they are
asleep you want your audience to be a
little bit on edge meaning you want them
to pay attention that's why it's good to
look individuals in the eye to ask them
questions make sense Megan you ask
engage you talk to them and they'll feel
comfortable in the sense that they know
you like them and care about that but
they're not so comfortable that they
fall asleep follow these tips and you'll
have a comfortable audience
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