For this second installment of my podcast with Maureen Anderson of the Career Clinic, I cover:
1. How to take your audience on a journey that keeps it engaged
2. How long attention spans are today and what to do about them
3. Connecting with your audience
4. How the 80-20 rule applies to public speaking.
Enjoy!
One thing to note. My experience is when people are on their smart phones during a session, it may be because they are tweeting highlights of your speech. This is a good thing.
Hi, Sarah —
Thanks for your comment. You’re right, of course, and it adds a new complexity to public speaking. How do you tell the difference? It depends a great deal on the audience — some are Twitter adepts and some are not.
The further complication is that when they’re tweeting, while that is a good thing, it does still mean that they’re not paying as close attention to the speaker.