An Effective Public Speaking Approach Is Audience Involvement

 An Effective Public Speaking Approach Is Audience Involvement

The ability to use tools that will draw in the audience is a necessary skill for a successful public speaker. Get them to go on stage and you'll have a powerful way of getting that much-needed attention from them. Force them to take part. The audience as a whole normally pays attention when one person is on stage and someone else is not. For what reason? for the reason that they want to watch what you will do to one of them. Furthermore, they need to know what is going on at least to protect their fragile egos from shame because they are considering the possibility that they could be up there themselves. 

Nothing compares to the thrill of bringing someone on stage who shouldn't have been there in the first place, regardless of how skilled or brilliant you are as a presenter or public speaker. When you take an obliging person out of their comfort zone, the first thing they think about is, "Oh my god, what if the speaker chooses me to get up there next? How will I proceed? Subsequently, "I must give this some thought." The audience will most likely ask themselves, "What point is he/she making?" a little later on as you proceed with your presentation. The audience will then start to think, "Now I get it," as you continue to make your point. You have forced them to listen to what you have to say and consider it in private because you have made them pay attention.

But, if they sense that you will be calling on them to the stage, there are those exceedingly reserved and sensitive audience members who may choose not to watch the remainder of your presentation. Gaining an audience and keeping all of them is the goal.

Prior to asking someone to join you on stage, make it obvious that you are requesting a volunteer and that they will not be coerced into doing so. When someone eventually steps onto the stage, even if most of your audience is shy, you'll notice that they all almost always exhale in relief, as if you were walking on air.

Providing the audience with the proper credit is another technique to encourage participation and attentiveness. Try to thank one audience member in particular for a job well done or a particularly touching moment, or thank the crowd as a whole.

Summery 

The ability to use tools that will draw in the audience is a necessary skill for a successful public speaker. Get them to go on stage and you'll have a powerful way of getting that much-needed attention from them. Force them to take part. The audience as a whole normally pays attention when one person is on stage and someone else is not. For what reason? for the reason that they want to watch what you will do to one of them. Moreover, since they believe they...