If you cannot get the audience to respond to you, what should you do?
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"Pause" for sometime and you will find silence after a few seconds. Then ask a few questions or start your talk again.
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Dhi
When addressing an audience, you MUST constantly be aware of their reactions. If they don't seem to be getting involved, try asking them a few questions. One of the biggest mistakes that speakers make is talking AT the audience rather than having an interaction with them.
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First you have to get back and review your content, so that the audience has to reciprocate
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If their is low response fron audience, then it may be beacuse of weak content or weak delivery. For content, make sure it very realtable to the audience, as an audience i want something to benefit me, so make sure it is relatable and keep telling stories, we all love stories. For delivery of speech,...
read more If their is low response fron audience, then it may be beacuse of weak content or weak delivery. For content, make sure it very realtable to the audience, as an audience i want something to benefit me, so make sure it is relatable and keep telling stories, we all love stories. For delivery of speech, open with power so that you grab everyone's attention at first, use your voice as a tool to bring variety and excitement to your speech with regualr pauses during speaking, so that people can catch up with you and to let them gather their thoughts. Try out these small pointers, I am sure they will do wonders to your speech. read less
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Try a different approach to engage them like increasing participation by getting them to answer questions or participate in an activity
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Audrey Robert
Public Speaking, Motivational Talks, Women Empowerment, English Language Teacher, Emcee
Have a few topic related jokes and short stories with a twist as a backup plan. If you find that you are losing the interest of the audience, try using it, but ensure that it merges with your story line. You could also have a joke about an unresponsive audience, or about a speaker who spoke too long....
read more Have a few topic related jokes and short stories with a twist as a backup plan. If you find that you are losing the interest of the audience, try using it, but ensure that it merges with your story line. You could also have a joke about an unresponsive audience, or about a speaker who spoke too long. Its okay to make fun about yourself and have them laugh with you. read less
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Dr. Bharat Chaugule
Transformation Life Coach, Executive Coach & NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Expert
You should ask open-ended questions.
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