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Planning for
Audience Involvement
Alittle planning can make your efforts to get audience participation even more successful. The effectiveness of any audienceinvolvement technique is dependent on the context—the kind of
presentation you make; to whom you make it; and time, date, room layout,
and internal atmospheric considerations.Planning for
Audience Involvement
PREPARATION TECHNIQUES
Many speakers like to involve their audiences at the beginning of their
presentations. I find it trite to say “Good morning” or “Good afternoon”
to the audience as an inducement for them to say it back. I have seen
speakers, however, who do this masterfully and receive a strong return
greeting from an eager and receptive audience.| • | Some speakers arrive armed with an audience participation packet or printed visual that encourages audience participation. Don't discount this time-honored technique for encouraging involvement— giving audience members something to write on, follow along with, and uniquely mark up creates a higher probability that they'll retain your information. |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Complete Guide to Public Speaking.
Contributors: Jeff Davidson - Author.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons.
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ.
Publication year: 2003.
Page number: 230.
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