Have you felt frustrated about how difficult to get your audience’s attention?
The audience’s attention span is short. In the first 30 seconds of any presentation, they’ll decide according to what they have heard whether they are going to stick with you or not.
The audience is selective in the information they hear. People are bombarded and overwhelmed with all kinds of information all the time. They filter information in their own ways.
The audience is preoccupied with their own agendas. Your presentation is probably just another session that forces them to be there.
The audience has heard so many similar ideas. What’s so special about yours?
The audience has experienced so many presentations packed with hundreds of slides. They presume your presentation is no more than a boring one.
How do you make sure your presentation matters? How do you get your message across? How do you make your words count?
If you fail to find a way out, you’ll forever feel frustrated, you’ll forever think you are not a speaker material, you’ll forever fail to get people buy into your message, and you’ll never enjoy the great fun of speaking.
What is the secret to those who succeed?
The secret lies in curiosity, that is, to make your audience keep curious about what’s going to happen throughout your speech.
Great movies know how to keeping the audience engaged. They build suspenses after suspenses. When you finally got a clue on what happened, the movie ended, lingering in your mind. That’s what you want for your speeches, not just having your audience curious in the beginning of your speeches, but throughout your speeches so your audience will be hanging on every word you say.
Isn’t that what you want?
