Depending on the size of your group, and especially when you're conducting a workshop or longer training, you will want to encourage participation from your audience. For wrapping up at the end, you might hand out cards or pieces of paper with one-word concepts on them (I use "fear," "voice," "passion," "rules" and others related to public speaking), and ask participants to share something they've learned or will pursue regarding that concept. There are always some participants who participate more and some who participate less. It's easy for people who are shy to sit back and

Here's one way to instantly please your audience: Title your workshop accurately . Make sure your audience can make an informed decision about attending your workshop, so that the material is useful to them and not a waste of their time and money. ...Tags: Tags: Quick Fixes Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies The Business of Speaking Adult Learning Principle When people sign up for your training or your conference session, they have already developed expectations based on the title and description of your presentation. By not accurately describing

Yes, I know you want to cram a lot of stuff into your workshop or training, but let me ask you this: How well can you concentrate when you have to pee? Tags: Pet Peeves Training Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Adult Learning Principles General Comment I haven't talked about this for a while, so forgive me if you remember my post from last year about the same subject. It's worth repeating.

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