Work a rhetorical question into your remarks, and answer your own question with an "I don't know"--a strong way to underscore uncertainty on an issue, or establish your own place in the discussion, with power. I disagree. The speaker's power in large part derives from control of the microphone, the room, the stage. Want to look confident? Want to hold your audience's attention?

Attention encompasses controlled distraction carefully directed towards a particular goal. 7 Munsterberg’s depiction of how to capture the pupil’s attention remains influential within the contemporary rhetoric of e-education. Goffman’s analysis is focused in part on the sorts of special, rhetorical effects that speakers can use to draw an audience in, and he considers as well that audience members communicate constantly with one another, through, for instance, smiles or unsettled glances between two people, the shifting in chairs that takes place when an audience collectively expects

Hands up in the room all those that have�� or �Those people that think they inclined to do this, could you please stand up� or �if you like that idea�cheer now� Moving amongst audience With a roving microphone you can occasionally move into your audience just like Jerry Springer or Opra Winfrey. Jobs for the boys or girls Ask those keen ones to help with your handouts, be the timekeeper, be the fetcher and carrier with, say, the roving microphone. MEMBERS LOGIN Home SPEAKER SERVICES Speaker services Membership info Proposal generator Profile listing service Coaching services Video trailer ads Interview transcripts Teleclasses Online shop MEETING PLANNERS Planner services Find a speaker RESOURCES FAQs about CJ Free articles Useful links TOOLS Subscribe to eZine Search this site GENERAL INFO About us Testimonials Advertising