More Related Content More from Avery Eisenreich (9) 10 Ways to Engage your Audience during Meetings1. 10 Ways to Engage Your
Audience During Meetings
If you are a manager, then team meetings are essential
but it is also crucial that you make them productive,
worthwhile and interesting to attend. Here are 10 tips.
2. Slow Down
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When feeling stressed and anxious, we tend to speak quickly. It is therefore
important to slow down your speech, enunciate your words and make eye
contact with your audience. You are less likely to stumble over
words when speaking slowly and clearly.
3. Communicate Clearly
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What you say is only powerful if it is understood by everyone that is listening
to you speak. While it may be tempting to show off your extensive vocabulary
or knowledge industry jargon, it is important to use a “common language”
your audience understands.
4. Use Humor
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Humor is a powerful way to engage an audience. Any humor used during
meetings should not be offensive and maintain a professional tone. As well,
jokes should not target a specific person or group of people as that may be
perceived as hurtful and unprofessional.
5. Address Problems
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Identify the problems your audience faces and address them in your meeting.
Provide potential solutions based on feedback.
6. Encourage Interaction
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Sometimes the best course of action is to lead a dialogue rather than give a
straightforward presentation. Allow audience members to ask questions.
Organize group discussion and encourage feedback.
7. Keep It Short
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With very long, meandering speeches you tend to lose the audience pretty
early on. Not only will people’s attention start to drop rapidly after 30
minutes, but you also risk watering down your core ideas and leaving your
audience with little information to take in. Keep it short and to the point.
8. Have a Hook
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Open with something surprising or intriguing = something that will get your
audience to sit up and take notice. The most powerful hooks are often those
that appeal directly to your audience’s emotions.
10. Avoid Reading Scripts
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Don’t read scripts or lectures to the audience. Opt to use cue cards or sticky
notes instead to remind yourself of examples and key points to elaborate on
during the meeting.
11. Prepare! Prepare! Prepare!
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Prepare for the meeting by creating an agenda. Email the agenda to all
participants of the meeting ahead of time with allotted time slots for each
topic of discussion. This way everyone is on the same page and there are no
last minute surprises.
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