Alright Speakers, here is Part 2 of how telling stories from the stage changes lives.

1. March 29th, 2013 Published by: thedreamachiever
From The Desk of Award Winning
Speaker - A'ric "The Dream
Achiever" Jackson
yourself from the audience, they can easily go down the road
How Telling Stories From The of “oh that’s him that’s not me.” However, when you come
Stage Saves Live – Part 2 Tap off the stage and get into the audience physiologically, you
bring yourself to their level. When you do that along with the
Into Your Audience combination of your authentic story, this is a way to Tap Into
Your Audience.
Reason #2 – When you are off the stage NO ONE GETS TO
HIDE FROM YOU! Really, those people who are sitting in the
back, they feel that they have escaped your wrath of speaking.
Well, I say take it to them and let them know “you can run
but you can’t hide from me.” This is another way to tap into
What’s up fellow speakers are you your entire audience.
ready to Tap Into Your Audience? #2 Speak Into the Heart of Your Audience
This is Part 2 of a 3 part series of How Telling Stories from the So initially, I was going to give the general tip “give eye
Stage Saves Lives. If you missed the previous entry, no prob, contact.” Eye contact is great, however, if you are doing eye
I got you covered right here. contact just to be doing eye contact, you are missing out on
a golden gem here. When you are telling your story and you
So we began yesterday talking about telling authentic stories
are looking into someone’s eyes, with the intention that they
and telling them in a way that would ultimately impact your
“feel where you are coming from” you are in the position to tap
audience. So today, we are going to discuss how to take that
into your audience. Long gone are the days where you are just
to the next level.
looking in the direction of the person making them think you
You can have the most amazing, gut wrenching, heart pulling are looking at them. Especially if you really want to tap into
authentic story that you tell from the stage. However, if you them.
do not know how to do what I call “Tap Into Your Audience”
your story will fall on deaf ears. #3 Always Be Listening
There are 3 Ways that you can Tap Into If you ever want to know what type of audience you have, they
will tell you. All you have to do is listen. That’s all. Yes you
Your Audience are talking the whole time and they are only responding to you,
#1 Get off the stage! however, if you are open and listening to your audience while
you are speaking, they will let you know what they like, what
One of the mistakes that I have seen Speakers do often is they they don’t like, what touches them and what moves them.
stay on the stage. It is one thing to work your audience while
on you are on the stage and it is another thing to work your Listen to the silent messages. Example, if you are telling a
audience while you are in the audience. story about an event in your life and you take a pause and you
can hear a pin drop in the room, this moment of listening is
If you ever see me speaking at an event, you will see that I letting you know that your audience responds well to those
probably do a total of 5 minutes on the stage. The rest of the types of stories. If for some reason you are telling a somewhat
time, I am in the audience walking up and down the aisles. sad story and you notice that when you take that pause you
Why? Two reasons. hear people talking or whispering, these types of stories might
not be their thing. However if you are telling a funny story and
they are on the edge of their seat AHA! Take the listening clue
and know that your audience is more into funny stories
The point is if you want to tap into your audience, listen for
what’s being said, the quiet moments and also their body
language. If you listen enough while speaking, your audience
Reason #1 – When you are speaking on a stage or from the will give you permission for them to be putty in your hands.
front of the room, you physiologically separate yourself from
the audience and if the stage is raised made to be “above So that is Component #2 of How Telling Stories from the Stage
them. You don’t’ want to overlook this. When you separate Saves Lives.
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2. March 29th, 2013 Published by: thedreamachiever
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Alright I will see you tomorrow for the last component of How
Telling Stories from the Stage Changes Lives.
Keep Speaking Life!
A’ric Jackson
The Dream Achiever
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