Audiences Are Your Friend
For the rank amateur to the ignorant professional, audiences
create the same effect no matter how small they are to a speaker.
Fear and anxiety.
From a single person to a crowd as big as the fans in the Super
Bowl, speaking in front of a serious listening audience is the true
test and baptism of fire.
Despite this, audiences are predictable. Audiences listen to you
because they want to learn something from the speaker.
Following this logic, the speaker would do well to follow the
strategy of making it informative as well as interesting to
listeners to see your speech through till the end.
Here are some tips on how you can have the audience listen in
rapt attention.
