Shows experienced presenters how to transform boring monologues into scintillating dialogues by employing simple yet powerful presentation techniques. By taking a collaborative approach to the communication process, the author shows the reader how to care, connect, and converse with the members of any audience.
90-plus practical tips for engaging and interacting with an audience. Drawn from her extensive experiences as a nationally recognized speaker and master facilitator, Kirstin Arnold's proven techniques will help you transform any presentation into a powerful, interactive experience.
Arnold's powerful audience-centered "Interactive Insights" cover the spectrum of practical presentation techniques:
- Setting an interactive tone before you start
- Using Titter/text messaging to engage your audience
- Involving audience members with a specific task
- Personalizing your language for your audience
- Making eye contact--even with a large audience
- Taking polls and running Q&As
- Recovering from humor that falls flat
- Facilitating conversation
- Creating accountability for action to occur after your presentation
Read and use Boring to Bravo and your audiences will demand an encore. Bravissimo!
