Techniques of gaining audience attention

• Movement-walk around the conference table.Try to move toward your audience especially at the beginning and end of your talk

• Eye Contact -Make eye contact with your audience and  comfortable with your surroundings .As beginning to speak command attention  by surveying the entire audience .

• Promise -Beginning with promise consist keeping the audience engaged .Use of astonishing statements keeps audience awake and waiting.

• Questions -Questions is an important part of the presentation .Questions help to keep listeners active and   involved in the presentation.Ask the audience for the show of hands to get each listener thinking .The response will give you a gauge of audience attention .

• Self interest -Review your entire presentation to ensure that it meets the critical audience test .Understanding and reviewing your topic will help one to understand and organize what they are talking about.

 

Make sure you have the audience in the palm of your hand at the start of the presentation.Starting presentation with a strong opening like current events, quotes useful in getting audience attention .Presenter can  start topic or speech with an interesting fact,start speech by describing a problem ,can be started by telling a story, humor also play a vital role in maintaining audience concentration .People used to pay attention to things  that build suspense. People nearly always pay attention to matters that affect their health,reputation,property or employment.Be relevant to the topic and use examples which are specific and precise .

 

capture your audience 's attention the moment you begin to speak and keeping their attention throughout. A good opening also establish your credibility.consider natural style of introduction.Body language is a form of non verbal communication ,which consists of body posture ,facial expressions and eye movement.some persons used strong words like "tomorrow we begin again". 93% is non verbal communication.Every moment you spend with others make valuable and in case of business makes profitable.

The biggest challenge for the presenter is to grab the audience attention and keeping the attention of audience.Most of time people is lost in daydreaming .They are thinking about their problems ,sometimes busy in planning their rest of tasks.Say your words in different manner, so that you could be able to bring back your audience in current world.Be confident what are you saying so that audience trusts on you that you are guiding to them .Ask ques from the audience because audience remember 30 percent of your presentation and 85% of ques you asked from them.Give breaks during the session .Conclusion is most important for the wrap up your presentation .