Set the stage on Fire. Talk to anyone, everyone. Public Speaking at Its best.

While captivating an audience is a skill, yet it takes years of deigned, focussed, continuum approach to make it happen. Let's get clear it's not a rocket science or fusion, is not complicated, cumbersome, complex – in fact it's easy, simple, has logical sequencing and above all, it's fun- pure distilled fun. Instead of creating, believing that it's a deep chasm, that only a few can cross over, lets initiate the following steps and observe how it dissipates totally

- K S Ahluwalia

Pointers

Give the audience specific take-homes: provide them specific, measurable action points that can be imbibed easily, seamlessly, effortlessly by them. No matter how inspiring your message, audience appreciates learning a tangible way they can actually apply what they have learned to their lives. Inspiration is great but application is critical. Never be afraid to handhold an employee who is presently struggling, by helping him to declutter himself- through auctioning off steps – one at a time, over a time scale, such that his clouds of confusion clear, horizon becomes clean, clear and vast. Converse, communicate, not drive him, and be empathetic with a lot of hand-holding- to help him transit from being good to great and then be great by choice.

Desist deferring answering questions:

Questions popping up during the interaction is an awesome, incredible opportunity to engage with the audience. Hey someone is listening; hence need to seize the opportunity, in the now. If you have addressed the said issue in a later slide or scheduled it later, skip ahead. Be clear if you have practiced the art of skipping around, it won't throw you. The best presentations feel like conversations, even if one-sided, so never ignore the opportunity to foster that sense of interaction. Desist doing anything to disengage or disempower the audience.

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