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What to do when you notice you're losing your audience? Stammered and talked too much...
- need more context... is this when talking w/friends, giving a presentation to a group... giving a speech to a crowd?PonyBoy
- Show them something interesting.monospaced
- never happened. mostly pre plan strategies but sometimes improvise works if you have a preconception of who you are talking to. try toastmasters.yurimon
- ^ LOLpango
- oh yuri the master of audiencemonospaced
- mono it was an intro on a whim today - CEO asked us a profound question on the spot. Trying to get good at public speaking. I squash 1-1s & social events butbklyndroobeki
- something about work meetings.bklyndroobeki
- lol'ed @ yuri -- it's not really "natural" for us to speak publicly with poise but ur right abt taskmasters- will give u thatbklyndroobeki
- Directly engage your audience, ask somebody something that they have expertise in, draw them in with humor, heckle yourself, engage your audience in some mannerterry_cloth
- Stand up comics are great examples of how to be in tune with your audience, if you feel them pull away you have to stop what your doing and engage them, tryingterry_cloth
- to soldier on and weather the storm is painfully for everyone involvedterry_cloth
- *painfullterry_cloth
- @yurimon - lol.fadein11
- One of my coworkers who is the quietest/most shy. Made a joke that wasn't even that funny, but he delivered it well... Totally evading the original question -bklyndroobeki
- Totally dumbfounded. Maybe I should skirt toastmasters and head straight to Improv 101bklyndroobeki
- It takes practice, but also there is coaching for it. business type coaching not sure along which lines to be exact, but there are voice coaches andyurimon
- leadership type coaches that might specialize along the lines of what you are looking for but all execs i know have coaches for speaking.yurimon
- yuri- my voice is like a perfect cup of mocha homeboybklyndroobeki
- Yuri have you taken any of those classes and coaches?pango
- take it as you wish ma lawds. bows*yurimon
- slowly undress while speakingscarabin
- yes, i have, my lordship. it was a Salacious experience me lord.yurimon
- how come you never use those skills here?pango
- cause im not going to do preparations for posting something id prob forget in 20 min. n doesnt make me monees.yurimon
- Right. Got cha.pango
- haha @scarabin, i'm telling ya, it's that goodbklyndroobeki
- yurimon why the Old E?bklyndroobeki
- trying not be condescending by calling everyone my lord. going to give it try.yurimon