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Follow the Bouncing Ball: Four Tools for Retaining Audience Engagement
Your audience’s attention is like a child in a toy store: unsupervised, they will wander off, leaving you presenting to what may as well be an empty room. Fortunately, there are techniques you can incorporate to make sure your audience is actually listening.
Presentation Skills Training: Using Negative Space to Captivate Your Audience
Using pauses and silence—'negative space'—is a powerful tool for capturing your audience’s attention during presentations. Comedian Dick Shawn's techniques demonstrate how to build suspense, control audience focus, and deliver impactful messages—skills you can apply to any presentation you deliver. Using pauses and silence—'negative space'—is a powerful tool for capturing your audience’s attention during presentations. Comedian Dick Shawn's techniques demonstrate how to build suspense, control audience focus, and deliver impactful messages—skills you can apply to any presentation you deliver.