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you ever fallen asleep when listening to a
speech or presentation?
Sometimes a little nap during
a presentation can boost your energy for the
rest of the day. Speakers- if you want to be
the one to send your audience to sleep, so
they will be fully alert for other people’s
presentations follow these ten tips.
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Make sure that your
material is dry and boring. Make sure that
your material is either highly technical
or complex. If at all possible fill your
speech with specialized academic content
that is not easily understood without prior
study and research.
- Do not include any explanations or illustrations
to make the content understandable to the
average person in your audience.
- Schedule your speech to be at the end
of a long day or after a big meal. This
will give added incentive for drowsiness
and lethargy.
- Speak softly and avoid any expression
or vocal variety that might distract or
interest your audience.
- Stand still behind the lectern for the
entire speech. Any movement or sudden gestures
could wake up your audience.
- Avoid any variation in style in your
presentation. Do not change from talking
to using a flip chart, PowerPoint or any
other kind of visual aid or prop that will
attract attention.
- Do NOT include any humor or stories in
your speech that might illustrate the important
points you wish to communicate.
- Do not keep to the topic of the speech.
Spend a large amount of time rambling about
subjects or personal experiences that are
boring and totally off topic.
- Speak about a topic that is very familiar
to your audience. Keep your content to
things that they already know.
- Provide highly detailed handouts, so
that your audience will not miss out on
any important information during their
snooze. Make sure that you do not say anything
that is not included in the hand out. For
best results, just read the handout word
for word.
Hopefully, by following carefully the ten tips
outlined here, you will have the satisfaction
of seeing an entire audience snoring quietly
and happily throughout your entire presentation.
If you do not follow these tips you may be
alarmed to discover that your audience is alert
and interested in what you have to say.
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