Revving Up Your Presentation Engagement
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Tips For Design, Delivery & Audience Engagement
What are your attendees going to do during your presentation?
Show up. Sit down.
Be quiet. Listen.
Maybe take notes
Do you believe that your presentation, your voice and your words are going to change attitudes, behaviors & skills?
How will you help them remember your content back on the job?
CLO - Nick van Dam
reviewed 355 studies on
learning, education,
& knowledge retention
How can I increase audience engagement in my presentation?
Question I'm asked the most!
My response?
- Increase the relevance.
- Increase the relevance of content.
My response?
- Increase the relevance.
- Increase the relevance of content.
- Increase the relevance of learning experience.
Oh, and by the way, what type of engagement are we talking about?
Faux Camouflaged Engaged Attendees
Psychological Engagement
- Processing content
- Mental activity
Psychological Engagement
- Processing content
- Mental activity
- Thinking about info
Psychological Engagement
- Connecting new info with experience & knowledge
Psychological Engagement
- Connecting new info with experience & knowledge
- May or may not involve behavioral activity
Can't give focus to listening & thinking at same time
Behavioral Engagement
- Physical activity while learning
Behavioral Engagement
- Physical activity while learning
- Some part of the body moving during a learning experience
Behavioral Engaged Psychologically Tuned Out
Behavioral Engaged Psychologically Tuned Out
Behavioral Engaged Psychologically Tuned Out
Behavioral Engaged Psychologically Tuned Out
Mentally Tuned In And Physically Inactive
Mentally Tuned In And Physically Inactive
Mentally Tuned In And Physically Inactive
When can presentations be void of physical activity
& still be effective for learning?
Primary goal of a presentation is persuasion
To persuade someone they must be psychologically engaged
When can presentations be void of physical activity
& still be effective for learning?
When they:
- Are brief
- Present factual info logically
- Target experienced audiences motivated to learn
Instead, most presentations must allow audiences time to think.
Instead, most presentations must:
- Allow audiences time to think!
Activities
To Engage The Brain
Think, Write, Share
Activities
To Engage The Brain
BrainWriting
Activities
To Engage The Brain
Peer2Peer Sharing
Ultimately, pair or triad discussions are better than talking head monologues or panel dialogues.
Learning Design
- Focuses on the activities and exercises audience will do during the presentation
Learning Design
- Centers on presenter - learner process of a presentation, not the speaker's process
Learning Design
- Emphasis on how learner receives & interprets information
- & how they construct their own meaning of information.
So what is your audience going to do during your presentation?
Chunk your content - 10 minute segments
Create questions, activities, exercises for them to do every 10-20 minutes.
Move away
from the podium.
Focus on how the audience is going to receive, connect, understand & remember your content
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