The biggest mistake in speech often happens in the first few seconds. Specifically, it is politeness that can cost you the audience's attention.
- Many workers have to give lectures regularly.
- Most of them make a huge mistake in the first few seconds.
- The beginning of the speech is crucial to attract the attention of the audience .
Lectures are part of the daily bread for many workers. For some, they are no longer a problem, while others are overcome with fear of being in the spotlight for several minutes. However, all types of speakers often make the same mistake: they fail to attract the full attention of the audience .
Why is that so? The cause does not always have to be thematic or related to the facial expressions and gestures of the speaker. An experienced language trainer explains where the real problem lies.
Lectures in the job: Courtesy costs attention
Many tricks regarding lectures * are well known: Don't talk too quickly, structure your lecture well and don't overwhelm your audience with difficult technical terms. Those who adhere to all of these classic guidelines have by no means won the attention of the public entirely. It takes more than that, says language trainer Neil Gordon in an article by Entrepreneur magazine.
In fact, only the first seven seconds of the lecture are decisive whether the audience is careful or not. The reason is obvious: At the beginning of the speech, the audience is still curious to see what will happen next. Many speakers are wrong with this tension: "If we do something like 'How are you?' or "I am happy to be here", then we completely dissolve this tension, "reveals Gordon. A greeting from the audience or a thank you to the organizer are polite, but such sentences are simply not very interesting for the audience. This could make their attention flute in relation to the entire lecture *.
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This is how your lecture succeeds in the job
So the goal must be to use the tension of the audience and to attract attention in the first seven seconds of the lecture. Whoever achieves this increases their chances of the audience taking more from a presentation.
Gordon, of course, also reveals how this can be done: "Start with a first sentence that is really well received. Start with a story in which you or someone else is in a crisis. Create a mystery . Make a confession Say something in this first sentence of your speech that attracts attention and is relevant to your entire presentation. "
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