Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Attention Reset


Speaker needs to take the attention span into consideration when preparing a presentation.  Given that an average person has an attention span of 15-20 minutes, the presentation needs to be structured in a way that it gives the audience an opportunity to refocus.


Here are some guidelines on how to create an efficient presentation:
1) You have the highest amount of attention at the beginning of the presentation
    -Clearly state your main points in the introduction
2) Divide the presentation into several subtopics.
    -By ending the subtopics with the intermediate conclusion, it will help audience to refocus
3) Intentional repetition and good organization is the two key elements of sustaining the attention level
    -Repeat your main messages in the introduction, body and conclusion

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