7 Tips for Capturing Attention

When you’re giving a presentation or pitching a sale, you’re always at risk of losing the attention and focus of the audience. Let’s face it…people have short attention spans. So what can you do to keep people from tuning out? Here are some tips: 

Smile
Use shorter sentences
Change your delivery speed from time to time
Use pauses
Insert a blank slide when talking about a key topic – this will encourage the audience to listen to what you’re saying
Ask a question and pause before you answer it
Tell a captivating story

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