Re: What if your audience DID walk out on you?

Allan Jenkins — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:49:11 -0000

You ain't alone, Lee.

Presentations have to be honed, rehearsed, honed, rehearsed. Even adjusted as you see what sort of audience is coming in the room.

I gave a speech about the uses of the Internet a few years ago to pharma researchers. 7 AM. I was pretty sure it would be an empty room. At 6 45 it was standing room only, maybe 200 attendees around 4 coffee urns. Mingling, I realized that... dammit... they didn't have a clue about the Net...

I was able to quickly fix the presentation... but if I had not rehearsed since 2 AM, had not known every inch of my talk, there's not a chance I could have adjusted.

Re: What if your audience DID walk out on you?

donna papacosta — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:55:53 -0000

Well, Lee, I am presenting a business-writing workshop on Monday. Perhaps at the start I'll tell people to feel free to walk out if I'm not getting through. I'll let you know what happens. ;-)

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