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Planner's Portfolio Meeting Strategies 14 JUL-AUG 2018 MEETINGS & CONVENTIONS MCMAG-ASIA.COM How to make an impact with the people in front of you WORDS DJ HANSON 1. Connect with your audience on an emotional level Speak to people's hearts and their minds will follow. A powerful way to hook your audience is by connecting through emotions. Appealing to their sense of humor is one great way to do this. Being able to identify what makes W hether it's during a meeting of ve coworkers or a packed auditorium, getting your audience to pay attention can be extremely dicult. Even the pros need to continuously work on their presentation skills to keep their audience's interest piqued. So how do you keep your audience engaged time and time again? In my years of experience, I've learned ve awless tricks that can help you understand, speak to, and captivate the people to whom you're speaking. Here's what they are: them feel joy or compassion can help you leverage the concepts that stir their soul. Think about the theme of the event and what types of people are attending, then do some research into the pluses and minuses of their specialties. Once you've got their attention, you can continue Ways to Captivate Your Audience to use emotions to get them riled up. For instance, if you want the audience to feel connected to your leadership team, kick things o with a pop culture spoof or skit and let the audience see presenters with their hair down. Laughter isn't just medicine, it's a great tool to employ in meetings.

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