This blog is about persuasive business communications and is a channel for sharing my 15 years of experience in the private and public sector 'selling ideas' hence the blog title "The Idea Peddler". Everyone needs to sell ideas to be successful, be it a teacher teaching the concepts of photosynthesis or an entreprenuer making a pitch to investors. Most of the posts will be short tips on presentation skills and general business communications but some will be longer and more in depth.
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Creative use of pauses
Even the most thrilling of action movies have quiet moments for you to catch your breath, so should your presentations! There is no need to keep on talking non-stop while presenting. Used in the right way, a brief pause just after you have made a very critical point will allow your audience to digest what you said and amplify the significance of that point. Remember the phrase " The silence was deafening" ? In your next presentation, remind your self to slow down, at the critical points pause for a moment and allow what you just said to sink in.
Labels:
attention,
audience,
pauses,
powerpoint,
Presentation
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