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Engage your audience when you speak

From one of my favourite "gurus" ....

How do you make your presentation more interesting to your audience? Perhaps the most important technique is to include them when you speak. You can choose your words to engage your listeners — or leave them out. If you leave them out, boredom is the probable result. In this article, I'll give you some specific techniques for crafting your content in a way that grabs the attention of your audience.

Here's the rest of the article in Pivotal Magazine