Focus On The Audience
- It can be a challenge to explain to an eleven-year-old about capitalism, but if we know how small the kid is, we would likely use language that the kid can understand.
- Focusing on the audience is key to most presentations, and many people fail because they focus only on what matters to them, not caring a bit about what the audience thinks.
- One needs to focus on action and have a clear message that the audience has with them at the end of the presentation.
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