Get people involved
A common mistake is to avoid looking at or engaging with the audience. Instead, it’s useful to bring people in. Ask them to raise their hands, to answer questions, to do an exercise (even if it is just imagining something). Also, try to speak to everyone and look at the people in the back seats, in the middle, and in the front, so nobody feels bored or disconnected.
If you can, you can bring in volunteers or ask people from the audience to help you or to answer something for you, but a more direct engagement will not always be possible.
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