<ul><li>Ask questions.</li><li>Ask to introduce themselves.</li><li>Do a paper or online survey.</li><li>Ask them during the presentation.</li><li>Create a "Round Robin" discussion to hear from everyone.</li><li>Ask listeners certain facts or data.</li><li>Set up a demonstration.</li><li>Ask for volunteers to write on a flip chart, track the time, or record action items.</li><li>Give a pre-test or post-test.</li><li>Engage them physically, prepare some ice-breakers.</li></ul>

Engage your Audience

<ul><li>Welcome humor that happens.</li><li>Enliven your slides with pictures you have taken of people, product, or locations.</li><li>Insert short video clips to hear from significant people.</li><li>Tell a story to illustrate your points.</li><li>Format your presentation like a story with a problem and solution.</li><li>Use slides only as a backup; the audience and you come before the slides.</li></ul>

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Not long ago I worked with an energetic, creative group who, while focusing on presentation skills, wondered how to best engage their audiences. I asked them what engagement strategies they appreciated when they were in the audience. They had plenty of ideas about engagement techniques that I think any speaker could benefit from.

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