When I did my Master in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Marathwada University of Aurangabad, I had a professor who had a penchant for making his audience snore. He considered himself to be a great public speaker. He was indeed an encyclopedia of information. But irrespective of on what topic, he was speaking he would start boasting about his achievements and greatness. Like some songs of Breathless Shankar Mahadevan,, he could go on and on till most of the students scamper out one by one on the pretext of going to the washroom. I do not want to name this professor, but I am sure most of you must have met such speakers at some point in time. The second speakers who can make their audience snooze are those who bombard you with mind-boggling concepts that are too technical to understand. They use technical jargon to show their intellect and give mental fatigue to the audience. The third type of speaker is those who use words like sesquipedalian" to "prestidigitation," in their speech. There every sentence will be a linguistic minefield. It's like watching a linguistic acrobat perform death-defying stunts without a safety net, leaving you gasping for simpler vocabulary. The fourth type of speaker is those who overshoot their allotted time. The speaker will nonchalantly surpass their allocated time, blissfully unaware of their growing desperation for escape. They'll keep talking and talking, like a marathon runner with an insatiable thirst for verbal endurance. At this point, counting sheep would be more entertaining! If you want to make your audience snore and groan, you could take a leaf out of these speakers and follow in their footsteps. It is a fool-proof recipe!
But if you want you audience to remain awake, attentive , interested and responsive, never do what the four types of speakers do!
I am Chandran Iyer, Editor and Publisher of Corporate Tycoons magazine and Co-Founder of Media Gurukulam. Please click on my website to learn more about Public Speaking and Smartphone Filmmaking. For any query, feel free to email or WhatsApp me Cell 99676 16245
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