"Well Simon, first I'm going to tell you a bit about my training as a street dancer, then I'll be looking at the growth in street dancing over the last five years. Then I'd like to explain why my dancing is different, unique and dynamic...
BZZZZZZZZZZZ!
The guy in the black tee shirt might always be impatient, but not everyone with a short attention span wears a black tee shirt. If you draw this on a Venn diagram you'll uncover the possibility that the people in your audience are as attentive and patient as Alan Sugar at a cake-icing seminar.
I've already covered getting straight to the point in my post I've got something you're interested in, but first..., but today I want to mention my absolute pet hate.
It's called The Agenda.
Where do you think the audience is looking?
I'm sorry, I have no idea where the idea first developed that this was a Good Thing. OK, I know that most of you are now muttering "tell 'em what you're going to tell em, tell 'em, then tell 'em what you've told 'em". Fine, but you don't have to tell 'em the stages involved.
"Hi Simon, I'm a Street Dancer."
"Oh good, we're really short of those at the moment."
You beat your competition by being better than them, not by making your presentation look hideously long and boring.
So stop describing the act and start bloody dancing.
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