***** NOTE: EVENT IS ONLINE *****
How to engage an audience without relying on high energy or hearty humour
Yes we have pivoted to online and created a new event as well!
Why this session
Engaging audiences is a critical speaking skill. The ability to connect with the audience, to earn their attention, and to bring them with you through some pretty tricky topic terrains, ensures maximum impact for your message.
But what if you are not a larger-than-life personality, able to bring the energy you want the audience to feel? Or what if you just don’t have a funny bone in your body and can’t crack a joke to save your life? Without relying on these go-to audience engagement favourites, how do we get people to ‘lean in’ when we speak?
What we’ll cover
In this session we will explore creative engagement strategies that don’t just rely on humour or high energy (not that there is anything wrong with these, we just want to expand our repertoire!). We’ve convinced three talented speakers to share their go-to engagement strategies with us – the ones they use to successfully get their audiences on board, each and every time.
In this session you will:
- Experience different audience engagement strategies
- Explore ways to enhance your own audience engagement
- Share and discuss creative ideas in peer working groups
How we’ll deliver it
Using a workshop format (online), the showcase segments will be short and sharp, leaving plenty of time for Q&A and group work. Our aim is to make this fast-paced, interactive and full of audience participation, so come prepared to share your own strategies and learn from your peers as well.
Introducing our speakers
Sharing a provocation… Anneli Blundell, CSP
Anneli is an award-winning Professional People Whisperer (and our 2022 Vic/Tas PSA Chapter President), obsessed with human behaviour and interpersonal dynamics. As a sought-after speaker, author and communication expert, Anneli works with leaders to increase their influence, engagement and interpersonal impact for better business results. www.anneliblundell.com
Sharing a performance… Jeff Schwisow
Jeff is one of Australia’s foremost thought leaders when it comes to the use of projects and the power of a ‘project mindset’. His passion is seeing a team tap into their true potential to deliver exceptional outcomes for their customers and the businesses that employ them. www.jeffschwisow.com
Sharing a plot… Michael Licenblat
Michael is a resilience expert who builds high-performance teams that thrive in tough markets, and bounce back from pressures, setbacks, and rejections, so they can out-achieve their competition. www.bouncebackfast.com
P.S We heard the feedback from the national listening sessions from last year. Top of the list was more discussion, more workshopping, more interactive peer learning. Rest assured; we’ve got you covered!
P.P.S This session is now online due to COVID in our community and our desire to keep our members safe.
P.P.P.S Please note the change of date in the month (sessions will now be every second* Monday of the month).
Presidents welcome for 2022
To kick off the evening our new President Anneli Blundell, CSP will briefly introduce the new leadership team, the vision, the agenda and the intentions for the Vic/Tas chapter in 2022.
The team is excited and committed to creating a mastermind community through a peer learning environment. We do hope you’ll join us!
Event Details:
6:30pm Presidents’ welcome – 2022 overview
6:45pm Speaker one – A Provocation
7:15pm Speaker two - A Performance
7.45pm Speaker three – A Plot
8.15pm Wrap up
8.30pm Event concludes
Process:
Once you have registered to attend (Members for FREE, Guests $25), you will receive a confirmation email providing you with information on joining the webcast.
PSA’s Values in Action Policy applies to this Event
*Vic meetings will now be held on the second Monday of the month in order to line up with the timing of the new National online events calendar and monthly communication cycles.