This post is the third in a 3-week series sharing content from a webinar titled “Designing and Delivering High Impact Presentations: Envision, Enlighten, and Engage,” based on Section 4 of the book, which I presented with coauthor and colleague Sonja Stetzler. In this post, we explore what it means to engage an audience.

Audience engagement is essential for effective communication, especially in presentations. As described in Chapter 20 of Communicating...

When we block the ideas of others we stop the flow of ideas. When we accept the ideas of others we keep the ideas flowing and agree to save the evaluation for later. In improv this is called “accepting offers.” It enhances collaboration and problem solving.