Public Speaking Audience - Keep Their Attention

A public speaking audience will rarely pay attention to your speech automatically; their attention must be sparked and maintained by the speaker. Many factors may cause an audience to become distracted and for their attention to wander, such as boredom, other members of the audience, noise inside or outside the room.

In public speaking a content rich speech that will benefit the public speaking audience in some way is the number one factor in keeping the audience's attention. But even with a great speech the audience's attention can wander but with some application these techniques you can maintain and arrest their attention successfully.

There are a number of simple techniques that can be used that will make it easier to maintain their attention, but be careful with overuse.