What people do during a presentation

A few of the things that people do during a presentation:

listen carefully to what’s being said
plan their next vacation
answer emails
apply what they’re hearing to their own problem
surf Instagram
sleep
ask questions
flirt with someone on the chat
take notes
observe what the speaker does well and learn from it
stick to the lips of the speaker, impatiently looking forward to the next sentence
…

What do you want your audience to do during your next presentation? How do you create the conditions to make that happen?

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