Increasing Your Receptivity

I had an interesting quick tweet conversation with Scott Ginsberg, the Nametag Guy.

I asked Scott how you would deal with an audience that wasn't interested in your subject matter. He brought up 'increasing your receptivity'. This is the things that you can do to keep your audience interested; little humour breaks, images, anecdotes all of which help to break up the boredom and mundanity of your subject matter.

Scott's second point was about listening to what others want. How do they best learn, interact with others, or what they expect from you. You can tailor yourself to their needs, and that way increase your receptivity.

It's a bit of a circle. If you listen, you can learn how to help others learn themselves.