11 ways to make events more engaging — using Livevents

Wondered how to best engage audiences? What engagement strategies was appreciated when they were in the audience?

There are plenty of ideas about engagement techniques that any speaker could benefit from. These are relatively simple, and we believe most of them are pretty “foolproof” as long as you approach your audience with confidence and curiosity.

As you read the list, take note of which ideas appeal to you. Which ones have you tried? What is one new idea that you might want to try? We would love to hear your ideas so we can add to the list, and also your results, as you involve and engage your listeners.

1. Plan an interactive opening using questions.
2. Ask participants to introduce themselves.
3. Ask participants to write down their burning questions before you begin
4. Do a poll \ survey to engage them in thinking before starting the session.
5. Ask questions of the audience during the presentation
6. Welcome humor that happens (but avoid jokes or forced humor)
7. Enliven your slides with pictures you have taken of people, product, or locations (a great suggestion was using pictures of your team when presenting to customers)
8. Create a discussion to hear from everyone, especially when brainstorming or seeking opinions
9. Ask participants to discuss concerns or topics with one another.
10. Format your presentation like a story with a problem and solution
11. Ask listeners to guess certain facts or data or leave blanks on your slides and ask them to fill in the missing words

Livevents mobile app helps you achieve all these strategies.

With Livevents mobile app participants and speaker can post session polls and feedback for your question and view results in real time

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