The gift of an audience

We live in a busy time. We’re often over-scheduled and over-extended.

With conflicts and overlapping events, we’re frequently faced with a choice: “Do I attend a or b?” And plenty of times, the event that wins doesn’t win by a large margin.

So if you’re presenting to an audience … a group of people, synchronous, gathered in the same space, giving you attention … it’s a significant gift.

The assembled group has decided: being there with you is more important than being somewhere else.

Don’t waste that time; honor it. Honor it by preparing. By showing up with with intention. By your thoughtfulness in event planning and coordination. By not rambling in your remarks.

Let your audience walk away thinking, “My time was well-spent. I could have been somewhere else. I’m glad I wasn’t.”