Sarah Denholm2023-09-27T22:10:19+10:00Audience brains need structure when you speak in public
Audience Brains Need Structure
What's one thing that your audience really needs from you when you speak in public? A structure. It's so important to give them a clear framework for your content.
Our brains are pattern-making machines. We're constantly scanning new information for patterns which we can relate to our current knowledge base, and we subconsciously try to create a logic by comparing and sorting information.
If there's no logical flow, we'll be unhappy, even though we may not consciously know why. (Of course, if the presentation we've just sat through...
