 The Differences Between a Man
and a Woman . . . in the Audience that is . . . There is nothing I like better than an all female public speaking
audience. Having dynamic public speaking skills involves knowing that
all female audiences tend to laugh more easily and louder than all male audiences.
All-male audiences are the toughest because the male ego gets in the
way of laughter. They look around to see if anyone else is laughing
before they laugh, and they won't laugh as loud because they think they will look less powerful. If you speak to an all-male audience it is more critical to bond and be
"one of the guys" especially if you are a female speaker. I'm not being
sexist here. I don't believe in sexist language, this awareness is just
part of your dynamic public speaking skills. I'm just giving you the thoughts to
keep in mind if you are a female speaker and you want to be successful
speaking in front of a general all-male audience. You must realize: not
all males out there in the business world are as sensitive as me (send
all big hugs to me in care of my publisher). If your all-male audience
consists of a general public audience not from the same company or
field, stick to sports, business, and money to best connect with them. Dynamic public speaking includes dealing with tough audiences. One
of the hardest audiences to deal with consists of a group of executives
from the same company when the CEO is present. If you say something
funny, the executives will start to laugh, but they choke it off until
they check to see if the CEO is laughing. If he or she is laughing,
then they go ahead and laugh. This kind of audience will create timing
nightmares for you. If you are the CEO and you are in the audience for
a presentation, it is your obligation to laugh and at least act like
you're having a good time to "give permission" to everyone else to
laugh. As a good public speaker you can sometimes take it upon yourself to
gently explain to the CEO how everyone will look to him or her for approval. Audiences that consist of more than 50 percent women are good too
because they will laugh more easily giving the men a green light to laugh since so many of the audience is laughing.  |
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