How important is it to those of you who do public speaking, to experience connection with your audience. Well designed slides can create a visual connection, but that’s only one part of the presentation experience. For the past few weeks we have been exploring the ways that successful public speakers endear their audiences to them. It turns out that there is as much variety in these different approaches as there are in the speakers themselves.

You’ll find a summary of helpful, if not surprising, ideas on our blog. We really appreciate the response from reader ‘Online PHD Programs’, who commented, “Some presenters might have the audience do some friendly competition while another will have them introduce themselves and create connections.” Thanks for the comments and re-tweets of this article. Apparently we aren’t the only ones thinking about connections.