Question

What do you think about my thought?

Based on my personality I learn best as a visual learner. The reason why I am a visual learner is because I like to see information and how the relationships are tied together between ideas. I learn best by watching or reading demonstrations. When studying I like to do so in quiet areas with little to no disturbance which is why nights work best for me (kids are in bed sleeping). I also like live presentations where you can questions to get clarifications that might not be so clear. I also learn well when many examples or real life situations are use to bring the point home.

I do believe you can missing learning somethings if the information is not properly presented. I also miss things if presenter is boring with their delivery or if they are distracting in their delivery.

Answer 1

I was recently watching a well-known speaker giving a captivating motivational presentation when she looked down at her stage-right confidence monitor and lost her confidence. Distracted, she stopped mid-sentence and made a comment, and the audio-visual team came to her rescue to adjust the image on the monitor. She joked about the distraction, and the audience laughed it off, and within a few minutes, she was back on her game. But the distraction – for both her and for the audience – drastically diminished her delivery. If Speaking and Presenting was an Olympic Sport, this distraction-induced fumble would have knocked several points off an otherwise near-perfect score.

Distractions are everywhere, and to amplify your skills as a speaker and presenter, it’s helpful to know how to prepare for and deal with the unexpected.

There are two simple options I use for dealing with distractions: Stay focused. Or be flexible.

If something is distracting you, it’s best to remain focused on your talk and power-through the distraction.

If the distraction is too overwhelming and detracting from a top-performance delivery, be flexible and deal with distraction rapidly with minimal drama.

You and your message are what the audience has come to hear. They would prefer to see you fully focused on them and presenting in your best state-of-mind, rather than you engaged in a mental tug-of-war between them and your distracting external issues and troubles.

distractions- broken into five categories (Physical, Venue, Technical/Visual, Audience, and Delivery) . We can form several strategies to overcome the distractions.