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Amplify, Build, Challenge — The ABC of a More Inclusive Speaking Experience
Over the course of the last few months through these posts, we’ve explored some of the ways in which our audience members’ needs and expectations can be different, based on their learning styles, their preferences, their biases, and the potential disabilities they may have.
Through these conversations, we’ve also been looking at how one-size-fits-all approaches to creating presentation materials can easily prove unfit for some people. We’ve contemplated the idea of designing for extreme use cases in our audience, as a way to be more mindful of different needs and expectations. We’ve even looked at basic principles in behavioural psychology and learning styles, to explore different ways in which people make sense of the information we share with them.
In short, we’ve explored how that audience of ours is never quite as homogeneous as we’d like to believe, and how inclusion techniques and principles can go a long way in ensuring that our message can truly connect with the heart and soul of as many people as possible in our audience. Getting insights into how diverse the audience is, and understanding the mechanics behind learning can contribute to making our job much easier, as we’re sharing our awesomeness from the stage.
