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Appealing to Different Types of Learners
Over the course of the last few weeks and months, we’ve explored how the audiences we speak to are not all homogeneous, but rather, how each audience member can, in fact, be very different from the next. How each one of them can, oftentimes, even be very different from us as speaking professionals.
To illustrate even further just how much one-size-fits-all approaches to creating and delivering presentation materials are unfit for some, we’ve approached this conversation from the angle of different learning types and styles. Through these posts, we’ve also looked at how important it is to acknowledge those differences, in order to broaden our reach as we’re engaging with said audience.
In our last two blog posts, we saw how the psychology of learning affects the way audience members engage with us and our brands, as we share our message. Hopefully, you are now starting to see the value of recognizing differences in learning styles, expectations, and needs.
Consequently, inclusive speakers don’t see their audience as homogeneous groups. They make it a goal to go beyond what they think will work best for “everyone”. They recognize that some people will have expectations and preferences that can be very different from their own. They question their own unconscious biases and open their hearts and minds to new ways of thinking.
