It’s hard to keep your audience engaged. Audiences are often bored when speakers talk forever without giving the audience a chance to engage and ask questions. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Audience engagement is so important to the success of your event! How to improve audience engagement seems overwhelming but you are in the right place! We will show you what you need to know!

In this episode, our iconic guests Sam Smith of Interactive Meeting Technology, LLC and, Juraj Holub of Slido will walk you through how to improve your audience engagement. We will answer who benefits the most from audience engagement. Our episode will also touch on tools that can help you create an atmosphere that encourages audience engagement and create value at your event! You do not want to miss this!

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I think it's important to give people the opportunity to ASK questions. @samueljsmith
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Ask Questions, Answer Questions! Questions are the fuel of conversations. @Juraj_Holub
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• Sam Smith of Interactive Meeting Technology, LLC (@samueljsmith)
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• Brandt Krueger of Event Technology Consulting (@BrandtKrueger)

Check out the epic resources mentioned in this episode:

• How To Engage Your Audience – #EventIcons Episode 87
• Interactive Meeting Technology, LLC
• Slido
• 73 Questions with Anna Wintour
• 8 Mile (Movie)
• Audience Interaction Blog
• 7 Ways to Make Your Team Meetings More Productive with Slido
• Harvard Business Review
• SocialPoint
• SocialPoint Blog
• Real-Time Analytics: Measure, See and Report the Success of Your Trade Shows and Meetings
• Audience Response App