What a Fine Audience

Hey guys,

When someone goes to a show, the moment they leave the show, regardless of what kind of show it happened to be, they judge and analyze what they have just spent their time watching. For example, when we go to a movie or a play, we go in and spend the hour or so watching what we'd expect as entertainment. As the actor or presenter in these events, we are expected to deliver the appropriate information that the audience has come to see, whether it be an informative speech about dancing or a movie about Spartans.

How does that weave into audience analysis and audience adaptation? Easy. With the presenters, particularly with speakers and emcees, they need to learn to adapt to the audience depending on what the audience is built up of, either ethically, psychologically, tastes, personality and so on. Being able to adapt to what the audience is accepting of yields better results at the end. For example, I once hosted an art show, that had difference performances, such as a fashion show, art displays, body paint and such that had a big audience. Knowing that much of the audience had a strong interest in art, I cracked jokes that related to art, praised different forms of such and was careful to not criticize what one interested in art might be offended by.

Adapting to what the audience believes and is interested in will greatly affect what the audience thinks of you. Curving your speech to better suit the audience yields better outcomes. For example, if an audience were to walk into a play called, "The Happy Joker Rides the Elephant," one would typically not expect a play full of sadness or action, but rather a happy or joyful one. Going against the audiences' expectations could deeply affect what they think about the performance.

Using audience analysis and adapting to the audience is very important to all my speeches so I try to make the topic both personal to me, and appealing to my audience. As I've said, I always try to make sure that as long as my topic fulfills requirements, I try to make it as interesting as possible TO my audience before I delve deep into it. After reading the chapter, I figured that with my topic, even if it may not be too interesting to other cultures, I will try to appeal it with my words or a strong opening statement.