# Get Better Audience Participation During Your Presentations!

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Podcast: [Fearless Presentations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fearless-presentations-941136)
Published: 2026-07-20T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Audience Participation is an excellent way to make a good presentation into a stellar presentation. It can also be the scariest. That is why most speakers — even seasoned professionals — avoid asking their audience questions. It is too risky. Or is it? The truth is that the types of audience participation that most speakers use can come across as cheesy or forced. Also, our audiences have been trained to not interact with us. From the time we are in grade school, we are trained to sit still ...

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