{"id":64968,"date":"2018-10-24T09:56:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T13:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=64968"},"modified":"2018-10-24T15:25:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T19:25:33","slug":"grabbing-someones-attention-to-get-through-the-gate-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/10\/24\/grabbing-someones-attention-to-get-through-the-gate-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Grabbing someone’s attention to get through “the gate” [Christian]"},"content":{"rendered":"

From DSC:<\/span><\/em>
\nEver notice how<\/span> effective Ted Talks<\/a> begin? They seek to instantly grab your attention<\/strong> with a zinger question, a somewhat shocking statement, an interesting story, a joke, an important problem or an issue, a personal anecdote or experience, a powerful image\/photo\/graphic, a brief demonstration, and the like.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grabbing someone’s attention is a key first step in getting a piece of information into someone’s short-term memory — what I call getting through “the gate.”<\/strong> If we can’t get through the gate into someone’s short-term memory, we have zero (0) chance of having them actually process that information and to think about and engage with that piece of content. If we can’t make it into someone’s short-term memory, we can’t get that piece of information into their long-term memory for later retrieval\/recall. There won’t be any return on investment (ROI) in that case.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So why not try starting up one of your classes this week with a zinger question, a powerful image\/photo\/video, or a story from your own work experience?<\/strong> I’ll bet you’ll grab your students’ attentions instantly! Then you can move on into the material for a greater ROI. From there, offering frequent, low-stakes quizzes will hopefully help your students slow down their<\/strong><\/span> forgetting curves<\/a> <\/strong>and help them practice recalling\/retrieving that information.<\/strong> By the way, that’s why stories<\/strong> are quite powerful. We often remember them better. So if you can weave an illustrative story into your next class, your students might really benefit from it come final test time!<\/span><\/p>\n

Also relevant\/see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ready, set, speak: 5 strong ways to start your next presentation<\/strong><\/a> — from abovethelaw.com by Olga Mack, with thanks to Mr.\u00a0Otto Stockmeyer for this resource
\nNo matter which of these five ways you decide to launch your presentation, ensure that you make it count, and make it memorable.<\/em><\/p>\n

Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Tell a captivating story<\/li>\n
  2. Ask thought-provoking questions to the audience<\/li>\n
  3. State a shocking headline or statistic<\/li>\n
  4. Use a powerful quote<\/li>\n
  5. Use silence
    \nWhen delivering a speech, a pause of about three or even as many as 10 seconds will allow your audience to sit and quiet down. Because most people always expect the speaker to start immediately, this silence will thus catch the attention of the audience. They will be instinctively more interested in what you had to say, and why you took your time to say it. This time will also help you gather your nerves and prepare to speak.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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