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The Biggest Myth About Public Speaking Many presentation and public speaking courses teach the same thing: A speaker must keep interacting with the audience. Ask questions. Get people to raise their hands. Make them clap. Get them to move around. And most importantly, make them laugh. These techniques certainly have their place. But are they really interaction? Think about radio for a moment. When you listen to a great radio DJ, there is no way to interact. You cannot raise your hand. You cannot answer their questions. You cannot clap. Yet somehow, you feel as if the DJ is speaking directly to you. Why? Because true interaction is not about what happens physically. True interaction is about what happens emotionally. A person can sit silently in a room and still be deeply engaged. A person can be clapping, laughing, and participating in activities, yet remain emotionally disconnected. This is where Love Intelligence (LQ) comes in. Many speakers focus on interaction techniques. But the ...