My friends over at Youth Specialties featured me as a guest blogger this week again on their YS Blog.
At the YS conventions this year, one of the seminars I’m teaching is based off my new book 10-Minute Talks. The seminar is about speaking to a generation with a short attention span. This is my second time guest blogging on the subject.
This time I shared about one of my worst speaking engagements… ever!
My worst speaking experience by far was an event I did on New Year’s Eve. The guy who booked me explained the event to me. “The gym will be full of kids we draw from local neighborhoods. They’ll be playing basketball, dodge ball, hanging out, eating, etc.”
I asked, “Well, how are you going to pull them together for me to speak to them?”
He was silent. He hadn’t even thought about it.
I clarified, “You do realize that we don’t want to just stand up on stage and say, ‘Hey everybody… drop your dodge balls for a second, I want to tell you about Jesus!’”
He agreed and I gave him suggestions of some fun up front activities and videos that would help him transition everyone into a seated position with their attention on stage.
Fast forward to 11:28 New Year’s Eve. I’m on at 11:30. Kids are smattered around the room…
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