6. I’m not a fan.
As much as half of your audience
might feel the same way.
7. Why?
Because 33-50% of the population falls under
the definition of an introvert*.
*Susan Cain – Quiet: The Power
of Introverts in a World That
Can’t Stop Talking
8. Extrovert vs Introvert
Introvert
People whose energy tends to expand through
reflection and dwindle during interaction
Extrovert
People who are energized by social situations
and tend to be assertive multi-taskers who think
out loud and on their feet
9. Characteristics of an Extrovert
• Enjoy human interactions
• Enthusiastic, talkative, asser
tive, and gregarious
• Take pleasure in activities
that involve large social
gatherings
• Tend to be energized when
around other people, more
prone to boredom when
they are by themselves
10. Characteristics of an Introvert
• Tend to be more reserved and
less outspoken in groups
• Often take pleasure in solitary
activities such as
reading, writing, using
computers, hiking and fishing
• Like to observe situations
before they participate
• More analytical before
speaking
• Easily overwhelmed by too
much stimulation from social
gatherings and engagement
11. Many traditional methods for
increasing learner engagement hold
little appeal to introverts.
So…how do we engage this portion
of our audience?
12.
13. Introverts and Social Media
•Avoid the awkwardness of face-to-face
interactions with those they’re meeting for the
first time
•Allows them to have time to process info
before responding
•Gives them an opportunity to have their voice
heard without needing to fight over the talking
of others
19. Twitter for Audience Engagement
• Give a hashtag
• Encourage audience to tweet
• Tweet key points from presentation
• Solicit questions from audience
20. Other Benefits
• Takes presentation beyond meeting room
• Supplements traditional Q&A formats
• Allows for unlimited questions
• Digital notes
29. Does it work?
• Christine Greenhow, Education
Professor, Michigan State University
• Conducted a study on Twitter as a new form
of literacy*
• Adults who tweet during a class and as part of
the instruction:
– are more engaged with the course
content, instructor, and other students
– have higher grades than the other students
*Twitteracy: Tweeting as a New Literacy Practice
Christine Greenhow, Benjamin Gleason
The Educational Forum
Vol. 76, Iss. 4, 2012
30. Thank You!
Derek Warnick
Principal
D. Warnick Consulting: The CME Guy
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