I know two kinds of audience only - one coughing, and one not coughing.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Audiences are judged by engagement; noise indicates disinterest.
- In plain terms
- You can tell if people care by whether they make noise.
- What can you take from it?
- Engagement is the true measure of audience attention.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you know if people are listening?
- What signals attention?
Another view
Coughing may be involuntary rather than disinterest.
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