“People come to listen to a speaker, not to look at reader”
Telling is the first of 5 styles of The Facilitation Rainbow.
When using this style, all content comes from you, none from the audience. It’s the most effective style when you want to deliver a lot of information in a short time period. But, in my experience, it is also the style that will induce yawns from your participants the fastest.
You need the Telling style in almost every most group interaction you have; it’s virtually impossible not to use the telling style. So give this style most of your attention. There are already enough boring speakers out there. No need to make the list any longer. Stand out and become a great speaker. My tips on how to do that will follow next week.
