Persuade by asking questions and creating curiosity
You can’t be vague if you want to persuade
Try the questioning technique, go on, be brave
Grab the audience’s attention using this technique
Eyebrows will be raised when they see it's unique.
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Ask 3 relevant questions so their ears burn
Pique their curiosity with matters of concern
Ask ‘did you know?’ questions using statistics
Give problem-solving solutions, they’ll go ballistic
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Help them to visualise the solution, to imagine it
Is the quickest way to engage and convince a sceptic
Introduce them to something they were totally unaware
So they’re now smarter, no longer ‘buyer beware’
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Turn what could have been a boring one-way monologue
Into a mindful and interactive two-way dialogue
Influential persuaders don’t waste your time, they sow a seed
Because they know if you want to succeed, you must intrigue
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Poem inspired by Sam Horn from Intrigue Agency, author of ‘POP’
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Written for Rostrum Public Speaking Clubs of Western Australia to encourage members to enter a Persuasive Speaking competition — April 2021
