Is Anyone Listening?
 Recently Audrey attended a baby shower for a friend, Aimee. Aimee’s mother, Elizabeth, approached Audrey and shared that she was making presentations all over the country soliciting donations for a non-profit African orphanage. A woman in her early fifties, this was a first. She was terrified as most people are of public speaking. After reading the chapter, “Stand Up and Deliver,” she felt all she needed was practice! We are happy to report that she had firsthand experience with the male preference-say it in a sound bite! And do not give me a whole lot of that “touchy feely” stuff!
Code switch: Men appreciate a bullet style or concise points and some data-, logic-, or fact-based information. They are not interested in a lot of “touchy feely” examples they just tune these out.
Elizabeth went on with her experience. She said the audiences of women really tune in to the heartfelt stories of the young orphans. But the men want specifics on how their dollar will impact the effort. What is the bottom line of my contribution? What will a dollar buy?
 Switch It Up!
If your audience composition is mostly men, lean more toward facts and primarily bullet style. Use statements like, “There are three ways this is going to impact the bottom line.” Then list them.
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Thank you Audrey. I thoroughly enjoyed our time together on air. The book is great. There are so many ways to change, to switch your coding! I have begun already to use them.
My kids are an amazing experiment. They are the only kids I have so it's hard for me to imagine parenting a singleton. Having two girls and a boy gives us the opportunity to see the very real differences that exist between the genders. For example, my son was walking around today with underpants on his head while his sisters were taking turns doing math problems. It was very good of you to join us Audrey. Thank you again.
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