A Brain Scientist's 8-Word Secret for Better Public Speaking and Presentation Skills 3 presentation hacks that will improve your public speaking skills

The human brain makes a flurry of decisions when it receives a sensory input. In just 60 to 110 milliseconds, your brain processes the information and decides what deserves attention. This lightning-fast decision-making is evolutionary and crucial because our ability to quickly assess threats and ignore non-essential details is essential for survival. Most PowerPoint presentations fail to grab the brain's attention because, well, in the words of Medina, the brain doesn't pay attention to boring things.

The lesson here is that you need to grab your audience's attention quickly by giving them a reason to listen. Popular influencers and successful content creators on Instagram, TikTok, and other short-form video platforms know how the right hook grabs attention. They call it 'stop the scroll.' According to TikTok, most high-performing videos (63 percent) highlight their key message within the first three seconds.

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