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[â¦] The average attention span of an audience is 7 minutes. Thus, the audience â students and business people alike â will only pay attention to a topic for 7 minutes, after that a change should be made to maintain audience attention.
1 The average attention span of an adult is 20 minutes. 2  Implication: you should ensure that the first 20 minutes of your talk include any material that you want your audience to remember. Prolonging Attention Span: You can prolong attention spans by periodically giving your audience a rest. 2  This can be done by telling a story, giving a demo, or doing something else that gives the brain a break. 3  An analogy to what you are doing is running hard for a few minutes, taking a break, then running hard again.