Effective Speaker - Does HR Professional fail?

I have attended various seminars and also been speakers at various occasions. However, I find that majority of the speakers are not able to attract and hold the attention of the audience they are addressing to. When I put my thinking cap, I feel that one of the key reasons is that they are not able to bring themselves to the level of people they are interacting with. Most of the times they speak from a higher platform which participants are not able to connect with. I have also witnessed situations wherein some of the faculty is invited as speakers from educational institutions and campuses focus too much on the theoretical aspects and tend to miss out on the dynamics of real and practical world hence are not able to hold attention of delegates!

In most of the seminars until and unless specified, we get an audience with an average experience of 5-7 years. Most of the speakers talk from the pedestal of minimum of 15-20 years and this is where the disconnect is. I may be incorrect, however, this is what I have observed and I would recommend to all the people who want to be effective speakers and create niche for themselves, take cognizance of it and deliver accordingly while taking into account following aspects -

I believe as a presenter or speaker, we need to ensure that we take cognizance of sub conscious of the people attending such conference / seminar rather than just being at our conscious best.

HR as a profession requires outstanding interfacing skills and being an effective communicator, speaker and presenter are essential ingredients of it. Since our profession revolves around people dealing and management, obviously we need to be quite effective in any kind of communication we make. Generally, the HR leaders tend to overlook this aspect when it comes to developing effective communication skills of their teams and fellow professionals. This needs to become an unconscious competence for professionals from HR fraternity. While some of us may be great public speaker, however, many of us may need to brush up to ensure that we leave lasting impressions!