title: Merci pour votre attention

> If you’re in the audience at a scientific conference, what do you really want? For me, that’s quite simple: understanding the papers that seem relevant to me. So as a speaker, focus not on what you want, but what the audience wants. Your personal goal is to **get your message across** to those researchers for whom it is relevant. Note in particular that *attention* is not a part of your goal. Sure, in order to understand a message, people will likely need to pay attention, but solely capturing (or stealing) that attention does not reach your goal. Furthermore, if people get your message *without* paying attention, that seems like a win–win situation. Therefore, instead of focusing on getting attention, focus on **maximizing the use of the attention you get**.
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> <cite>*[Thank you for your attention](http://ruben.verborgh.org/blog/2014/12/31/thank-you-for-your-attention/)* ([cache](/david/cache/c77f2b1ef3ee364634b160246d60cf1b/))</cite>

Remarques intéressantes sur l’attention et la clôture d’une intervention.