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Part of preparing for a presentation is anticipating the possible challenges to your message. Be prepared to back up your facts and your opinions. Try reframing the way you look at audience questions, and be prepared for the tough ones, and you'll experience a lot less stress and discomfort at Q&A time. Tags: Do you ever feel like an audience member is attacking you when they ask challenging questions during your presentation? Hopefully, your audience doesn't actually try to discredit you or prove you wrong, as a client recently mentioned to me, but sometimes a particular

Interesting article at the BPS Research Digest Blog about therapy being more effective when therapists focus on their clients' strengths. "They've found that getting psychologists to think about their clients' strengths for a few minutes before a therapy session is great for the quality of the therapist-client relationship and leads to improved recovery for the clients." It made me wonder if thinking positive thoughts about your audience as part of your preparation ritual might improve the speaker-audience connection and help your audience get more from your presentation. Tags:

If they're interested, but not yet certain about your case, the Q&A helps them resolve their concerns. You can't leave this all to chance, however. Preparation is critical to handling Q&As smoothly and succinctly. You may still get questions you haven't anticipated, but preparing for their questions will increase your sensitivity to their point of view. During the Q&A, it's important to answer their specific questions. SO MUCH POTENTIAL — for good and bad — lurks in a typical Question & Answer period. But before I give you my thoughts, let

Athletes, of course, are experts at mental preparation , as I've talked about here and here . This is when mental preparation and a healthy perspective can have the greatest benefit. "It's kind of difficult to go home with no hardware, but you know, I'm gonna suck it up and cheer on the rest of my teammates." ~ Tyson Gay, after the U.S. But athletes aren't just prepared for winning. How's your attitude? It's not just in the content, delivery, props and equipment that a speaker delivers a complete package.

As I've mentioned in several posts on preparation , learning about your audience in advance can partially protect you against making these kinds of mistakes. Tags: Preparation Public Speaking Techniques and Strategie We make assumptions all the time, about everyone. Mostly, we assume people are like us , share our beliefs, our interests, our tastes, our background, our likes and dislikes, and our sense of humor.

You run the risk of negating all the good work you've done in preparing your content by tripping over your PowerPoint and making your incompetence the center of attention. ...Tags: Tags: Speakers Preparation Pet Peeves Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies PowerPoin Oh dear. I

Be prepared, be relaxed. This is what every great speaker wants! (C)2008 www.schrift.co Did you know that great speakers are often nervous with butterflies in their stomach before giving a presentation? And there are many actors/actresses who can not speak to live audiences without cue cards. My 13 years as a professional speakers bureau owner allowed me

Tags: Quick Fixes Preparation Public Speaking Techniques and Strategie Driving down State St. last week, hubby and I spotted a sign in the window of a soon-to-open Pinkberry: "Pardon our dust as Santa Barbara awaits Pinkberry's flagship store." Did Pinkberry really need to remind me that the store is opening in Santa Barbara?