Can’t Answer Audiences Questions At The End of Presentation: What Can You Do?
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
Philippines
May 21, 2016 7:30am CST
There are times we cannot answer the audiences’ questions at the end of presentation. It seems that we are mentally blocked or overwhelmed before, during and after the presentation. The question is, “How are you going to deal with it?” If I will be the presenter, it is most likely that I will apologize and move on to the next question. Then, I will get back to the question later.
If you are going to choose, what would be your possible course of action?
1. Answer the question based on your experience or knowledge.
2. Ask someone to answer it.
3. Inform them that you don’t have the answer at that point of time.
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4 responses
@haraka (1282)
• Indonesia
21 May 16
I think i'm gonna combine 3 of them.
First i'm gonna inform that i didn't have precise experience with them (3), however i may have quite similar situations and shared what i had done to deal with that problems (1), then if it's an two way communications style of presentations, i will ask audiences if there are some of them in the similar situations, and may they share their experience (2).
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
21 May 16
if I need to choose from that three, I choose the number one. Never let someone answer unless they ask for it, it will affect your credibility, and so with the number 3.
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
23 May 16
@ilocosboy That's a good answer. It is not also fine to answer things up if not familiar with the question being asked.
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