Handling Questions, Blackouts, and Other Public-Speaking Emergencies
About the Lecture
The lecture Handling Questions, Blackouts, and Other Public-Speaking Emergencies by Dan O'Connor is from the course Executive Communication Training (EN). It contains the following chapters:
- Handling Questions, Blackouts, Emergencies
- Handle Unexpected Questions
- Tactics to Remember Where You Were
- Tactics to Keep Audience Members Engaged
- Key Messages You Want Others to Remember
Included Quiz Questions
A solution-focused question sounds like:
- If I can . . . would you then . . .?
- When you . . . would you feel . . .?
- When you're ready to . . . I'll be ready to . . . .
- It's . . . isn't it?
When asked a question during a presentation, the first thing you should do is:
- repeat the question
- validate the question
- use a pregnant pause
- Use a tag question
Before moving away from a question asked by the audience,
- confirm that you have answered or addressed the question
- get the audience to repeat the question
- ask a tag question
- deliver a benefit statement
Index cards are a great way to . . .
- Help you remember your words when you have a blackout moment.
- Help you practice your closing line in the shower.
- Help convince the audience to say yes.
- Help paint a visual cue for the audience.
To get the audience to engage with you, a great strategy is to use:
- closed-ended questions
- open-ended questions
- spotlight questions
- blacklight questions
The "repeat after me" can be used to help people
- remember the information
- Paint a visual picture
- emotionally connect with your information
- be ready for more questions
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Author of lecture Handling Questions, Blackouts, and Other Public-Speaking Emergencies
Dan O'Connor
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