WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING AND THERE IS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER WHOM YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH

 There will be days when you are speaking to an audience and amongst them, is someone you bear a grudge towards or have not yet reconciled certain differences with.

If you are aware that they will be part of the audience, you are able to just give them a call, send them a courtesy message. Even if they may not respond, it does put you at ease.


What do you do when you are in the middle of your delivery and the said person walks into the room. Take a pause and greet everyone again.


Photo taken during the Grant Thornton 20th anniversary in Kampala.


Example:

For those of you who may have missed the beginning,


‘This is a journey of how women can grow their businesses at a global scale.’ And then introduce yourself again and greet the audience.


This courtesy will send an important signal to that person and at least for the moment, tension will be reduced.


What do you do when they are the first person to ask you a question?



Team Building Session with DFCU-2022



Thank them for the question. Repeat it to ensure you have understood it. Answer it curtly, simply and concisely. If it is a question meant to make you uncomfortable, thank them again and ask the audience to help you with the response.


Once the audience is involved and the question is answered, thank them and move on to the next session or question.


You also have liberty to create a small team building session of 5 minutes. Dancing the floss usually works well.

People of all ages love it and if you know it, teaching it will be that much fun. It is highly unlikely that the

audience will learn it in five minutes. It is still fun, and gets everyone upbeat.


It is a good way to re-energize you and raise your confidence levels. We become confident when we apply a

task that is successful and the response is positive.


Even better, send out a request for someone to come and energize the crowd. Any awkwardness between

you and the said audience member will quickly dissipate. You have more control than you give yourself

credit for.


Enjoy your next public speaking event. 




Rich Diction Enterprises Ltd.

Training in Speaking, Authenticity, Team Building and Real Connections


Email: richdiction@gmail.com

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