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[1:03] Strategies and Techniques for Handling Difficult Audience Members in Presentations

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This article introduces strategies and techniques for handling difficult audience members during presentations, including managing live questions and unexpected situations, helping presenters stay calm and respond effectively.

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Sometimes unexpected things happen in a presentation. In the next video, you'll see a presenter deal with some difficult situations. As you watch, think about how that goes. How would you handle a similar situation? At the end, you'll rate the presenter on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best and 1 the worst. Okay, so that's all.

Excuse me, I have a question. Okay. Where did you get the statistics for the travel industry? Well, I'll have to check. Presentations, you are found. Just let me look, just a second.

So are you basically saying that our industry is finished? Yeah, why are these apps and tools trying to take away our business? Well, hey, don't get mad at me. I don't know. I mean, I'm just a researcher. Okay, that's all.

Listening Comprehension

  • statistics

    noun

    1. a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

  • industry

    noun

    1. the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

    e.g. American industry is making increased use of computers to control production

    Synonym: manufacture

    2. persevering determination to perform a task

    e.g. his diligence won him quick promotions
    frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues

    Synonym: diligenceindustriousness

    3. the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise

    e.g. each industry has its own trade publications

  • unexpected

    adj

    1. not expected or anticipated

    e.g. unexpected guests
    unexpected news

  • researcher

    noun

    1. a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

    Synonym: research workerinvestigator