Public Speaking and Handling Questions
Public Speaking and Handling Questions
When it comes to doing public speaking and seminars, one of the things that really freaks people out is how to handle questions.
I've seen this over and over in my workshops. People think they have to be able answer any possible question that someone could throw their way, and that makes them hesitate to do any kind of public speaking or seminars. They feel they have to be the "ultimate expert" and know absolutely everything about a topic, or else they don't deserve to talk about it.
Nonsense!
All you have to do is know more than the people in your audience. Don't suffer from the mistaken idea that somehow you have to be a "know it all" or that someone there will know more than you. Even if someone does know more than you, that won't matter.
Why won't that matter? Because as long as you keep you composure and confidently continue with your talk, you'll be seen as the expert.
This is what most people miss: YOU'RE the one up there. That makes YOU the expert.
It reminds me of when I used to have my own band, and we'd be playing somewhere - there were ALWAYS better guitar players in the audience... but the audience never cared or knew because I was the one on stage and not them.
Sure, you may run into someone in your audience who acts like a know it all, and wants to hijack your seminar talk or speech, but I teach you strategies to "head that off at the pass" and prevent that from ever happening in the first place.
So don't worry about having to "know everything" before you start doing public speaking seminars. When you do start, you'll kick yourself for not having started sooner!
See you later,
David
When it comes to doing public speaking and seminars, one of the things that really freaks people out is how to handle questions.
I've seen this over and over in my workshops. People think they have to be able answer any possible question that someone could throw their way, and that makes them hesitate to do any kind of public speaking or seminars. They feel they have to be the "ultimate expert" and know absolutely everything about a topic, or else they don't deserve to talk about it.
Nonsense!
All you have to do is know more than the people in your audience. Don't suffer from the mistaken idea that somehow you have to be a "know it all" or that someone there will know more than you. Even if someone does know more than you, that won't matter.
Why won't that matter? Because as long as you keep you composure and confidently continue with your talk, you'll be seen as the expert.
This is what most people miss: YOU'RE the one up there. That makes YOU the expert.
It reminds me of when I used to have my own band, and we'd be playing somewhere - there were ALWAYS better guitar players in the audience... but the audience never cared or knew because I was the one on stage and not them.
Sure, you may run into someone in your audience who acts like a know it all, and wants to hijack your seminar talk or speech, but I teach you strategies to "head that off at the pass" and prevent that from ever happening in the first place.
So don't worry about having to "know everything" before you start doing public speaking seminars. When you do start, you'll kick yourself for not having started sooner!
See you later,
David
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