{"id":4410,"date":"2013-04-28T03:05:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T11:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2023-01-08T23:35:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T07:35:31","slug":"business-english-pod-229-presentations-freestyle-qa-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/28\/business-english-pod-229-presentations-freestyle-qa-1\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 229 &#8211; Presenting in English:  Freestyle Q&#038;A (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4410-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP230-Mob.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP230-Mob.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP230-Mob.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 229 Lesson Module - Presenting in English:  Freestyle Q&#038;A (1)\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP229POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-229-English-Presentation-Q-A-Question-and-Answers.jpg\" alt=\"Presenting in English - Question and Answers\" width=\"1642\" height=\"704\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-229-English-Presentation-Q-A-Question-and-Answers.jpg 1642w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-229-English-Presentation-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-229-English-Presentation-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-229-English-Presentation-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-600x257.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-229-English-Presentation-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-229-English-Presentation-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-400x171.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-229-English-Presentation-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-800x343.jpg 800w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-229-English-Presentation-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-1200x514.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1642px) 100vw, 1642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to <a title=\"Business English Lessons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-english\/\">Business English Pod<\/a> for today&#8217;s lesson on handling questions <em>during<\/em> a <a title=\"Business English for Presenting in English\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/presentations\/\">presentation in English<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So you&#8217;ve planned your presentation carefully and you&#8217;ve rehearsed it in front of the mirror. You walk into the room, you bring up your first slide, and you begin. But you&#8217;ve hardly finished your introduction when someone throws out a question. How do you deal with it?<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d better be ready for this situation, because you know it&#8217;s coming. How often do people actually wait for you to finish before politely raising their hands and asking you questions? It just doesn&#8217;t happen. So you need to learn how to respond on the fly. You need to read the situation and react accordingly. Your presentation isn&#8217;t ruined if you know the right things to say and do.<\/p>\n<p>Today we&#8217;ll look at some of the techniques we can use to handle questions and keep our presentation flowing. These techniques include anticipating questions before they&#8217;re asked, using a question to transition to another point, and buying time. We&#8217;ll also learn about dismissing a question that you&#8217;ve already answered and redirecting a question to the entire group.<\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we&#8217;ll hear part of a meeting in a publishing company. Amy is giving a presentation about a potential overseas partnership. Brenda and Dennis, two senior managers, are asking Amy some tough questions along the way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. What does Amy anticipate that the audience might be wondering about?<br \/>\n2. Which topic does Amy have to \u201d\u02dcbuy time&#8217; for before talking about it?<br \/>\n3. When Brenda asks about priorities, how does Amy deal with the question?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/transcripts\/BEP229SN-Freestyle-QA1.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP229QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/phrasecasts\/BEP229PC.mp3\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PhraseCast<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP229POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson Module<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP230-Mob.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast 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