{"id":4436,"date":"2013-05-05T05:51:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T13:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=4436"},"modified":"2023-01-08T23:34:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T07:34:13","slug":"business-english-pod-230-presentations-freestyle-qa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/05\/business-english-pod-230-presentations-freestyle-qa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 230 &#8211; Presenting in English:  Freestyle Q&#038;A (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4436-1\" 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 230 Lesson Module - Presenting in English:  Freestyle Q&#038;A (2)\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP230POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-230-Presentation-English-Q-A-Question-and-Answers.jpg\" alt=\"Presentation English - Question and Answers\" width=\"1646\" height=\"704\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-230-Presentation-English-Q-A-Question-and-Answers.jpg 1646w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-230-Presentation-English-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-230-Presentation-English-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-230-Presentation-English-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-600x257.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-230-Presentation-English-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-230-Presentation-English-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-400x171.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-230-Presentation-English-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-800x342.jpg 800w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-230-Presentation-English-Q-A-Question-and-Answers-1200x513.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1646px) 100vw, 1646px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s <a title=\"Business English Lessons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/\">Business English<\/a> lesson, we continue our look at how to handle questions <em>during<\/em> your <a title=\"Business English for Presenting in English\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/presentations\/\">business English presentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever delivered a presentation to a quiet and happy audience that accepts everything you say and applauds at the end? Probably not. It doesn&#8217;t matter whether you&#8217;re presenting to a possible client, at a staff meeting, to a group of senior executives, or during a professional development event. Your audience will likely ask you questions throughout your presentation.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how well you prepare, you&#8217;re going to have to think on your feet. That means you&#8217;ll have to step outside what you&#8217;ve rehearsed and deal with the questions as they come. You might know the answer, but then again you might not. The question might be about something you planned to talk about, but it might not. Your presentation will succeed or fail not just on how pretty your PowerPoint slides are, but on how well you handle the audience and their questions. And that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re looking at in this lesson.<\/p>\n<p>The techniques we&#8217;ll hear today include clarifying a question, using a question to jump ahead in your presentation, and evading a difficult question. We&#8217;ll also learn how to separate multiple questions into parts as well as how to admit we don&#8217;t know the answer to a question.<\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we rejoin the publishing company where Amy is giving a presentation to senior executives, including Brenda and Dennis. Amy is explaining a potential overseas partnership with two Korean companies. Brenda and Dennis are asking her plenty of tough questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. What exactly is Brenda worried about at the start of the dialog?<br \/>\n2. How does Amy respond to Dennis&#8217;s question about licensing rights and terms?<br \/>\n3. Which question does Amy say she doesn&#8217;t have enough information to answer?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/transcripts\/BEP230SN-Freestyle-QA2.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP230QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/phrasecasts\/BEP230PC.mp3\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PhraseCast<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP230POD\/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\" 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