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Welcome to the 123PPT Presentation Articles and Advice section for Your Audience.

These articles provide insight, input, and commentary to help you improve, develop, and increase your presentation skills.

In addition to articles relating to your audience and public, we have compiled several categories, listed in the right hand menu to help you find advice and critique of interest to other areas of presentation production and delivery.

As we try to cover as many areas as possible, should there be any aspects of content and content creation, that you would like to see greater covered, then please send us your thoughts. We promise to review every mail and correspondence, and will do our upmost to cover every area and topic that you suggest, to provide you with the assistance and help so that you may achieve all your presentation and communication goals.






Presentation Articles concerning Your Audience subject themes can be seen below:

• Ethically speaking, how can you handle your audience?

By Dave Clark, Communication Consultant, 123PPT.com

As a manager, departmental head, human resource manager, headmaster or mistress, CEO, or other member of managerial staff, we are often faced with situations where a speech, or presentation, has a difficult theme or involves sensitive content that has the potential to create a backlash, or wholly negative effect.

Imagine your organization is downsizing, or a wage cap has been invoked. How do you tell your employees that this year there will be no bonus or benefits package? Perhaps even that a wage cut must be invoked in order to maintain resource levels.

In fragile and delicate situations such as these, how can you not only maintain order within the ranks, but also reduce the risk of negative and destructive influences taking over your arguments either during or following your speech? And perhaps of more importance, how can you turn a potentially negative situation into a morally boosting and supportive event?

• On the Spot?

By Graham Neil, Presentation Consultant, 123PPT.com

Many presenters deliver great presentations building atmosphere and increasing the attention span of their audiences. Finally their journey comes to a well-rehearsed end, and the moment arrives when the finely polished lines and routine are complete.

But what happens when your audience begin to ask you questions in the dreaded Q & A session? How do you deal with difficult or sometimes even hostile questions? After delivering a solid presentation how can you make sure that you won't buckle at the finish line?

• Motivate your Audience through delivery and Effective Presentation.

By Scott Harvey, Managing Director, The Impossible Media Group

As a presenter and communicator, perhaps your most important goal is persuading your listeners that your message and key arguments are not only valid, but something upon which they must clearly understand and take action upon.

But how can you successfully motivate an audience and gain their conviction to your ideals?