After Your Presentation

 

Now comes the big question, now what? After discussing what we should do before and during our presentation to over come stage fright,  we move on to the last step which is what to do after your presentation.

One of the first steps is to Distribute Handouts. 

If you prepared handouts to give to your audience, which has all information and data on it, give this to them as soon as you finish.

You then want to Encourage/Repeat Questions.

 If time permits have a question and answer period, make sure to announce this at the beginning of the presentation so the audience can come up with good questions. You also want to set up a good time limit for the question and answer period.
When repeating questions, this is done to ensure the everyone in the audience can hear your answer to the question that was said. You want to begin each answer by repeating first the question. Then direct your answer to the the entire audience.

Next you want to Reinforce your main points and Keep Control.
To reinforce main points, you will want to use your answers to restate the primary ideas. Such things like, I'm glad you brought that up or I'm glad you mentioned that... Avoid becoming debating or defensive to the questioner. In keeping control you want to not allow individual to take over. Always keep the audience involved.

Lastly, End with a Summary and Appreciation.

Before signalling that it is the end of the presentation, you want to say something like, we have time for one more question. As you try to answer the last question, try to work into a summary with it from your main points. Then express your thanks and appreciation to the whole audience for the opportunity to talk to them.