Many of us understand the challenges of giving and receiving constructive feedback after a presentation, briefing, or speech. It’s essential to know if you’ve emphasized the right points, provided adequate support, and inspired action. While surveys can be useful, they often lack the depth needed for genuine insights.
To gain quality feedback that enhances your performance, consider these suggestions instead of simply asking a few audience members, “How was it?”
1. Try Asking What’s Remembered
If you’ve effectively communicated, your audience should recall a key point or two from your remarks. If they struggle to identify any significant takeaways immediately after your presentation, it indicates a failure to meet your primary goal of conveying your ideas.
2. What’s Remembered Should Be Intentional
If your audience focuses on minor details and overlooks your main messages, it suggests a lack of clarity in your communication. Feedback centered on your appearance or tone, rather than content, may indicate that your messages were misaligned with the audience’s needs or not effectively conveyed.
3. Ask About The Connection
When you’ve delivered the right message to the right audience, you’ll establish a connection reflected in their feedback. Listen for specific ideas or facts that resonated with them and ask about how your remarks relate to their experiences. This will help you understand how your ideas are being received and whether you’re really making the connection you intend.
4. It’s Not Personal
If you receive vague or no feedback, view it as an opportunity to improve. Being memorable requires intentional effort. Understand your audience, clarify your intent, and strive to deliver a message that connects and makes an impact. Your audience will provide feedback when you succeed.
For more tips and techniques, visit www.thepincusgroup.com to align the power of your ideas with effective communication.
To gain quality feedback that enhances your performance, consider these suggestions instead of simply asking a few audience members, “How was it?”
1. Try Asking What’s Remembered
If you’ve effectively communicated, your audience should recall a key point or two from your remarks. If they struggle to identify any significant takeaways immediately after your presentation, it indicates a failure to meet your primary goal of conveying your ideas.
2. What’s Remembered Should Be Intentional
If your audience focuses on minor details and overlooks your main messages, it suggests a lack of clarity in your communication. Feedback centered on your appearance or tone, rather than content, may indicate that your messages were misaligned with the audience’s needs or not effectively conveyed.
3. Ask About The Connection
When you’ve delivered the right message to the right audience, you’ll establish a connection reflected in their feedback. Listen for specific ideas or facts that resonated with them and ask about how your remarks relate to their experiences. This will help you understand how your ideas are being received and whether you’re really making the connection you intend.
4. It’s Not Personal
If you receive vague or no feedback, view it as an opportunity to improve. Being memorable requires intentional effort. Understand your audience, clarify your intent, and strive to deliver a message that connects and makes an impact. Your audience will provide feedback when you succeed.
For more tips and techniques, visit www.thepincusgroup.com to align the power of your ideas with effective communication.
