HBR 20-Minute Manager Boxed Set (10 Books) (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)

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Follow Up with the Audience

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our presentation is fi nished, and you’ve eval-

uated how it went. You can relax now, but not

for too long. Even the most well- articulated

ideas can evaporate into thin air if you don’t take con-

crete steps to make sure they’re implemented.

Of course, you should keep the promises you made

during the presentation (“I’ll send those tables to you,

Beth”) and correct any errors that came to light. You

will certainly want to follow up on explicit directives

you’ve given, such as asking the audience to report

back to you about a key item within a specifi ed time

frame. But those are just the essentials. Other ges-

tures can ...