After your presentation, ensure every audience member feels heard and valued by inviting open dialogue and encouraging questions and feedback. Create a welcoming atmosphere where attendees feel comfortable sharing their thoughts, reinforcing that their input is important. Acknowledge each contribution with gratitude and respond thoughtfully, showing that you appreciate their insights. If time permits, consider setting aside moments for small group discussions or one-on-one interactions to deepen connections. Additionally, follow up after the presentation, offering avenues for continued communication. By fostering an inclusive environment and actively engaging with your audience, you can reinforce their sense of value and participation.

1. Collect feedback through a form and offer a free resource in exchange. 2. I always like to hang around after the presentation is done and connect with people and gauge their takeaways. 3. Closing call with the person who hired you for the presentation. These are steps for after the presentation is done. For me personally, it’s important to weave in the “heard and valued” part before and during the presentation. A pre-event survey, sharing the results during your presentation, and giving people the opportunity to reflect and share at certain points during the presentation works really well and keeps people hooked and engaged.

Don't leave the room/event right after your presentation because: 1. Your audience may want to approach you separately with their questions. They want the benefit of getting your undivided attention. 2. You may wish to engage with them as a follow up to their earlier questions. Gives you the opportunity to expand your answers with more details. 3. If the allocated time for Q&A was shortened due to time constraint, then use this time to catch up with those who didn't get the chance to ask their questions. 4. Staying on after your presentation reflects positively that you care about how much they have learnt or understood the contents. 5. You want them to know that their feedback matters to you. So invest the time to interact with them.

Well, you don't just let the audience feel heard and valued *after* the talk but during the talk itself, by having eye-contact, and asking questions to build rapport and engagement. For me, I will always end on time to respect the audience's time (in case they need to go off) and I will tell them that I will still be hanging around for 15 minutes to half an hour to answer any questions, if the situation permits (i.e. no more speakers after me). Also, based on experiences, I will seek out the introverts who may have questions, but feels shy to ask. Lastly, we can direct the audience to fill up a feedback form and let them ask questions within the form.

After you finish your presentation, you can make sure that everyone feels heard and valued by asking for feedback. You can also stay after the presentation to talk to people individually. This will show that you care about their thoughts and opinions. Finally, you can follow up with an email or social media post to thank people for attending and to share any additional resources.