Haritosh SrivastavFounder & Head Coach, Confident Storytelling Hub

Speaker Responsibility Ensuring Audience Needs and Safety

26 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief talk, the speaker emphasizes that the primary responsibility for a successful presentation lies with the presenter, not the audience. The speaker should actively cater to audience needs by creating a safe, supportive environment, setting an appropriate cadence, allocating sufficient time for activities, and exercising extra patience to allow audience responses and follow‑ups. These practices ensure that the audience feels comfortable and engaged, leading to more effective communication.

And I think a lot of time we as speakers and storytellers put it on the audience like it is a virtual, it is their responsibility. But I honestly believe that it's more responsibility of the speaker to make sure that he or she is catering to the audience needs and making sure that they are in a safe space. They are setting the cadence, as you said, and making sure that you're giving time for any activity, being a little bit more patient than usual to get the response and follow-ups, etc.