1-2 Questions.

Making a presentation in front of international audiences is not for beginners (or for nervous people). People from different culture backgrounds with varying language skills are definitely more challenging than a local audience.

Many factors influence audience behavior, e.g.: culture, profession, age, reason for being in the audience, time of day and year and general mood. In fact every audience is unique. I’d like to mention just the main points that help to give a good presentation to an audience.

First one, I think to be calm, and don’t be nervous, you should deserve a trust of the audience.

The second is when communicating to an international audience speak slowly. One of the biggest complaints is that person talk too fast. Articulate every word carefully. Pause frequently to give your audience time to catch up.

Always repeat key words and phrases. When the audience is not familiar with your language you need to repeat the important facts and information more than ones.

Try to maintain the structure of your presentation

Keep your message simple. Use simple sentences structure and stay away from cultural sayings.

Use body language wherever possible. Use strong eye contact and smile. A smile is universal and one of speakers’ most effective tools.

Support your message with visual aids. Electronic slides can help you outline your points

3. What techniques can you use when giving a presentation to engage/inspire the audience?

Nowadays it is not so easy to give a high level of presentation. You and your audience need to have presentation content that is understandable and accurate. That is why full-blown graphic presentations are a standard part of business. First of all we should remember about usage of visual aids: Using pictures, or graphs, or pie-charts in your presentations instead of words can double the chances of meeting your objectives. Secondly it’s important to Use the rule of three: A simple technique is that people tend to only remember three things. Work out what the three messages that you want your audience to take away and structure your presentation around them. Use a maximum of three points on a slide. Moreover, your presentation hasn’t to be too long, as well you can tell stories: All presentations are a type of theatre. Tell stories and anecdotes to help illustrate points. It all helps to make your presentation more effective and memorable.

One more rule you should learn is that to make your presentation more effective put your speaker notes in your notes and not up on the screen. In many cases your tips can salvage a situation. If you haven’t an opportunity to use some visual aids, you can probably improvise, for example take a blackboard and marker to draw some tables, pictures you need for certain presentation.

4. Partnerships. What spheres are they common?

partnerships are common in every sphere of social, political and economical life. since the beginning of time humans did not survive on their own, but in a collective. partnership as a form of collaboration presumes adequate and fair exchange of goods and services in between all parties involved. this makes a difference between partnership and other forms of collaboration such as relationships of employment and social subordination. partnership even in purely economic and financial spheres have strong psychological aspects; they require people to trust each other and bond in a human rather than corporate way. therefore even partnerships between companies, countries and social groups often involve interpersonal relationships between their directors and leaders. there can be a certain level of subordination in partnerships. for example there could be associate partners and junior partners in a legal firm. in this case the difference of age and level of expertise, if acknowledged by both superior and junior partners, created a natural environment of mentor - student relationship which does not interfere with basic fair exchange principles.

although partnership is a most common form of human coexistence, some partnerships do not last. in such cases that might lead to severe and dangerous consequences and end up far worse than if other than partnership form of cooperation was initially in place. since partnerships are always personal as well as professional, the breach of trust or interpersonal conflict might lead to anything from ending of important business contracts to wars and military conflicts.

5. Do you think there are any “core” public services…..?

What are public services? It is easy to think of examples: in many countries, law enforcement,

refuse collection, and primary education would be regarded as public services. Health services

and transport may be included, too, but patterns of provision differ—public services are not

necessarily financed and delivered by the public sector, although the public sector is likely to be

involved in some way. Talking about private sector’s involvement in financing the public services, I think, that government should accept this opportunity and increase the role of private sector. I believe that there is a strong need of financing “core” public services such as hospitals and health care, schools and education services, housing and urban planning, utilities and infrastructure projects, maybe they have to pay attention on army, police and security services, because unfortunately there is a lack of investments in these services in our country. To do this government must enable and facilitate the private sector’s role. But only a successful private sector can create sufficient wealth to fund high quality public services