Comments on: 8 tips for encouraging questions in your presentation http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/audience/presentation-question-time/ Presentation tips from Olivia Mitchell Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:56:14 +1200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Best Presentation Tips | Speaking about Presenting: Presentation Tips from Olivia Mitchell http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/audience/presentation-question-time/comment-page-1/#comment-4424 Best Presentation Tips | Speaking about Presenting: Presentation Tips from Olivia Mitchell Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:51:29 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=1081#comment-4424 [...] 8 tips for encouraging questions in your presentation [...] [...] 8 tips for encouraging questions in your presentation [...]

]]> By: Olivia Mitchell http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/audience/presentation-question-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3199 Olivia Mitchell Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:36:40 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=1081#comment-3199 Hi Emma Yes, that's a great use of the backchannel. Thank you for adding it to this post. Olivia Hi Emma
Yes, that’s a great use of the backchannel. Thank you for adding it to this post.
Olivia

]]> By: Emma http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/audience/presentation-question-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3192 Emma Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:03:36 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=1081#comment-3192 And, for the "during the presentation so askers don't forget", I've also seen Twitter used effectively - either as a displayed backchannel - so that the whole audience can see, or just visible to those who have the necessary hardware. Quite often, small questions can be answered by someone else in the audience (like whispering to the person next to you - only there are lots of people next to you!), or the presenter/room host can skim them at the end & answer the key ones. And, for the “during the presentation so askers don’t forget”, I’ve also seen Twitter used effectively – either as a displayed backchannel – so that the whole audience can see, or just visible to those who have the necessary hardware. Quite often, small questions can be answered by someone else in the audience (like whispering to the person next to you – only there are lots of people next to you!), or the presenter/room host can skim them at the end & answer the key ones.

]]> By: Simon Raybould http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/audience/presentation-question-time/comment-page-1/#comment-992 Simon Raybould Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:04:51 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=1081#comment-992 Hi again Olivia - just seen this following someone else's link. It's something I blogged about myself a while ago - and in retrospect I probably over-stated my case: http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2008/03/29/questions-or-not/ To me, it's important to differentiate between two types of question. Firstly, you've got questions of fact ("Did you say 200%?") which seem to me to be necessary at any point because otherwise people won't be able to make much of anything you say after that. Secondly though, there are questions of "application" for lack of a better term. Things like "So in my position, would it make sense to....?". I love these questions as it shows the audience has bitten what I've said and is running with it. My instinct is that these questions should only surface at the end (in fact if the presentation is well structured this is probably the only place it CAN surface!). Simon Hi again Olivia – just seen this following someone else’s link. It’s something I blogged about myself a while ago – and in retrospect I probably over-stated my case: http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2008/03/29/questions-or-not/

To me, it’s important to differentiate between two types of question. Firstly, you’ve got questions of fact (”Did you say 200%?”) which seem to me to be necessary at any point because otherwise people won’t be able to make much of anything you say after that.

Secondly though, there are questions of “application” for lack of a better term. Things like “So in my position, would it make sense to….?”. I love these questions as it shows the audience has bitten what I’ve said and is running with it. My instinct is that these questions should only surface at the end (in fact if the presentation is well structured this is probably the only place it CAN surface!).

Simon

]]> By: IPDI » Blog Archive » Innovation Brainstorm: Public Speaking and Twitter http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/audience/presentation-question-time/comment-page-1/#comment-977 IPDI » Blog Archive » Innovation Brainstorm: Public Speaking and Twitter Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:57:15 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=1081#comment-977 [...] with asking the audience for “out-loud” questions as well. It’s good practice to stop for questions throughout your presentation - rather than leaving questions till the [...] [...] with asking the audience for “out-loud” questions as well. It’s good practice to stop for questions throughout your presentation – rather than leaving questions till the [...]

]]> By: 15 ways to improve your presentations in 2009 : Speaking about Presenting http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/audience/presentation-question-time/comment-page-1/#comment-476 15 ways to improve your presentations in 2009 : Speaking about Presenting Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:07:33 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=1081#comment-476 [...] When you’re just starting out presenting, it makes sense to take questions near the end of your presentation. It’s more manageable and there’s less risk that you’ll go off track. But from the audience’s point of view, being able to ask a question at the time that it occurs to them is ideal. So challenge yourself to take questions throughout. A half-way place is to break your presentation into modules - and take questions at the end of each module. Check out my post 8 tips for encouraging questions in your presentation. [...] [...] When you’re just starting out presenting, it makes sense to take questions near the end of your presentation. It’s more manageable and there’s less risk that you’ll go off track. But from the audience’s point of view, being able to ask a question at the time that it occurs to them is ideal. So challenge yourself to take questions throughout. A half-way place is to break your presentation into modules – and take questions at the end of each module. Check out my post 8 tips for encouraging questions in your presentation. [...]

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