Ep. 251 ARE YOU ASKING THE CRITICAL QUESTIONS?
Speakers make a common mistake when seeking audience participation. They ask “HOW MANY of you…” That question needs a NUMERICAL response. Today Darren and Mark explain how to ask BETTER questions, and how to use the audience’s non-verbal response to enhance their own experience.
SNIPPETS:
- How would you say it over coffee to one person
- Use the language of a conversation
- Respect the versatility of the word YOU’
- Ask you-focused questions
- Put the audience into your story
- Tap into their world, and transport them into yours
- Give the audience time to answer questions in their heads
- Read the audience
- Acknowledge their responses, even non-verbal
- Take inventory of the questions that you ask
- Ask yourself, “Is there a better way to ask that question?”
- Speaking is dialogue, not monologue
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