The document provides tips for handling questions during a presentation. It recommends telling the audience up front when the Q&A portion will occur. When answering questions, the speaker should make eye contact with the questioner, finish their thought, then move their eyes to another person to avoid private conversations. If the speaker does not know the answer, they should never lie but should throw the question to the audience or offer to follow up after the presentation. The speaker should also repeat questions for a large audience to ensure all hear it.

1. Speakers!
Questions About Questions
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2. Q&A
Can Be an Important
Part of Your Presentation
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3. Q&A
Can Be an Important
Part of Your Presentation
But, HOW Best
To Get and Answer Them?
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4. In Your
Opening
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5. In Your
Opening
Tell the Audience When
You’ll Handle Questions.
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6. In Your
Opening
Tell the Audience When
You’ll Handle Questions.
See Previous Post for WHEN.
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7. At The
Appropriate Time
DON’T Say

8. At The
Appropriate Time
DON’T Say
“Do You Have
Any Questions?”

9. Better to
Raise Your Hand
and Ask

10. Better to
Raise Your Hand
and Ask
“What Questions
Do You Have
For Me?”

11. When Answering
a Question: ?????

12. When Answering
a Question: ?????
• Look the Questioner
Directly in the Eye.

13. When Answering
a Question: ?????
• Look the Questioner
Directly in the Eye.
• Finish a Thought.

14. When Answering
a Question: ?????
• Look the Questioner
Directly in the Eye.
• Finish a Thought.
• Move your Eyes to Another
Person and Finish a Thought.

15. When Answering
a Question: ?????
• Look the Questioner
Directly in the Eye.
• Finish a Thought.
• Move your Eyes to Another
Person and Finish a Thought.
• Repeat till answered.

16. If You Don’t Move
Eye Contact to
Others. . .

17. If You Don’t Move
Eye Contact to
Others. . .
• They could ask a Follow-Up Question.

18. If You Don’t Move
Eye Contact to
Others. . .
• They could ask a Follow-Up Question.
• You could Answer It.

19. If You Don’t Move
Eye Contact to
Others. . .
• They could ask a Follow-Up Question.
• You could Answer It.
• You end up in a Conversation and
Exclude Others!

20. DON’T Stare!

21. DON’T Stare!
NO ONE
Likes to Be
Stared At!

22. ? ?
??
If Don’t Know
or Can’t
Remember Answer. . .

23. ? ?
??
If Don’t Know
or Can’t
Remember Answer. . .
NEVER!

24. Lie
Or Fake
an Answer

25. Throw the Question
Out to the
Audience!

26. If You Do. . .

27. If You Do. . .
• You Could Lose Control.

28. If You Do. . .
• You Could Lose Control.
• Answers Given May be

29. If You Do. . .
• You Could Lose Control.
• Answers Given May be
• Time Management Issues Multiply.

30. DO Say!

31. DO Say!
“Catch Me After
the Presentation
and We’ll
Figure this Out.”

32. With a Large Audience, and
Especially if No Mic for People
Asking Questions. . .

33. With a Large Audience, and
Especially if No Mic for People
Asking Questions. . .
Repeat the Question So All Hear It.
Repeat • Repeat • Repeat

34. With a Large Audience, and
Especially if No Mic for People
Asking Questions. . .
Repeat the Question So All Hear It.
Repeat • Repeat • Repeat
Perhaps,
Paraphrase It.

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