Ever been in the audience at a conference, asked a question of one of the speakers, and got completely tangled up in giving context?Well, that’s EXACTLY what I’m addressing today - how to ask questions FROM the audience in a way that elevates you, gets the answer you want and doesn’t get you all tangled up.This is in response to a listener question who saidMany times I hear questions in presentations be asked with a lead-in that links some of the themes of the talk to the question about to be asked. However each time I try to do this I really seem to make a mess of the lead-in and then by the time I get around to asking a question the speaker is so confused about what I’m asking so we just have this awkward exchange where I repeat the lead in and question but get super nervous which makes things seemingly worse.Listen in to my (slightly rambly) answer to learn:How to frame a question in your mind, firstHow to connect it to what the speaker was sayingWhy it’s easy to over-think our questions, and how I do it tooThe difference between a general question that will benefit everyone in the audience, vs an advice question that relates to youHow asking these kinds of questions is a powerful networking and profile building strategyRegister for my Elevator Pitch Practise Session here.If you’d like me to answer your question on a future episode, chat with me on instagram.Get my weekly newsletter here.

Ask this episode

“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.