Activating your audience

Polling

show of hands

ask questions about personal experiences

ask questions

check experience of your audience and their expectations

Active questioning

ask a genuine question

not ask questions with a right or wrong answer

ask for people´s opinions and experiences

Rhetorical questions

do not require an answer

your audience tries to answer them in their heads

use them to signpost where you are in your presentation

Buzz groups

divide your audience into small groups

ask them to answer a question or to solve a problem in a limited time period

later you gather the ideas from the groups and discuss them

Quizzes

involve people in your presentation

create a quiz with questions that match the main points of your presentation

Question-and-answer sessions

Problem: many of the questions may only be of interest to the questioner

Prevent: ask questions before you summarize your presentation

this part of the presentation is the hardest to prepare for

Empathetic language

build rapport with your audience

instead of "I" use "you", "us" or "we"