Turn Your Boring Q&A Session Around

October 30, 2014 Turn Your Boring Q&A Session Around A lot of Q&As fall flat. Not all speakers are good at handling questions, not everyone participates, and not all questions are relevant. Luckily, there are ways to make these sessions better: Do an inverse Q&A. The speaker poses a question to the audience, letting people discuss it with their neighbors. Ask for reactions, not just questions. Invite people to share observations. Have people vet questions in groups. Ask people to think of good, relevant questions in small groups. Then ask for some examples. Tell a final story after the Q&A. Stop the Q&A session a few minutes before the end to share one final example. That way, even if it falls flat, you can still end your session with a bang instead of a fizzle.