Tip 70: Tools for interactivity
These are some of the commonly used ways of encourage active audience participation:
Asking your audience to think about something, or imagine a scenario, or think for a moment about what they would do in a given situation.
Asking rhetorical questions - you are not expecting them to reply to you, but they should take a moment to think about how they would respond to your question.
Asking for a show of hands.
Asking simple questions. Answers may be taken from individual members of your audience, or your audience may shout out the answers.
Asking the audience to individually write down answers to a question, and then comparing with a model answer that you give. The answer can be given immediately, or at the end of the presentation.
Ask for a volunteer to take part in a demonstration - ask members of the audience to come to the podium with you.
Asking a "trick question" which the audience would be expected to be able to answer, but giving an answer that is different from what the audience expected.
Group exercises.
Role-playing exercises.
Spending 5 minutes taking questions from the audience after every 20-30 minutes of presentation.
Ask the audience to think practical applications for the information they are being presented with.
Asking the audience to reflect on their own practice and share best practice with the group.
Involving the audience in identifying learning needs for that session and setting goals by negotiation - the speaker's experience can be invaluable to help the audience set realistic goals.
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