Quick tip: Ask (rhetorical) questions of your audience

Why ask questions? (like this one).

Because they provoke the mind of your listener.
Asking questions during a presentation forces the audience to mentally participate.
We use the term ‘rhetorical question’ to mean that you don’t expect a reply. Even though the audience doesn’t answer, their minds are more active when they hear the question format.

• What’s the problem?
• How can we fix it?
• What’s the cost if we don’t do this?
• How many of you…?
• What have the Romans ever done for us?
• Have you ever wondered why…?
• Have you ever thought about…?

When you start an example with a rhetorical question, people can’t help thinking about it, which involves them more fully.