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DQ 2 Critical thinking.
Why do you think it is important to anticipate objections or reactions when presenting your ideas? How might this help you be more persuasive? One is the audience spokesperson, whose questions represent your audience's beliefs. A question or comment from this person may elicit applause. [ If you've researched your audience, you'll be prepared for such a response. Then there's the audience embarrassment: the person who is either using you to draw attention to him or herself, or exercising some obsessive fanatic tendencies. This may be through a question designed to demonstrate superior knowledge or moral stance; it may be through a diatribe against your position. If this person is obnoxious enough, it might actually work to your advantage: the rest of the audience could be so embarrassed by the whole thing that they'll become more sympathetic to you (hoping desperately, as they sink in their chairs, that you won't think they have any connection with The Pest). ............If you don't understand the question, don't be afraid to admit it and ask for clarification. If it could be interpreted several different ways, say that you find it ambiguous and ask for some elaboration. If possible, rephrase the question in a way that reveals the questioner's orientation..........Such rephrasing helps you maintain control of the discussion and avoid being manipulated. You reveal hidden assumptions and possible absurdities in your attacker's position. You also make the confronter responsible for the content of the question, while at the same time demonstrating that you're taking the question, and the questioner, seriously. And finally, you gain a better understanding of the question, and perhaps discover a productive line of response in the process..........[->0]
How might this help you be more persuasive? It is important to anticipate objections or reactions when presenting your ideas because it means your listeners are engaged and are working
Why do you think it is important to anticipate objections or reactions when presenting your ideas? How might this help you be more persuasive? One is the audience spokesperson, whose questions represent your audience's beliefs. A question or comment from this person may elicit applause. [ If you've researched your audience, you'll be prepared for such a response. Then there's the audience embarrassment: the person who is either using you to draw attention to him or herself, or exercising some obsessive fanatic tendencies. This may be through a question designed to demonstrate superior knowledge or moral stance; it may be through a diatribe against your position. If this person is obnoxious enough, it might actually work to your advantage: the rest of the audience could be so embarrassed by the whole thing that they'll become more sympathetic to you (hoping desperately, as they sink in their chairs, that you won't think they have any connection with The Pest). ............If you don't understand the question, don't be afraid to admit it and ask for clarification. If it could be interpreted several different ways, say that you find it ambiguous and ask for some elaboration. If possible, rephrase the question in a way that reveals the questioner's orientation..........Such rephrasing helps you maintain control of the discussion and avoid being manipulated. You reveal hidden assumptions and possible absurdities in your attacker's position. You also make the confronter responsible for the content of the question, while at the same time demonstrating that you're taking the question, and the questioner, seriously. And finally, you gain a better understanding of the question, and perhaps discover a productive line of response in the process..........[->0]
How might this help you be more persuasive? It is important to anticipate objections or reactions when presenting your ideas because it means your listeners are engaged and are working