How can you use questioning techniques to facilitate large groups?

Questions are a way of steering the conversation. You can ensure that key points and topics are covered without being explicit. Questions give the facilitator power. You can steer a conversation back on track while at the same time steering it forward.

In my opinion, asking the right questions is the key to get more detailed information. It’s one of the tools that leads to Growth and Advancement. - Basics of Business is to ask open ended questions - Starting a presentation with a question to drive attention of the audience. - Imagine Investigation/Research without questions? - Students who ask questions in a classroom are presumably attentive. - In podcast/interviews probing questions can lead to more in-depth and informative stories. Last, Questions enhance the Learning Experience.

My work, in this context, with diverse set of participants - diverse in demography, levels of engagement, perspectives, geographies can be summarized as under: 1. Participants need to be led from known to unknown, but they prefer to arrive themselves. Questions are a great tools in this journey. 2. An intelligent mind is tuned to solve problems. Question(s), when judiciously posed, are great in engaging the participants in learning. 3. Questioning during facilitation helps a facilitator to gain an understanding of the context participants. I have used this to modify the examples and bring learning closer to home. 5. Disclaimer: Questioning is an art. Too many questions, complex questions, ambiguous questions disengage participants.

For sure using questionning techniques is very helpful. First of all to undersrand different perspectives and to align it with the offering. Asking from time to time will provide us with confirmation is the message is conveyed or they need more clarification. Third align all perspectives with the main objectives

Questions are a great way to get your audience thinking, they're also perfect for jolting them from the restive passive listening stance to active-engaged listening! One type of question that helps with the above is the hypothetical question, ohhhhhh, it has a way of making people (want to) think outside the box!

Facilitating a large group can be challenging. Having a clear plan, good communication, and a positive attitude, you can create an environment that promotes collaboration, creativity, and inclusiveness. Few tactics in mind: 1. Set clear objectives for the team. 2. Create an inclusive environment.Be mindful of different communication styles. 3. Use visual aids such as slides, charts. Those can help convey complex subject in a more accessible way. 4. Break into smaller groups for meaningful discussions for more engaged participation. 5. Foster collaboration and teamwork. This encourages members to work together and add diverse point of view. 6.Be flexible and adaptable to the group’s style or change to the agenda.

Interchanging the use of different types of questions helps to move the conversation forward while ensuring participation of the large group in the issues being discussed. It also helps to direct conversations without being monotonous and co-creating the conversation and dialogue with the audience makes them a part of the process

Les questions font partie intégrante du processus d'apprentissage. Elles servent à structurer le processus pédagogique. Chaque question représente un appel à l'action, que ce soit de la part de l'animateur pour y répondre, ou des apprenants en les incitant à réfléchir afin de pouvoir eux aussi y répondre. Les questions jouent le r?le de ciment, liant chaque niveau de la grande "Pyramide" qu'est l'apprentissage.

Depending on the outcome you're seeking, you can ask 3 types of questions: 1. Open-ended Questions: To support participants to share more openly, to build trust, and to get a sense of what's really alive in the room. Focus: Building connection and trust for more collaborative outcomes 2. Questions About Preferences/Choices: Defining the limits of what is possible and asking for preferences and choices within that context. Focus: Outcome oriented - What We Want 3. Checking For Resistance: When time is short and a quick decision is needed, checking for resistance to a specific proposal, or objections to a specific outcomes, can help steer the group towards consent. Focus: Outcome oriented - NOT what we do NOT want.

Knowing the right kinds of questions to ask is all about knowing your topic and your audience. It's very easy to rush into a presentation you've given dozens of times and just assume that this will be like all the others. But knowing your group before arriving, developing relevant questions beforehand, and then letting other questions be a result of the flow of the topic, all lead to a strong presentation.

Leading Questions: These subtly guide responses and should be used judiciously. Loaded Questions: These carry implicit biases and may not promote impartial discussion. Closed-Ended Questions: While useful, excessive use limits discourse to "yes" or "no" answers. Ambiguous Questions: Clarity is essential; unclear queries can hinder comprehension. Double-Barreled Questions: Complex, two-part inquiries can confuse participants. Assumption-Based Questions: Avoid questions implying unproven facts. Negative Questions: Positively phrased questions are clearer and less confusing. Overly Complex Questions: Keep questions succinct and focused for better engagement. Invasive or Personal Questions: Respect privacy and maintain professionalism.

I love good probing questions that can spark great discussion, lead to learning, helping others understand perspectives. Also, towards the end of a session, trying to ask the group reflective questions to see what they may be taking away or how what they've learned can be applied moving forward. All contributing to growth.

The use of "why" should be used sparingly. It comes across as challenging and sometimes makes people uncomfortable to the point where they will tune out. So instead of "Why would you use that technique" think about using "How is that technique effective?"

Facilitation is a process, your contribution is in helping others to contribute. No steering is required, nor advised, but rather questioning drills down into areas those you are facilitating require further investigation. The agenda is the 'groups'; the process is as agreed with the group beforehand; the questions the facilitator gifts the group help them achieve outputs only they can define!

Questions you should not use are the ones that you don't plan out in advance. All question types can have their place in a presentation, but if you wing it you can find yourself in an "I shouldn't have asked that" moment, which is hard to recover from. Know your topic and know your audience and the questions write themselves.

From my work training peoples over the world, I find it useful to use a simple technique. TED PIE, Tell, Explain, Describe. Following by using PIE, Precisely, In more detail, Exactly. These can be mixed with the same as TED questions. The method allows the questioner to mix and match the questions and answers from the participants to further refine the outcomes.

?????????????? and Relevance: Craft questions with clarity and relevance to the topic at hand. Open-Ended Approach: Utilize open-ended questions starting with "what," "why," or "how" for thoughtful responses. Active Listening: Engage actively, listening attentively, and follow up with probing questions. Neutrality: Avoid leading questions to maintain impartiality and objectivity. Inclusivity: Encourage participation from all, ensuring a balanced discussion. Diverse Question Types: Use a mix of questions for comprehensive discussions. Respect Privacy: Refrain from personal or intrusive questions, upholding professionalism. Purposeful Framing: Construct questions with a clear purpose, be it information gathering or critical thinking.

Questions are powerful tools that can be used to frame a facilitation in the way the that the facilitator has planned and they can be used to set the direction of an intervention. Thank you for sharing!

What is usually missing from sections like this is the use of silence. Ask a question, then be quiet for a couple of seconds and wait for an answer. When someone answers, be quiet for a couple of seconds in case they want to add more or someone else wants to chime in. When you make a point you want to drive home, make it then be quiet for a couple of seconds so the point hits home. Master the use of silence and your presentations will level up.

One technique that works particularly well is to have an audience member volunteer to answer another audience members question. For example, "John asked a great question! Who feels that they can answer for John?" It not only gives people a chance to shine, but it also forms a sense of community in the group. Don't always be the one to answer questions. Another way is to respond with, "Before I answer, what's your line of thinking on this?" It allows people to think and stretch their minds before gaining an answer.

The key to stimulate the audience's participation in a large group, is to, start with a easy question, and follow up with other questions to find out more details.

Planned questions created from pre-event feedback from scheduled attendees are a great way to address issues of mutual interest.

The key to facilitating with questions is to design the questions thoughtfully in advance. Understand clearly what your rational and experiential objectives are for the conversation, and then carefully craft the questions to get you there. The Institute of Cultural Affairs does a wonderful job of rigorously preparing facilitators to do this work, not of leading conversations but of providing questions that create safe containers for the best conversations to happen.

Je favorise l’émergence des questions dans l'esprit des apprenants. L'impact est optimal quand l’un d’eux exprime sa question, créant un écho parmi ses pairs. La question précède toujours la réponse.

How do you craft a good question? Especially those that you stick on a flipchart. Stuff I try to think about... - What is the intent of the question? go deeper, forwards, backwards - What is the scope of the question? Do you want to make change in the next 20-minutes or 3 generations? Also, the flavour of your questions. Appreciative, reflective, provocative, sexy, hypothetical, or just plain arsey. Playing around with different themes challenges the assumptions we design our questions on. I also try to make the questions I am asking simple and roughly the same length.

If you're going to ask a question then be kind enough to listen and then paraphrase and repeat the answer for the audience. If you're going to take questions then be kind enough to listen and then paraphrase and repeat the question for the audience. 90% of talking is listening.