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Friday Happy Hour Video: Some thoughts on the tyranny of the Q&A

03.12.2021 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

We’re holding a conference later this month. A speaker asked if he should leave some time for questions.

I replied:

“As for your speech. I’m actually NOT requiring you to answer questions, unless absolutely you wish to …. I often see the Q&A as a hostage period where criminal bloviators hold the speaker at gunpoint with their two-part questions-that-aren’t-really-questions-at-all, as the audience pretends it’s not happening while furtively dialing 911 on their cell phones.”

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