{"id":511,"date":"2013-08-20T12:01:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T16:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/?p=511"},"modified":"2013-06-20T15:50:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T19:50:20","slug":"how-long-do-you-plan-for-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/how-long-do-you-plan-for-qa\/511","title":{"rendered":"How long do you plan for Q&#038;A?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/take_me_to_the_kittens__llevame_a_los_gatitos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-512\" alt=\"Cats with questions\" src=\"http:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/take_me_to_the_kittens__llevame_a_los_gatitos.jpg\" width=\"505\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/take_me_to_the_kittens__llevame_a_los_gatitos.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/take_me_to_the_kittens__llevame_a_los_gatitos-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/take_me_to_the_kittens__llevame_a_los_gatitos-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/take_me_to_the_kittens__llevame_a_los_gatitos-298x302.jpg 298w, https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/take_me_to_the_kittens__llevame_a_los_gatitos-620x628.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Q&amp;A &#8212; questions and answers &#8212; is my favorite part of any business or training presentation. I&#8217;m curious. I like hearing what&#8217;s going on in the heads of the audience. I like learning from the audience every bit as much as learning from the presenter.<\/p>\n<p>When I give a presentation or training session, I almost always plan for Q&amp;A. I first offer the audience some content to chew on, so that we can enjoy a conversation near the end.<\/p>\n<p>But just how much time do you plan for questions and answers?<\/p>\n<p>Over time, I&#8217;ve discovered a formula that works for me.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">When I&#8217;m speaking to professionals, I plan for 15-20 minutes of Q&amp;A.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">However, if I&#8217;m speaking to students (college age or younger) I plan for 5-10 minutes of Q&amp;A.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I find that professionals will often ask more detailed and specific questions based on their work experience. Students are more likely to ask for broad clarification rather than specific advice.<\/p>\n<p>This formula works for me to keep things from ending too late\/too early. Also, I never end on Q&amp;A &#8212; I reserve a minute or two for a more formal close.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve found a Q&amp;A timing formula that works for me &#8212; but your results may vary. What works for you?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q&amp;A &#8212; questions and answers &#8212; is my favorite part of any business or training presentation. I&#8217;m curious. I like hearing what&#8217;s going on in the heads of the audience. I like learning from the audience every bit as much as learning from the presenter. When I give a presentation or training session, I almost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-coaching","category-presentation","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}