People at Q&As that go: "Oh no, don't worry, I don't need the microphone". You may not need it, but some people need it to hear you! Can we be more thoughtful? So much talk about accessibility and we can't even get such a simple thing right #usethebloodymicrophone πŸŽ™οΈπŸ‘‚
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Replying to @Violetilla
You're absolutely right. It's also good practice as a speaker to repeat the question before answering it, since that helps (a) give time to frame the response and (b) a chance for the questioner to refine it if the speaker misunderstands. IOW, 100% agree++

Jun 17, 2019 Β· 2:25 PM UTC

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Replying to @dsilverstone @Violetilla
I wish more conferences had two (or more) audience mics for Q&As - it’d cut out one of the major reasons for people doing that and make things flow better.