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> Don’t put them in a position to embarrass themselves: “RxJS was really confusing for me when I learned it, was there any way I could make my explanation clear
by m12k 5y ago
> Don’t put them in a position to embarrass themselves: “RxJS was really confusing for me when I learned it, was there any way I could make my explanation clearer in this talk?” This is much more effective than just, “Did that make sense?” People are going to say “yes” to that 90% of the time to save face (you can tell this by their facial expression and tone of voice). A related trick for this is to create a hypothetical third person: “The next time I give this talk, is there something I could do to make the explanation clearer for the audience?”
This really illustrates how an understanding of human behavior and social norms is needed to ask the right questions in the right way in order to actually get the answers you need.
- quelltext 5y agoIt is a good way to ask the question but I don't think the explanation is on point. These are different questions after all. Someone who needs to save face when asked if content made sense will have not understood the talk. It's doubtfull they'll have anything to add to make your explanation clearer if asked for that, not without again losing face and admitting they didn't understand a certain part. However I do think the rephrased question will invite more feedback from those who already understood the content and themselves are aware of the more bumpy pieces and want to point them out. Those folks are indeed more ready to now provide feedback.