When you are verbally attacked onstage, redirect the focus to another area:
- Rephrase the question - if the question is designed in such a way as to make you look unknowledgeable or otherwise to weaken your point (i.e., a "loaded question"), rephrase the question so it is more favorable
- Ask questions back - answer their question with other questions designed to make both the issues and the questioner's motives (i.e., "personal agenda") clearer
- Use the question to make a transition - move from the difficult question into an area that you feel more comfortable answering
Tim
