How to ask smart questions during presentations (even if you're unfamiliar with the topic):
A couple days ago, I attended a presentation by a colleague. He is working on the relationship between writing and walking with a focus on vagabonds in European literature.
It was a fascinating and stimulating presentation.
While I was listening to my colleagues, a couple of questions came to my mind. But since this was a new topic for me, I wasn't sure if my questions were worth asking.
Here's what I did:
I went to researchkick(dot)com and logged into my account.
I simply typed "vagabond and cities during the 18th and 19th century Europe" in the chatbar.
The good thing about Research Kick is that you don't need to write any prompts whatsoever. Just a topic or a few keywords and it will give a bunch of questions.
Research Kick gave me seven questions. I read through them and found one question very interesting.
It was about how vagabondage challenged the social order during the 18th and 19th centuries in European cities.