Categories: How to prepare as a speaker at a conference, Resources for Farm Walk, Running an on-farm demonstration event, How to influence policy

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Try This

Think about your topic and your audience

Write down the question you would least like to be asked

Try and answer the first one in 10, 20 and then 40 seconds

Think for two minutes

Did you keep calm?
Was it concise?
Was it appropriate for the audience in question?
Was it positive?
Did you get your point across?
Did you answer the question?

If you answer no to any of the above, repeat

Examples

Whilst all questions will be specific to your topic, farm or area of research, there are a number of areas of agriculture that can be particularly controversial. Here are some examples of tricky questions that might be asked on farm walks and some suggested responses. Click on a question below to watch the video and then think about what your response would be.

CPA Toolkit

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Why do you produce meat when it is so bad for the environment and climate change?