What exact point caught my attention?
Ask the question.
Not the speech.
A one-sheet prompt for lectures, panels, readings and public talks.
What background or opinion can I remove?
Can it be answered as one question?
One specific point I heard
The gap I actually want to understand
My one-sentence question
Three useful starting points
Clarify: What led you to choose…?
Test: When would that approach not work?
Extend: What happened after…?
After the answer
What I actually learned (not my interpretation)