This is actually a key battle ground for the scramble for promotion at our company. Even if a question has already been answered by the content prior to the Q&A part, even if the question isn't particularly relevant and everyone wants to finish the meeting, it's great, you've asked a question. Its good for your VISIBILITY.
Experienced first-hand yesterday.
Response was good, from person being asked - “Er, was that a question? I don’t understand what your asking.” Nailed it, basically.
I did a course where a large proportion of the other students were from Oxford, so not stupid. And in the induction classes this was a reoccurring theme that baffled me at the time.
Why are all these people asking questions which were all literally answered by the talk/lecture?
This is actually a key battle ground for the scramble for promotion at our company. Even if a question has already been answered by the content prior to the Q&A part, even if the question isn't particularly relevant and everyone wants to finish the meeting, it's great, you've asked a question. Its good for your VISIBILITY.