You Are Giving a Speech on a Community Building Project

question 77

Multiple Choice

You are giving a speech on a community building project to a local service organization at its monthly luncheon. Dessert dishes are being cleared away as you walk into the overcrowded, overheated room. The most important situational factor to consider when adapting to your audience would probably be the

• A) age of your audience.
• B) audience's attitude toward you.
• C) physical setting for your speech.
• D) education of your audience.
• E) gender of your audience.

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Definitions:

Sales

The activities involved in selling products or services, ultimately generating revenue for a business.

Decentralization

Assignment of decision-making rights to lower operating levels of an organization. Decreases cost of transferring specific knowledge needed to make decisions, but increases the cost of controlling behavior.

Cereal

A grain or edible seed typically processed and consumed as part of a meal, especially breakfast, or used to produce various food products.