List seven strategies for handling hostile audiences

What will be an ideal response?


(1) Establish good will; (2) Start with areas of agreement; 3) Offer principles of judgment; (4) Develop positive credibility; (5) Use experts and supporting material to which your audience will respond; (6) Disarm your listeners with humor; and (7) Use a multisided presentation.

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According to the textbook, which of the following is not one of the practices related to team learning that can help a team approach its potential?

a. Established and measurable success criteria b. Timely Identification of Mistakes c. Effective and Ongoing Analysis d. Deliberate Experimentation

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What does it mean to be an ethical communicator? Identify an exchange you had in which you felt the communicator was unethical.

What will be an ideal response?

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William Randolph Hearst:

a. developed the human-interest story b. employed skilled writers and was the first to pay high salaries c. was a spokesman for the lower economic class d. exposed trusts and set people to thinking about the economic system e.all of these choices

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According to the text, Alcoholics Anonymous would be known as

a. a task group b. a social group c. an encounter group d. all of the above e. none of the above

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