What is a suggested way to help secure a speaker-audience-topic connection during your presentation?

a. expressing commonalities with the audience
b. referring to friends in the audience
c. explaining difficulties of speaking before an audience
d. apologizing for lack of knowledge about the audience


Answer: a

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