Select a speech topic and demonstrate how brainstorming can help you determine possible key ideas for that speech
What will be an ideal response?
Speech topics will vary. Brainstorming can help you generate topics and explore areas of your final topic. Creative brainstorming might even reveal interesting areas of your topic that have not been adequately treated in the existing research. This discovery provides you an opportunity to conduct original research or experimentation.
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The Aborigines, Franklin D. Roosevelt, ironworkers, and teachers are all examples of which
category of informative speech topics? A) people B) objects C) concepts D) none of the above
Andrew is a project manager. During one project, he faced a lot of problems as everyone in the team had a different solution. This created a problem in determining what strategy to use to effectively complete the project
Which type of conflict is best illustrated in this scenario? a) Procedural conflic b) Ethical conflict c) Productive conflict d) Intrapersonal conflict
The selection committee was looking over the résumé of Abdul Ishtar, who had applied for
the Dean of the College position. His records showed that he was born and raised in South Yemen, but had been in the United States for the past 25 years. He has been chair of the psychology department of a regional university for the past 12 years. His letters of recommendation were excellent. Some of the women on the committee expressed concern about the ability of a man raised in an Islamic culture to treat women fairly and objectively. Their resistance resulted in his being excluded as a finalist. Which barrier to effective interpersonal communication does this example reflect? A) ethnocentrism B) different communication codes C) stereotyping and prejudice D) assuming similarity
What mode of delivery demands the most practice but allows for eye contact, movement, and gestures?
A. extemporaneous B. memorized C. manuscript D. impromptu