Which of the following is a reliable way of gathering information about an unfamiliar audience?
a. Relying on audience information from previous speeches
b. Requesting the contact person for information
c. Relying on stereotypes
d. Sizing up the audience during the presentation
b. Requesting the contact person for information
When a speaker is invited to speak to a group he or she is unfamiliar with, he or she should ask the contact person for demographic and subject-related audience data.
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