Consciously working to maintain your audience’s attention by using occasional wake-up messages is an effective way to
a. prevent listeners' focusing ontheir personal concerns instead of your message.
b. take advantage of outside distractions.
c. combat information overload.
d. keep your listeners from making snap judgmentsbased on prejudice
Ans: a. prevent listeners' focusing ontheir personal concerns instead of your message.
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When you walk to the podium you should
A) ask the audience to bear with you. B) tell a joke. C) act confident. D) take several deep breaths.
It is best to use chalkboards and whiteboards sparingly as
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A) scalar chain B) chain of control C) bureaucracy D) division of labor