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Leon is fearful of his first speech as a new manager to the customer input team. It won't happen until the biannual meeting, which is still four months away. What could he do to be less fearful? -Prepare the notes but have someone on the team who is more comfortable do the actual talk. -See if he can video record the presentation and show the video instead of speaking live. -Get some practice in by joining a local public speaking club. -Announce a the use of newsletters rather than speeches.
-Get some practice in by joining a local public speaking club.
Anna is a marvelous author with an excellent and engaging vocabulary in her novels. What might have gone wrong in her speech-making technique to make her bookstore speech so boring? -Anna went 20 minutes over the expected time. -Anna selected a passage from an older book she had less experience reading aloud. -Anna works more with the written word and forgot to use vocal variety. -Anna read all the passages that everyone already knew.
Anna works more with the written word and forgot to use vocal variety.
Which of the following is the best question to engage and audience in a speech about the proposed Safe School Crossing program?- -Have you heard about the Safe School Crossing program? -Do you have 30 minutes to squeeze in one more short presentation before we break? -Do you know where your tax dollars go? -Can you imagine the terrible scare of watching your second-grader dashing into the crosswalk with the bright sunrise momentarily blinding you?
Can you imagine the terrible scare of watching your second-grader dashing into the crosswalk with the bright sunrise momentarily blinding you?
Saib thinks the non-profit group will enjoy his talk about his role as a firefighter. How does he start to prepare for the speech? -He needs to narrow down his topic to something that best relates to this group. -He should make sure there will be a projector for PowerPoint slides -He should get permission from his captain. -He should ask the group what title they had in mind.
He needs to narrow down his topic to something that best relates to this group.
Joanne had to introduce next year's budget to the employees. She asked everyone to take a handful of beans and place as many or as few as they wanted into specially labeled cups (Utilities, Benefits, Salaries, ...) What technique of holding the audience's attention is Joanne using? -Suspense -Storytelling -Surprise -Involvement
Involvement
Professors have started using "clickers" with students. They ask questions during the lecture, and the students click an app on their phones so the result shows on the screen. Why do professors use this tool? -It ensures students are prepared for class. -It can be used for studies they can publish. -It increases audience participation by surveying the class. -It helps students text in a productive way.
It increases audience participation by surveying the class.
The new district manager is really working hard on communicating. She is sending out 30 minute video updates on the first and fifteenth of each month. Why are employees still grumbling? -Employees do not like change -The news she relays is always bad for employees -The recordings are either numbers or long personal stories -It seems like she is rambling in these long recordings
It seems like she is rambling in these long recordings
Trudy was glad to live now when speeches mostly focused on getting a customer to purchase rather than back in Aristotle's day when speeches had such a formal structure. Does Trudy understand the history of speeches? -No, Trudy is trying to persuade, which Aristotle recognized as a primary purpose of speeches. -Yes, today speeches are far more casual in length and purpose than in Aristotle's day. -Yes, speeches today only have one main idea in each. -No, there were no sales presentations in Aristotle's day.
No, Trudy is trying to persuade, which Aristotle recognized as a primary purpose of speeches.
JT let classmates in his group projects deliver the presentation component. After college, he looked forward to full-time employment and never having to make a speech again. Will he be safe from speeches in his career? -Yes, fear of speeches is covered by the ADA -No, formal speeches occur in all careers -No, impromptu speeches are a common occurrence. -Yes, depending on the career they select
No, impromptu speeches are a common occurrence.
Barack Obama was a junior senator from Illinois with little national name recognition when he addressed the Democratic National Convention in 2004. This is an example of what? -A very expensive way to become recognized. -A significant achievement to put on his resume. -Public speaking building a brand. -Just more politics.
Public speaking building a brand.
If you have personal experience and feel emotional about a topic, how might your body language help your speech? -Cover for the poor microphone sound. -Stimulate audience engagement. -Be large enough to be seen in a large room. -Distract them from not having all the facts updated.
Stimulate audience engagement.
Kerrie paid $100 to eat dinner and hear the candidate for governor talk. Which of the following summaries of the speech would leave Kerrie satisfied with her entry fee? -The candidate's inspirational theme music. -The candidate's abilities to discuss water planning stream by stream. -The candidate's bashing of likely opposition. -The candidate's obvious enthusiasm and state-specific spending plans.
The candidate's obvious enthusiasm and state-specific spending plans.
Trudy could pay $15 to view recertification training online or $100 to attend the in-person training. Why might she prefer to pay more? -The live speaker will offer greater engagement in the topic. -Most live presentations have trinkets and free food. -Specific findings and results. -Her boss might be there and this will look good.
The live speaker will offer greater engagement in the topic.
Mina has been asked to speak at the Business and Professional Women's club meeting. She is both honored and worried. What should be her key priority as she prepares? -Complete five pre-checks of attire, microphone, notes, location, and audience. -Watch the five most popular YouTube speakers to find commonalities. -Meet with five prior speakers to see what they did. -Use the five-step process related to topic, benefit, positions, title and content.
Use the five-step process related to topic, benefit, positions, title and content.
as you're working on your presentation about a new planogram, you create a slide with a title and four bullet points. You realize that maybe you should show a picture of the part of the planogram you are talking about. you need to make room on your slide for the picture. Which is the most efficient way to do this? -paste your picture into the existing text box and then reformat your text to fit around it -use the cut command to delete your bullets, create a new text box in the right size and then paste your contents into it -click on any corner of the existing text box to resize it
click on any corner of the existing text box to resize it
Which of the following can career quizzes help you do? -create a list of your skills and match your skills to job types that use those skills -tell you what you should do with the rest of your life -identify professions with the highest life satisfaction ratings in your city -tell you what to wear to an interview
create a list of your skills and match your skills to job types that use those skills
Nolan enjoys math, particularly statistics. He investigates what jobs use statistics, and he begins to learn what is required for careers such as market researcher and data analyst. Which stage of career development is Nolan currently in? -advancing -exploring -establishing -growing
exploring
with regard to presentations, the working definition of "purpose" in which of these? -to inform, to educate, or to inspire -objective or intended outcome of the presentation -the effect or mood you intend to leave your audience with
objective or intended outcome of the presentation
the phrase "death by powerpoint" refers to which idea? - presenters spend too much time creating their slides in powerpoint and don't allow enough time to practice presenting, so they "die" up in front of their audience -people can get lazy with powerpoint, make their slides too confusing or busy and not focus on audience understanding -powerpoint is very 90 application and leading edge presenters use other apps like prezi
people can get lazy with powerpoint, make their slides too confusing or busy and not focus on audience understanding
Which of the following are transferable skills? -problem-solving and adaptability -identifying bone markings that indicate age -batching print PDF files -interpersonal skills and managing a social media profile
problem-solving and adaptability
Petra was working on her presentation in google slides when the fire alarm went off. It turns out there was no real emergency, but she's a little freaked out because she hadn't yet given her presentation a name and saved it how can she get her work back? -she doesn't need to worry her presentation was automatically saved to her google drive -she's out of luck and will need to start over again -unless her computer shut down while she was out, the presentation should be retrievable
she doesn't need to worry her presentation was automatically saved to her google drive
Aryana is working on a pamphlet that might eventually contribute to an ad campaign. She wants to make sure her photos are of the highest quality. Which word should she add to her search terms? -stock -copyright -print-ready
stock
the start of your presentation should focus on which of these? -a gentle, inoffensive joke to break the ice and help your audience to like you -your first major topic or point -the current situation, or the "what is," so that your audience knows where you are starting from and can get on board with you
the current situation, or the "what is," so that your audience knows where you are starting from and can get on board with you
which of these is true in powerpoint? -you can easily add images from your desktop, but adding images from the internet is much harder -you have to upload your own pictures to onedrive before you can add them to your presentation -you can add images from your desktop or from bling or onedrive with just a few clicks
you can add images from your desktop or from bling or onedrive with just a few clicks
