When presenting a lecture what are techniques for holding the attention of the listeners Quizlet

Dr. Phillips chose to speak without notes at the $200 children’s hospital fundraiser. He covered a range of topics from his early days as a doctor, to cancer, and the new parking garage. Was the audience likely satisfied?

No, the audience likely wanted to hear more jokes about the tough situation.

Yes, the $200 each paid goes to hiring the parking lot attendant.

No, he does not seem to have a specific point or purpose for this audience to take away.

Yes, just having the important man there is the main idea.

Which is the best title for a speech to the Cashiers Association meeting?

My Ideas on Balancing your Drawer

Three Steps to Cashier Accuracy

Learn to Balance Your Cashier Drawer

Hear These Cashier Ideas

Chris is speaking to his team about his recent project success. Before he went, he reviewed the project’s Lessons Learned files to ensure he had the details right. Which characteristic of public speaking was Chris focused on?

Passion

Authenticity

Practice

Confidence

Frank’s coworker said, “Don’t worry about one bad speech. Public speaking is not needed for a good career.” While nice to say, was this consolation correct?

No, there may have only been a few in attendance.

Yes, lots of people are afraid of public speaking.

No, effective public speaking helps build a career.

Yes, Frank should work on his research more.

Ollie, who takes his work seriously, is attending a speech given by the CFO of his company about a new benefits package. He knows that some benefits will be enhanced while others are going away entirely, so he really wants to pay attention and capture the details. He arrives in the large meeting room where the speech is being given, and as soon as the CFO begins his talk, the audience is instructed to choose a partner and spend sixty seconds playing catch with a stress ball in order to build team camaraderie. Ollie is most likely to respond to this plan with which feeling?

Happiness. He needed a new stress ball anyway.

Relief. A game like this will relieve some of the tension in the room.

Annoyance. The exercise is a waste of time, and he feels manipulated by the forced playtime when bad news is potentially on the horizon.

Amelia truly appreciated the paired speakers’ sincerity as they moved around each other seemingly inspired by how their topic affected them as they spoke. When she later saw them use identical “choreography” for a completely different speech, how did she probably feel?

Amazed. Appreciative of the practice.

Indifferent. It was the content that mattered.

Deceived. Unlikely to trust the speakers because of their artificiality.

Entertained. Speakers are the entertainment.

“An hour and a half isn’t much time for this topic. Do you suppose we could hold all questions until the final 15 minutes” is an example of what Q&A technique?

Establishing and communicating a time limit

Paraphrasing the closing

Keeping your response calm

Tabling a question

Have you ever found yourself in the position of having to give a speech and thinking, “I wonder whether anyone will come or even stay all the way through”? What key aspect of the speech have you overlooked?

Picking a good time and place for the speech.

Having a good joke to start the talk.

Nothing, it is just a boring topic that you’re required to talk about.

Thinking about what the audience needs and wants to know about this topic

Which would be your best opener for a speech to the salespeople of an insurance company looking to expand from the United States to Canada?

The US has a population of 325.7 million people compared to Canada’s 36 million people. Think about us expanding sales in Canada.

Comedian Jim Carey says, “My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian.” Do you think we can break in to that market?

On average, Canada has around 100 tornados a year. How does that matter to you and our company’s expansion to Canada?

Emily Carr says, “It’s wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw.” Let’s put that grandness to work for company growth.

As the cultural anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson said, “The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories." What does this mean for how you think about your speeches?

Bring a brochure with pictures.

Have Powerpoint for all speeches.

Keep speeches short.

Use stories and analogies.

In school, at public speaking clubs, and sometimes at work, we are assigned a topic to speak to others on. Which of the following will be the hardest to overcome in engaging the audience?

Being nervous that everyone will know more than you do.

Finding an angle on the topic that allows you to speak with real sincerity and commitment.

Having time to learn enough about the topic.

Knowing which details to present or not.

Ryan is anxious about his first company speech. Which of the following will help him overcome this anxiety?

Buying a new sport coat to look professional.

Asking to be scheduled last, when most of the audience are thinking about going home.

Asking a coworker to listen to a run-through of his speech and give constructive comments.

Knowing that the audience doesn’t know much at all about this issue.

Stefania has a perfectly researched and written speech. While she might find it a bit intimidating to address so many people, she’s sure it won’t be that hard to read her carefully-crafted speech because the words are interesting. What is Stefania overlooking?

Practicing vocal variety

Memorizing it instead

Retyping the speech for larger font

Finding out if there is a teleprompter

In January 2004, political candidate Howard Dean, in a public speech, tried to rally followers with a loud cry that quickly made late night talk shows as a punch line. His pursuit of office ended. This is an example of ________?

Success in that he got national recognitions.

The power of public speaking.

The quality of a speech ruining credibility.

Cost effective branding as energetic speaker.

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 obvious enthusiasm and state-specific spending plans.

The candidate’s abilities to discuss water planning stream by stream.

The candidate’s bashing of likely opposition.

Which is the best title for a speech to the local chamber of commerce explaining your company’s upcoming engagement with the community?

Tinyscapes Now in Littleton

Tinyscapes to Share Plans

What Can Tinyscapes Do for You

Tinyscapes Is Eager to Support Littleton—Here’s How

After three years as a member of his sales team, this was the first time Andy was presenting the quarterly update. He was not sure he knew enough about South-Metro regional sales. Which characteristic of public speaking may be Andy’s downfall?

Authenticity

Passion

Confidence

Practice

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 increases audience participation by surveying the class.

It ensures students are prepared for class.

It helps students text in a productive way.

It can be used for studies they can publish.

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?

Surprise

Suspense

Involvement

Storytelling

Which of the following is an example of the best way to manage audience questions?

“Wait, let me stop you right there. I know what you’re going to ask.”

“To sum up Megan’s question, she’s asking whether trees can cure pollution.

“So, that’s my overview on trees, let’s move on to shrubs.”

“Kyeshea is right about the special chemical trees emit. Now let’s move on.”

Risa is anxious about her first sales presentation. Which of the following will be most helpful in overcoming this anxiety?

Wearing a new business suit.

Asking experts to deliver the parts she is concerned about.

Developing an outline that has a section for each major idea before she starts to write her speech.

Knowing that the audience has the written proposal in case she misspeaks.

Lily is about to start preparation on the assignment her boss gave her, which is to explain the cafeteria benefit plan to employees. As a first-year employee, she doesn’t know much about the plan and has never dealt with this particular kind of benefit before. What will be the hardest part of encouraging coworkers to sign up early?

Wondering why any employee would want to learn anything about something so trivial.

Understanding enough about the benefits that she can speak to their value with real sincerity.

Keeping the speech to 30 minutes. There are four major options with details.

Telling the audience anything not already covered in the special company brochure.

Why is an expert often not the best choice to give a speech?

The expert may use too much scientific jargon, so the audience loses the main idea.

An expert may know so much that his or her ego may not let him or her do something so simple.

An expert needs charts and documents to explain minute details, and there is no projector.

For years, Elvia’s friend made gentle fun of her for how her hands moved with anything that she said. Cutting back on all that movement will be important in the business context. Right, or not?

No. Being authentic comes first.

No. Body language is needed in all speeches.

Yes. Focus on the wording in a speech.

Yes. Speeches should always be given with your hands at your sides

Which of the following is the best question to engage and audience in a speech about the proposed Safe School Crossing program?

Do you know where your tax dollars go?

Do you have 30 minutes to squeeze in one more short presentation before we break?

Can you imagine the terrible scare of watching your second-grader dashing into the crosswalk with the bright sunrise momentarily blinding you?

Have you heard about the Safe School Crossing program?

If the audience in the great hall grows restless during Jason’s speech, which vocal technique should he consider?

Lowering his voice so that everyone will have to quit whispering to hear.

Changing his volume up and down a bit to engage everyone.

Stopping his speech and asking for everyone's attention.

Talking more quickly so they know it will be over soon.