37.Christy and Lorenzo are waiting for the next event to start at a conference. They've never met each other before, but they are sitting next to each other, so they start chatting about their jobs and a vacation Christy recently took. Christy and Lorenzo's conversation is an example of

28.Aaron is the owner of a small paper company. At the annual company dinner in January, he delivers a speech in which he talks about the successes of the last year and the goals he hopes the company will achieve in the coming year. Which of the following considerations was most likely the main factor in his speech topic?

27.Mae, a project manager with 15 years of experience, delivers a speech on how to stay organized and stick to a schedule. Which of the following factors primarily guided her to choose this topic?

26.Dante is a manager attending a retreat with his company. During the retreat, Dante gives a presentation to praise his employees for their hard work over the last year and gives them gift certificates as thanks for their hard work. This would best be defined as

25.An entertaining presentation will likely involve

24.Audiences typically expect persuasive presentations to

23.Persuasive oral presentations are primarily intended to

22.Oliver plans to give an informative presentation on how a new state law will affect the way his company stores records. He knows that his listeners will quickly grow bored if he spends a lot of time discussing background information on the law. What should Oliver do?

21.Which of the following statements about informative presentations is true?

20.Which of the following statements about informative presentations is true?

19.When working on a collaborative presentation, individual speakers should rehearse on their own and avoid rehearsing as a group in order to avoid distracting each other.