Audience analysis can help a speaker select and focus their choice of topic.

 To be an effective speaker, you must first have a realistic understanding of who you are: your personality, your interests, your passions, your values, your capabilities (and limitations) and your knowledge.

Some examples of poor listening are pseudo listening, selective listening, superficial listening, defensive listening, disruptive listening. They should be avoided as an audience member and communicator.

Effective speaking is the ability to critically think about yourself as a speaker as well as about your audience and to make appropriate, strategic decisions before and while you speak.

It’s okay to feel nervous before or during a speech presentation; it’s a normal reaction.

 Speaking anxiety doesn’t disappear overnight. Managing it becomes easier only with practice & time.

According to your textbook: “_____________________ regulate economic competition in an effort to maintain fair trade practices (West, n.d.). They were created to prevent the restraints on trade created by trusts and other large company practices. These restraints often resulted in price-fixing, control of production, and control of geographical markets.”

Which of the following workers is most likely to be properly classified as an independent contractor rather than an employee?

Which of the following is the best policy rationale for imposing vicarious liability on employers for torts committed by employees in some cases?

Which of the following statements about the Fair Labor Standards Act is TRUE?