The Essentials Of Technical Communication 4th Edition Elizabeth Tebeaux, Sam Dragga - Solutions

What accomplishment are you most proud of?
Why should we hire you?
Why would you want to work for us?
What do you want to be doing 5 years from now?
What can you tell me about yourself?
Will your audience have access to social media to ask questions and make comments during your presentation?
Do you have a specific time limit for questions? How will you keep track of your time?
How will you keep your answers concise and direct?
If you are speaking extemporaneously, have you prepared a speech outline to guide you? If you will be reading from a manuscript, have you introduced a conversational tone into your talk? Is your typed manuscript easy to read from?
Which delivery technique will be more appropriate? Extemporaneous? Manuscript?
What approach will your audience expect from you? How formal should you be?
What level of language do you need to use, based on your audience’s background and knowledge of your subject?
What kind of tone do you want to use in addressing your audience? What kind of image—of yourself and your organization—do you want to project?
Do these illustrations successfully focus the listeners’ attention and augment and clarify your message?Style
Are these illustrations immediately readable and understandable?
Where should you use these illustrations in your presentation?
What kinds of illustrations will you need to clarify or reinforce the ideas you will discuss?
Does your talk contain sufficient examples, analogies, narratives, and data to support your generalizations? Have you repeated key points? Can you relate your subject matter to some vital interest of your audience?Illustrations
Have you limited your major points to fit within your allotted time?
Do you have a good opening that will interest your audience and create a friendly atmosphere?
Can any ideas be misconstrued and prove harmful to you or your organization?
Based on the audience and the context, what difficulties do you need to anticipate in choosing content?
What ideas do you want to include and exclude?
Handouts?Content
Flipchart and easel?
Chalkboard?
Internet connection?
Video?
Audio?
Slideware?
What equipment, applications, and materials are available to you?
how your audience perceives what you say?
What events will be transpiring in the organization (theirs or yours) that may affect
Where and when will you be speaking?
Given your audience’s background and attitudes, do you need to adjust your purpose to make your presentation more suitable for your audience?Context
What is the situation that led to this presentation?
What is your purpose in giving this oral presentation? Is there (should there be) a long-range purpose?
Does your audience include individuals with limited hearing or vision? What accommodations will you need to make for these individuals?Purpose
Is your audience from a culture markedly different from yours? What adjustments to your presentation will any such differences require?
What is the attitude of your audience toward you and your presentation likely to be?
What do you know about your audience—background, knowledge, position in the organization, attitudes toward you and your subject? What is the relationship between you and your audience?
Who is your audience?
How formal or informal should I be in addressing my audience?
What approach will my audience expect from me?
Chapter 11: Oral Reports
What level of language do I need to use, based on my audience’s background and knowledge of my subject?300
What image—of myself and my organization—do I want to project?
Where should I use these illustrations in my presentation?Style.
What kinds of illustrations will I need for the ideas I will present?
Can any ideas be misconstrued and prove harmful to me or my organization?Illustrations.
Based on the audience and the context, what difficulties do I need to anticipate in choosing what to discuss?
What ideas do I want to include and not include?
What events have occurred or may transpire in the organization (theirs or mine) that may affect how my audience perceives my presentation?Content.
What do I know about the location where (or from which) I will give my presentation? How will this location influence my presentation?
What kind of presentation will I give: live and in person, live by video, live screencast, recorded video, recorded screencast, podcast (audio only)?
Given my audience’s background and attitudes, do I need to reshape my purpose to make my presentation more acceptable to my audience?Context.
What is the situation that led to this presentation?
Is there (should there be) a long-range purpose?
What is my purpose in giving this oral presentation?
What do I know about my audience—background, knowledge, position in the organization, attitudes toward me and my subject, abilities/disabilities?Purpose.
Who is my audience?
Is the audience composed of people who understand American English? How well do they understand American English?
What behaviors and interactions does the organization usually expect from those giving oral presentations?
Are you speaking to an audience of individuals from all levels within the organization?
Is your rank in the organization above or below them?
Do they know you?
In what surroundings will you make the presentation?
If you are one of several speakers, what kinds of presentations will other speakers make?
How does your presentation fit into the organizational situation?
What will be happening in the organization when you make your presentation?
How does your presentation relate to these issues?
What immediate issues underlie the presentation?
What broader concerns underlie the need for the presentation?
What kinds of biases will they likely have toward me and my topic?
What are their political and religious views?
What is their economic background?
What is their cultural/ethnic background?
What is their educational background?
What positions do they occupy in the organization?
What is their age group?
What is their attitude toward my subject?
What is their attitude toward me?
How much interest will they have in what I say?
What do they expect from me?
How much do they know about me?
How much does my audience know about the subject?
How will you test the usability of your instructions?
How will you make your instructions accessible for all of your likely readers?
What is the basic outline of your instructions? Does this outline meet the needs of your readers? Will it achieve your purpose?
What types of illustrations will you need to include?
What format will you use: online, online to be printed, paper, manual, poster, video?
What topics do you want to be sure to include/exclude?
What warnings or notes will you need to include?
What types of problems in safety and/or quality control do you need to emphasize?
Have you satisfied the needs of your readers? Will they be able to comprehend your proposal? Do they have all the information they need to make a decision?
Have you included a few sentences that urge readers to accept the proposal?
Do all the items in the appendix lend credibility to the proposal?
Is your budget realistic? Will it be easy for the readers to follow and understand?
Have you presented the qualifications of project personnel in an attractive but honest way? Have you asked permission from everyone you plan to use as a reference?
Will your readers be able to follow your plan of work easily? Have you protected yourself by making clear what you will do and what you will not do? Have you been careful not to promise more results than you can deliver? Have you carefully considered all the facilities and equipment you will need?

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