Title :
Handling a hostile audience-with your eyes
Author_Institution :
InterChange Commun. Training, New York, NY, USA
fDate :
3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The author suggests a method for turning confrontation between a speaker and a hostile audience into engagement of common concerns. It involves effective use of eye contact as well as vocabulary related to the audience´s perceptive style
Keywords :
technical presentation; common concerns; confrontation; eye contact; hostile audience; perceptive style; speaker; vocabulary; Books; Cancer; Electromagnetic radiation; Eyes; Industrial training; Joining processes; Power engineering and energy; Pressing; Turning; Vocabulary;
Journal_Title :
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on