Hello Communications 20,
Chapter 5 is all about the adaptation to any certain audience. One idea in particular that I was aware of, but never really took advantage of were audience questionnaires. I never really used them mostly because I was already placed in a class where our speeches were usually set ideas or concepts that we had to revolve around. But I believe that if our assignment were to make a speech that were to be presented in front of an audience that I am not too familiar with, I think an audience questionnaire would prove important. Not only does it get the general idea of what your audience is expecting, but it also gives you background on the ideas of your topic, so you know what would easily please them.
In all honesty, I see the execution of audience questionnaires as a difficult one. To plan a questionnaire would probably require the audience to fill it out prior to the actual event to actually allow the speaker to make use of it. Typically speakers practice for weeks before the actual event and if they attempt to acquire the information before hand, the speaker not might be able to implement the information he or she acquires before he or she actually speaks.
If I were given the opportunity to acquire questionnaires, I think I would implement the information of it onto my own speech. Even though I think it's a great idea, I don't think it could be executed well, at least for my use.
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I agree with you! I think that audience questionnaires are an important part of the speeches. For my senior year, we had to do a speech and create audience questionnaires. It was a difficult task simply because it was hard to think of general questions that everyone could understand and relate to. At first, I didn't see the point in it, but it soon became apparent as to why my teacher was having us do the task. In the end, it helped me with my research because I knew what my audience wanted to know about! It definitely came into some good use!
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