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Oral Communication · Chapter 5

The Five Decisions

A speaker-centered talk and an audience-centered talk can hold identical facts. The difference is five decisions made a different way. Pick a speaking job, flip each decision, and read what the room hears — and what the room quietly decides about you.
1 · Pick the speaking job
2 · Make the five decisions
3 · The tempting shortcut
The speech they actually hear
What every listener is silently running