Assignment:
Q1. What is the best strategy for using the Twitter-enabled backchannel in a presentation?
a. Build automated Twitter feeds into your presentation slides that send out capsule points as you move through the presentation, but ignore whatever audience members might be doing on Twitter and stay focused on your presentation.
b. Announce up front that the use of Twitter and other messaging tools is forbidden during the presentation; the audience’s job is to pay attention to you, the speaker
c. Embrace the backchannel fully, including building in automated feeds from your presentation, providing a hashtag for everyone to use making it easy to follow tweets related to the presentation, and take occasional Twitter breaks to check for feedback and questions from the audience.
d. Ignore it; you can’t stop people from tweeting during a presentation, so you might as well just accept that they are going to do so.
Q2. Which of the following is a disadvantage of conducting presentations online?
a. The lack of audio communication
b. The inability of most people to participate, since businesses have different Internet connection speeds
c. The inability to use PowerPoint slides online
d. The shortage (or sometimes complete lack) of nonverbal signals such as posture, which can provide vital feedback during a presentation.
Provide appropriate reason for your answer, your answer must be, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format and also include references.