A living, breathing audience makes speechmaking one of the most personal, exciting, and empowering forms of communication
• Speakers who fail to connect with their audiences will also fail to achieve their purpose; your purpose should not be fixed or inflexible; the more your learn about your audience, the more likely you will modify your purpose in small ways or even change it radically
They will often build characters and scenes bassed on aspects of their own experiences
Decline and respectfully decline.
