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Directions: Use this worksheet to record
information about the audience.
Age range:
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In what ways will the age of the audience effect how they relate to your topic?
Education level:
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In what ways will the audience's level of education effect how they relate to your topic?
Occupations
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Will the audience share a common occupation? Can you somehow connect your topic to the audience's occupation(s)?
Gender
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Will there be any gender related issues concerning the audience and your topic?
Marital status
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Is there a common marital status for this audience? In what ways will that status affect how the audience relates to your speech?
Religion
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Does a majority of the audience share a certain type of religious beliefs? Is there anyway that this topic might be offensive to someone's value system?
Racial/cultural/ethnic background
Does your audience share a common background or ethnicity? How will this relate to your topic? Are there any cultural factors that you should be aware of?
Group membership
Are there any specific groups that your audience might belong to?
Hobbies/Interests
Does your audience share any hobbies or interests?
Size
Physical setting
Disposition toward topic
Disposition toward speaker
Disposition toward occasion
Compliments
of Frank P. Connelly, DTM
Candidate for International Director
Region 8, 2001 – 2003