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Oral Communication · Chapter 5

Read the Room, Live

You are two minutes into a required in-service and the clock is running. Cues will appear in the room — some are patterns, one is a single face that means nothing. Read what you see and fire one of the four rehearsed adjustments before the room drifts. You have about fifteen seconds each time, which is roughly what you get in real life.
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Room attention78
With you On a phone Eyes drifting Watching the clock Talking to a neighbour Frowning
Your four rehearsed moves
What that cost or bought you
The room, minute by minute