Public Speaking Credibility Quiz

What should you avoid when talking about your credentials?

• Weaving your background into the introduction

• Mentioning highlights from your background

• Exaggerating your qualifications

• Using high quality sources

How should you come across when presenting to build credibility?

• Speak softly and timidly

• Use natural gestures to emphasize ideas

• Avoid making eye contact

• Dress casually

What should you do to demonstrate your competence as a speaker?

• Search for words while speaking

• Create an outline and practice it out loud

• Avoid behind the scenes preparation

• Wing it and improvise your speech

How can you be more likable as a speaker?

• Hide behind your job title

• Be a relatable person and let your personality come through

• Avoid using humor in your presentation

• Keep your hobbies private

What is the key to showing goodwill as a speaker?

• Speak to get applause

• Speak to share knowledge for the audience's benefit

• Use communication to be a taker

• Focus on your own benefit

What should you do to establish your expertise in public speaking?

• Use the word 'expert' to describe yourself

• Stretch the truth about your qualifications

• Include information that helps establish your qualifications

• Avoid mentioning your background

How should you dress when presenting to build credibility?

• Dress in a way that is unprofessional

• Dress in a way that makes you stand out

• Dress at least as well as your audience

• Dress casually

What should you do to come across as confident and composed?

• Speak at your normal volume

• Slouch and have poor posture

• Avoid making eye contact

• Speak two times the volume of your normal speaking voice

What is the most important thing to focus on when presenting to build credibility?

• Getting applause

• The audience's benefit

• Your own benefit

• Your job title