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In U.S. business presentations, especially training presentations where employees are being given information or being taught something new, presenters usually use some type of audience participation. A presenter may ask the audience to do an activity as an "ice breaker" as a way to introduce themselves and to make those in the audience feel comfortable with each other. An example of an ice breaker activity is when there are people from different companies attending one presentation, and the presenter asks each person to introduce themselves to the rest of the group. Another ice breaker activity would be for people to "pair up," or to have two people work together, to ask each other a list of interesting questions. This way, people from different companies, organizations, or departments can "network," or make useful business connections with other people.

Audience participation can also be used to "enliven," or make more interesting, a long presentation. Presentations that are highly technical or that present a lot of information may use audience participation to give the audience a chance to talk about the new information they've heard or to ask questions.

Some companies and organizations use audience participation for "team building." Team building is usually a set of activities that a company does to improve communication and to have better working relationships among its employees. Many companies in the U.S. think that team building is very important in order to "retain," or keep employees from leaving the company, and to get them to do their best work.