Nick was another speaker at the meeting

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Nick was another speaker at the meeting. He dressed in a jacket and a pair of khakis and arrived early to ensure his laptop worked properly with the projection system. Nick began his speech by introducing himself; he nodded at colleagues and friends in the crowd as he made eye contact. Townspeople continued to enter the room, and Nick made sure to raise his voice for the people in the back of the room so that they could hear. 

He realized as he started to speak that he hadn't been around town very much since he started working in the city. "Oh, well— nothing really changes around here anyway," he thought as he began his second slide. However, Nick began to feel nervous and decided to spend the rest of his speech looking at his slides. 

Select the example that best describes the barrier to effective communication that Nick encountered during his speech.

• Nick showed gender bias in his speech by nodding at more men than women in the audience.
• Nick did not read the opinion pieces in the local paper about the project's impact on the town's environment and infrastructure.
• Nick did not adapt his speech or visual presentation to the physical context of the room and the anticipated crowd.
• Nick failed to engage his audience through eye contact while speaking.