Discussion question response 13

Over all the videos reinforced what I have been reading about introductions and conclusions. One thing that I saw that was interesting was in the techno speech. He seemed to have played examples of the music in the conclusion. The other thing that caught my attention was the usage of the camera to get the attention of the audience I am sure that the flash would woken up any sleepy heads. The other thing that these videos got me interested in was trying to use stories as “attention getters”. To me it seems counter intuitive to use a story unless it is really intresting, and that may vary from person to person.

Discussion question response 12

Whether it is an essay or a speech I always have trouble starting the introduction. The first section in chapter nine was help full for me. The green box that separated the parts was the most helpful. Make each box one or two sentences and there you have a halfway descent introduction. I really liked the tips that they gave you in the getting the audience’s attention section. From stats to stories and even jokes got me thinking, and helped me start my intro. The other thing that helped was the establishing credibility section. It always thought that establishing credibility was like bragging but this section really cleared it up. It is not really bragging but showing that I know what I am talking about.

Discussion question response 11

Every speech and every audience is unique. Therefore the supporting material you use for each a speech will vary from topic to topic and venue to venue. But no matter what topic you are talking about you should try to have a little bit of each kind of supporting material. I think that looking at what each supporting fact appeals, logic or emotion, will help strengthen any speech. The outline video really shows that the topic is the one that dictates the organization of the speech. It was helpful to that the video clarified the organization patterns, but I thought that the supporting material video had more useful info.

Discussion question response 10

Stats are an effective way to bolster your argument but to effetely weave it in to a speech is an art. In my opinion the most effective place to use a stat is right after you it as a general statement. Stating the info as common knowledge and then baking it up with the stat. the worst place to put a stat in my opinion is at the beginning of a speech or a sub point. It makes the delivery of the information less personal. I feel that the presenter is trying to make the numbers do the convincing. Either way making stats flow in a speech is an art.

self-evaluation 1

I thought that I did fairly well on the speech that I presented last week, of course there are many things that I need to improve on but overall it was not bad. I did feel really confident thanks to the ridiculous amounts of practice but if I had to do this over again I would definitely change a lot of things. One thing I would try to work on the most was the speed at which I was talking. I was definitely flying through words. Another thing that I would change is my posture during the speech. Keeping my hand in my pock may be a way of dealing with the nervous tension, but is doesn’t really look good when giving a speech.

Content wise I would have added a few more things. To make the speech longer but at the same time if I started to go over I could just drop from the speech. This could have help compensate for the fast talking but towards the end of the speech I noticed that I added things to my speech that I did not intend to say in the conclusion. Another improvement in the righting of the speech could be the integration of the sources. I probably could have thrown in a quote someone has said about cars.

The other major thing that I would change is the actual delivering of the speech. As I said before the posture thing that I said before but the other thing is the eye contact. Rating on a scale of one to ten it would probably be a six. I would not say that it was not nonexistent bit I would not say that it was superb. I looked at one side of the room a more than the other it I really did not make eye contact.
The other thing that I would have liked to change would be a better delivery of my main topics. Looking at the comment from everyone most people got the main topics but some really missed them. It may have been due to the speed at which I was talking or because of the way my speech was set up. Nevertheless it needs to be improved. Another thing that can be improved with better speech writing is a better support for the examples. Though I thought that I had good examples I felt that they were not well backed up and the audience took it at face value.

Most definitely for the upcoming speech I will be trying to focus on the speed at which I am talking, eye contact, and the way that I write my speech. But in regards to this speech I think it was fairly good with lots of room for improvements. If I had to give myself a grade I would give a B-. Because I really did not get my main points across, and if you don’t get your main points across your speech is made in vain. But I am look forward to improving my upcoming speech.