How well did the speaker connect with the audience? Did she or he develop a sense of relevancy? In other words, how did the speaker relate the topic to the audience? Why is this a topic about which the audience should…
In my Speech 1 class, the class delivered informative speeches based on the topics students chose. Also, the class was assigned to do a peer evaluation and the student I had to evaluate was Emily. The specific purpose statement for Emily’s speech was “To inform my audience about Atrioventricular Canal Defect”, and her method of organization seemed to be topical, which is a good when informing your audience about a health problem. Also, the main points of her speech included: what is atrioventricular canal defect, what are the symptoms, and what are the treatment options. Although Emily’s speech had many strengths and weakness when it came to the content and delivery of her speech, overall she did a great job.…
Knowing your audience is a critical component of public speaking. Understanding the group of people who are receiving the message is second in importance only to the message itself. A poor understanding of your audience can lead to a poor delivery of the information that you need to get across. In regards to the Chilean Copper Mine Collapse, there are many factors to take into consideration when releasing the information to the public. Speaking from the perspective of the announcing the incident, one must note the different roles and people in the audience. The families of the miners and the employees of the company must receive the…
First, where do stem cells come from, and what properties do they exhibit that make them stem cells? Human embryonic stem cells come from an embryo that develops from an egg. These eggs were originally collected for reproductive purposes. The eggs are fertilized in vitro, and the embryo is donated for research. The donation only happens after the eggs are no longer needed. The donor is informed of the intended use, and consent has been given. These stem cells are found when the embryo is between three and five days old. The embryo, at this point in development, is called a blastocyst. It is the inner group of cells in the blastocyst that contains the stem cells. “Stem cells have three unique properties: they can divide and renew themselves for long periods; they are unspecialized; and they can give rise to specialized cell types ("What Are the Unique Properties of All Stem Cells?").”…
When I watched my presentation, I saw how I started with a strong introduction with a rhetorical question. I by saying “Who would you call? What would you do? How would you handle the situation? All these questions may be hard for you to answer in your crisis. I got the answer to clean up the mess you got yourself into.” Also, I give the audience a vision by saying “Let’s say your life is being broadcast all over the media or maybe even your company. We all know One of your biggest fears would be getting caught in a scandal or having a bad rep.” You got all part of my introduction to the greeting, thesis, credibility, and overview. I also, had the personality to my speech when talking you could see how enthusiastic I was to the audience. This made my speech be interesting and not dull and my voice a great projectile for everyone in the class to hear. In my speech, I had great eye contact so I had the attention, keen interest, and understanding for my classmates. None verbal communication is “Behaviors, symbols, attributes, or objects—whether intended or not—that communicate messages with social meaning.” In my body of my speech, I provided information in chronically order as my overview. I give great information about the education requirements, job outlook, and Pros and…
Know the audience you want to persuade: You need to get an idea of what your audience already knows about the problem or issue. Ask yourself, has your audience been influenced by misconceptions, does your audience have a narrow perspective, is your audience as clear on the problem or issue as you are, and more. Getting to know your audience as much as possible will help you to persuade them by using the answers to these questions to present your ideas.…
When developing a presentation the audience becomes an extremely important factor to take into consideration. For starters, the audience will need to be classified and analyzed by the presenter. Take for example a meeting situation consisting of presenting quarterly sales information. The audience would most likely be identified as the managers, salespeople, and customers – varying audience. When presenting sales information to a varying audience, the presenter has to transform the material according to the different members of the audience. Therefore, the presenter will need to know the material well and must select the words carefully so as not to confuse, annoy, or alienate anyone in the audience. Following this further, the presenter should evaluate the demographics of this very diverse audience. Characteristics such as ethnicity, age, culture, and gender should be considered. Apart from these particular characteristics, the level of education and knowledge of quarterly sales information should also be appraised. Similarly, the presenter must consider which communication channels are appropriate for each group (Locker &…
When people hear the word cancer, they think of a terrifying, life threatening disease. Have they ever thought of how it even started? Cancer cells grow and spread throughout the body in many ways, and sure you can catch it early but not usually. Cancer spreads to many things in and on the body, not just where the cancer is, but especially all of the bloodstreams in your body.…
Immigration is a topic that has been argued many times in the United States. Many people support it while others believe that immigrants are criminals who commit the crime of entering the U.S. illegally. Roberto Rodriguez and Star Parker both use different styles of writing in “Border on our Backs” and “Se Habla Entitlement” respectively. Although Roberto Rodriguez uses a personal approach to convey his message, Star Parker’s method of using real life facts and details to support her opinion really pulls through and is therefore more convincing.…
In my first speech of the class, Any Old Bag Speech, I focused on getting the audience to me and like me for who I am. When I watched the speech on acclaim I realized that I used a form of verbal immediacy. Verbal immediacy directly relates to judgments of a speaker’s competence and character and includes the use of personal examples, humor, addressing others by first name and asking questions that solicit viewpoints or opinions. Using humor and personal examples in the speech certainly helped me relax because I could tell the audience was enjoying my speech instead of nodding off due to boredom. It also gave me confidence in my ability to speak in front of people, which is one of the main purposes of this course.…
Well, I gave the speech without a hitch. It was helpful to have my outline I created for the perusal of the class. My speech flowed particularly well thanks to the step-by-step key points of the outline. Meanwhile, I dared to glance from time to time at the audience to see if I could pick up cues. Sometime I found myself elevating my pitch, smiling just to capture my audience, and to gain confidence that my topic was an important and resourceful topic.…
Verbal Communication for me can sometimes be tough; I have a blank mind when it comes to doing public speaking. I remember when I had to do a church program for Black History month; I would always seem to be stuck with this assignment every year. I would have to find a speaker and various choirs to come and participate. In the time of the program I have to always introduce the speaker and I would ask them to do a small bio about themselves but, of course they seem to forget to do one and there I' am trying to come up with words to say about them that I personally would know about the speaker. I have to share my thoughts and make choices on what they have done for the community and how they have been in teaching or their spiritual side of how they become to being in the ministries. It has been a learning experience for me and now when I'm ask to lead on a church program I have it all in order, I have contacts of people who I can depend on to do things for me. I can now form a program committee to help me out on getting different organization to come and perform for either musically or just a speaker to be part of our program. I had another assignment to do but this time it was at work. I had to prepare a presentation for our quality and reliability departments on how software calls Clear Edit Perfect. This software would help on wording, write perfect e-mails, and report papers. This was more of a professional challenge for me because I would have to do this presentation in front of the Vice President and managers of our quality team. I had to make sure that the…
Through the speech, you are expected to change the audience's point of view within a short period. It may seem difficult, but, in reality, it is not. Remember that the key lies in the speech topic that you have chosen. It is essential to look for a speech topic that is contemporary and fascinating to the audience. Persuasive speech topics should be based on themes and ideas that the audience strongly feels about or may easily relate to.…
During the question & answer session at the end of your talk, be sure that your audience knows what question you are answering --…
You have to know your audience, in order to match the information you are giving to their needs and interests. To do this, you could use a specific language or specific words. For instance, you could use jargon to make your knowledge of the topic clear to the audience. By doing this you will get closer to the audience and they will be more interested. Also changing your usage of words (more or less formal) can help the audience to remain interested in the presentation.…