Serena Williams Special Occasion Speech

The special occasion speech I chose was Serena Williams. The speech she gave was a speech of award acceptance. The speaker spoke while maintaining eye contact with the crowd which helped them see her as trustworthy and maintain focus on the message that she wanted them to get from her speech. The movement she used was that she raised and presented her trophy to show what she had accomplished. Her voice was loud and she smiled, showing that she felt happy and grateful. Her speech was also inspiring to many people, because she explained how she came from an ordinary family with her tennis equipment and a dream in mind. She wanted to do something great with her life and she believed in herself. It shows that it doesn’t take money or anything special
to achieve your goals, but it takes hard work, dedication, and hope. She did sound prepared for the speech. This is due to the fact that she knew who she wanted to thank and how she wanted to explain how she got to that point in her life, but it did not sound rehearsed. Ford-Brown states (2013), “Impromptu speaking is the only delivery that has very little, if any, preparation or rehearsal” (Ford-Brown, 2013, p. 173). Serena thanked the Jehovah God, her friends, her family, her coach Patrick, her competitor Maria, and the audience. The audience was the other competitors, her team, and her fans. Her speech seemed a bit long, because she went into a bit of depth about how her team had helped her get through the past couple of weeks.
Ford-Brown, L. A. (2013). DK speaker. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Pearson.