SPECIAL Positive: Millennials feel special because they are the most wanted generation and treated as important by elders. They expect frequent positive feedback‚ and believe themselves to be the future of the world (Howe & Strauss‚ 2003). This observation is supported by Alsop (2009) who explains that feedback from managers provides validation that millennials are doing well in the organisation. Negative: Twenge (2009) is less positive about this trait as her analysis shows that the specialness
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Positive Peer Pressure Whenever you hear the word peer pressure every one immediately refers to the negative influences. Have you ever explored the possibilities of positive peer pressure happening in people’s lives today? There are several examples of peer pressure out there that are positive‚ experienced mainly by teenagers that go unnoticed. The big one that needs to be focused on is the influence of not smoking‚ doing drugs‚ and drinking alcohol. Then the two other examples that we are going
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Informative Speech Topic: Medical Marijuana General Purpose: To inform my audience about medical marijuana Specific Purpose: To inform the audience of the beneficial medical components in marijuana as well as the risks associated with the herb. Thesis: Using statistical data‚ I am going to inform you about the benefits and risks in legalizing medical marijuana Introduction: Attention Getter: Do you know the true use and effects on marijuana? The controversy over medical marijuana seems to be
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Name: 2/20/2013 Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about why gas prices are so high‚ and continue to rise. Central Idea: Gas prices are on the rise in the US recently because of three major factors: the price of crude oil‚ the increase in internal regulations‚ and the increased demand for the gas. Organizational pattern: Topical Introduction I. Attention-getter: Back home‚ I used to spend 6 dollars to fill my car with gas. Unfortunately‚ today I spent 70 dollars‚ actually
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Speech #1 Part 1: Contents Section: 1. Title- Struggle from the Start 2. General Purpose- To Inform 3. Specific Purpose- To inform my audience that arthritis is not just a condition for the elderly. 4. Thesis Statement- Being diagnosed with arthritis affected my childhood‚ my athletics‚ and it will continue to affect my future. Part 2: Speech Outline: 1. Introduction a. Attention getter- “Juvenile arthritis is one of the most common childhood diseases in the United States.” b. Common
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Purpose: To inform the audience about what sleep is and how it helps the body. Central Idea: That sleep is good for you and you should get your eight hours of it! Introduction: I’m sure everyone likes sleep. Everyone needs sleep to keep the least bit active through out there day. Sleep is an important factor for your body to restore energy. Sleeping is a time to rest your body from all the hard work you have done. It is relaxing so deeply that you lose consciousness of your surroundings. Preview
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Do you think its not enough hours in a day to get anything accomplished? Well im sure all of us at some point in time was not able to accomplish something that had to be done by a certain time. Many students quickly learn that managing their time is one of the most challenging and difficult aspects of being in college. With so much to do and keeping track of everything that is on your schedule‚ good time management skills can make a big difference. Students who have good time management skills are
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Intro: "We were raised to believe we could do anything we wanted to do." That quote is by Abby and Brittany Hensel and for those of you who don’t know who that is‚ they are the conjoined twins from Minnesota. The purpose of my speech is to inform everyone about the rare conjoined twins. I will be talking about some conjoined twin facts‚ all about Abby and Brittany‚ and show a short video of them. Body: A. Conjoined twins occur every 200‚000 live births‚ according to the University of Maryland
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1984 Riots Against Sikhs General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the riot against the sikhs in the year 1984 at capital of India‚ New Delhi. Introduction I. Sikhism is one of the religion followed by people in India. Followers of Sikhism are know as Sikhs. A. I want to inform people about tragedy against Sikhs so that there will be no other instance in which people would be slaughtered. B. Hindus lead the never forgotten riots against
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COM 1301‚ Section 05 October‚ 9th 2012 Mars Search Laboratory (MSL) Life on earth is getting more and more difficult‚ earth is overpopulated and global warming is treating our existence on earth every day. Living on another planet is on the solution that may pop out in our mind‚ this solution is what a space rover is trying to answer. In exactly one month and three days ago‚ a high technology rover lander on Mars‚ for those who did not hear about it let me show you some pictures (showing
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