2. Reflect on a public speaking event that you have attended recently, or one that you recall particularly well, in which the speaker used presentation media. How effective was the speaker's use of presentation media? How did the media add to the speech? Were there ways in which the presentation media distracted from the speech? How might the speaker have improved his or her use of the presentation media?
A public speaking event that I have recently attended was at work. I work for a hospital in Monterey, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Last month I attended an employee meeting where the director of our department gave a presentation regarding changes in employees’ benefits. Our director had a power point presentation as a visual aid. Her power point presentations seem real cluttered. She did not talk about everything she had on the power point. This affected the audiences focus on the speaker. We were all trying to read off the power point and ignored the speaker. Our director was well prepared, but her visual aid was a little too much. It had too much information that was not talked about. The speaker could have kept her presentation a little more simple.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
question#1 week of Oct 26-1
1). Speech Buddy: Review the following Interactive Videos, 11.1 and 11.2 on the Interactive Video Website. Respond to the ideas in the videos. What did you learn that could be helpful in your next speech?
Interactive video 11.1 was very useful. It talk about the guidelines for visual designs which are being simple and uncluttered, emphasizing key ideas, show what you can say, use close ups, limit number of pages, variety and coherence, and using large images. Good visual programs to use in a presentation are PowerPoint, and keynote, they provide with many things to try out. This video gave me helpful tips that I will use to prepare my next speech. Interactive video 11.2 showed the different visual aids that each person used. Some used overhead projectors and others used simple 8x11 papers to poster size visuals. They all sound well prepared, way better than I would be. I will use this videos to help me prepare for my next speech, they gave important information.
Interactive video 11.1 was very useful. It talk about the guidelines for visual designs which are being simple and uncluttered, emphasizing key ideas, show what you can say, use close ups, limit number of pages, variety and coherence, and using large images. Good visual programs to use in a presentation are PowerPoint, and keynote, they provide with many things to try out. This video gave me helpful tips that I will use to prepare my next speech. Interactive video 11.2 showed the different visual aids that each person used. Some used overhead projectors and others used simple 8x11 papers to poster size visuals. They all sound well prepared, way better than I would be. I will use this videos to help me prepare for my next speech, they gave important information.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Question#3
3). Pick one concept from the assigned reading that you found useful for interesting and discuss it.
Chapter 9 was very useful in preparation to writing a speech. In this chapter it talked about developing an introduction and conclusions. The components of what makes an introduction and a conclusion were addressed. The book says that having a good introduction will get your audience ready to listen to what is that you, the speaker, is trying to present. The concept that was interesting was “GET YOUR AUDIENCE ATTENTION”. An audience is most attentive at the beginning of the speech; therefore, the audience tends to remember what the speaker is talking about. Making a good impression is very important, and this is the way you grab your audience’s attention. I will make sure that I have a good first impression so my audience could be interested in my speech.
Chapter 9 was very useful in preparation to writing a speech. In this chapter it talked about developing an introduction and conclusions. The components of what makes an introduction and a conclusion were addressed. The book says that having a good introduction will get your audience ready to listen to what is that you, the speaker, is trying to present. The concept that was interesting was “GET YOUR AUDIENCE ATTENTION”. An audience is most attentive at the beginning of the speech; therefore, the audience tends to remember what the speaker is talking about. Making a good impression is very important, and this is the way you grab your audience’s attention. I will make sure that I have a good first impression so my audience could be interested in my speech.
Friday, October 17, 2008
question#2 Week of Oct 12-18
An introduction in your speech consists of getting the audience’s attention, indicating the purpose and thesis, establishing credibility, and finally previewing your main points. Making a good first impression counts a lot because it will either grasp the audiences attention or not. Now that you have the audience’s attention it is time to present the purpose of your speech. Establishing credibility in your speech will show your audience that you have authority over your topic. I will use these components in my speech to help me get my audiences attention. Following these guidelines will make me feel more comfortable presenting my speech.
A conclusion consists of reviewing the main points of your speech, reinforcing the purpose, and proving closure. One can highlight the importance of ones speech by reinforcing the specific purpose. The book says that by reinforcing your purpose, the audience will capture your message and will strongly be in thought of the audience. Reinforcing is something that I will definitely try to apply to my speech so my message can strike the audience.
A conclusion consists of reviewing the main points of your speech, reinforcing the purpose, and proving closure. One can highlight the importance of ones speech by reinforcing the specific purpose. The book says that by reinforcing your purpose, the audience will capture your message and will strongly be in thought of the audience. Reinforcing is something that I will definitely try to apply to my speech so my message can strike the audience.
Friday, October 10, 2008
question#2
2). When do you find facts and statistics are most effective in a speech? When are facts and statistics not as effective?
According to the text a speaker relies on facts and statistics when making a logical appeal. The speaker relies on the authors’ credibility to influence the degree to which the audience think the information is accurate (Coopman, Lull ). Source credibility is very important for facts and statistics. Facts and statistics can be wrongly interpreted; therefore, the speaker must be careful when using them. Facts and statistics are more useful in persuasive speeches because the audience finds these supporting materials more convincing.
According to the text a speaker relies on facts and statistics when making a logical appeal. The speaker relies on the authors’ credibility to influence the degree to which the audience think the information is accurate (Coopman, Lull ). Source credibility is very important for facts and statistics. Facts and statistics can be wrongly interpreted; therefore, the speaker must be careful when using them. Facts and statistics are more useful in persuasive speeches because the audience finds these supporting materials more convincing.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Week of October 5-11 question# 1
1). Speech Buddy: Review the following Interactive Videos 7.1, 7.2, 8.1 and 8.2 on the Interactive Video website. Respond to the ideas in the videos. What did you learn that could be helpful in your next speech?
The speech buddy videos that I watched were useful toward developing my next speech. Video 7.1, selecting the best supporting materials, talked about the six different supporting materials that one can use in their speech. Narratives, examples, definitions, testimony, facts and statistics, and presentation media are all supporting materials that we can use in our speeches to help get our points across. Each supporting material has its advantages and disadvantages, so when I get my presentation in process I will consider all of these different supporting materials and use the best one that fits my speech. What I learn from video 7.2, evaluating media credibility, was that you can use media sources in your speech, but we should carefully access their credibility, reliability, and relevance. Video 8.1 and 8.2 were very useful in regards that I choosing a pattern of organization for your speech depends on the type of speech one is presenting; with this said, I will keep this in mind wile preparing for my speech.
The speech buddy videos that I watched were useful toward developing my next speech. Video 7.1, selecting the best supporting materials, talked about the six different supporting materials that one can use in their speech. Narratives, examples, definitions, testimony, facts and statistics, and presentation media are all supporting materials that we can use in our speeches to help get our points across. Each supporting material has its advantages and disadvantages, so when I get my presentation in process I will consider all of these different supporting materials and use the best one that fits my speech. What I learn from video 7.2, evaluating media credibility, was that you can use media sources in your speech, but we should carefully access their credibility, reliability, and relevance. Video 8.1 and 8.2 were very useful in regards that I choosing a pattern of organization for your speech depends on the type of speech one is presenting; with this said, I will keep this in mind wile preparing for my speech.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Self-Evaluation Assignment 1
Self-Evaluation Assignment 1
The purpose of my speech was to demonstrate how to properly bath a baby whose umbilical cords had fallen off. I believe that I did not achieve the purpose of my speech as I did not present an effective speech. Ever since I began this course I have been nervous and scared about giving my speeches. The day of the speech I was real nervous and I know I was not alone in that feeling. I was not comfortable and confident and confident about giving my speech. I was not well prepared for this speech. I did not practice my speech enough to a point were I memorized my speech. I did not fallow the tips that the book gives us in preparation to our speeches. I knew my topic since I have a baby; therefore, I have some experience bathing babies. I did not do much research with my topic and should have done that a little more.
Giving this first presentation was real scary and I would not want to give it again (laugh!!). If I would to give this presentation again I would prepare my self a lot more than what I did. I would research some history about bathing babies, which I did not give. I would have practice more than what I did. I did not feel ready for this presentation. I was very unorganized with the speech. I left out a lot of information that I had to present and I skipped steps that I was to address. Nervousness took over my speech and it hurt me greatly. I found my self lost of thought and making up new things to say, nothing was in order. I could say that I was well prepared with my visuals, but not the speech part. A mistake that I make when speaking in front of an audience is that my voice volume is low. I have deep voice and because of that I tend to believe that I am being heard laud and clear, but this is not the case as I saw in my video.
A goal that I have set for content in my next speech will be giving more facts, speaking about experiences and generally talk more about my topic. I spent to much time demonstrating how to bath a baby than talking about my topic. For the next speech I have set goals to speak more loudly, clearly, talk more about my topic in depth, talk about the history of my topic and mention my citations in my speech. As I watch my video, I did not do anything of the things that I have mention. My eye contact was limited as I spent too much time looking down doing the demonstration. The first thing I noticed about my speech was my voice, it was to low. The next thing was I notice while watching my video was my eye contact with the audience, it was limited so I give myself a score of 6. I also noticed looking at my note cards for to long and I even dropped them. This note card part was distracting in my presentation. A main thing that I forgot to include in my presentation was my oral citations. Not once did I present my audience with a citation. Based on what I saw in my video I would give my self a grade of a C because I lacked organization, I did not speak much about my topic and I spent the whole time doing the demonstration.
The purpose of my speech was to demonstrate how to properly bath a baby whose umbilical cords had fallen off. I believe that I did not achieve the purpose of my speech as I did not present an effective speech. Ever since I began this course I have been nervous and scared about giving my speeches. The day of the speech I was real nervous and I know I was not alone in that feeling. I was not comfortable and confident and confident about giving my speech. I was not well prepared for this speech. I did not practice my speech enough to a point were I memorized my speech. I did not fallow the tips that the book gives us in preparation to our speeches. I knew my topic since I have a baby; therefore, I have some experience bathing babies. I did not do much research with my topic and should have done that a little more.
Giving this first presentation was real scary and I would not want to give it again (laugh!!). If I would to give this presentation again I would prepare my self a lot more than what I did. I would research some history about bathing babies, which I did not give. I would have practice more than what I did. I did not feel ready for this presentation. I was very unorganized with the speech. I left out a lot of information that I had to present and I skipped steps that I was to address. Nervousness took over my speech and it hurt me greatly. I found my self lost of thought and making up new things to say, nothing was in order. I could say that I was well prepared with my visuals, but not the speech part. A mistake that I make when speaking in front of an audience is that my voice volume is low. I have deep voice and because of that I tend to believe that I am being heard laud and clear, but this is not the case as I saw in my video.
A goal that I have set for content in my next speech will be giving more facts, speaking about experiences and generally talk more about my topic. I spent to much time demonstrating how to bath a baby than talking about my topic. For the next speech I have set goals to speak more loudly, clearly, talk more about my topic in depth, talk about the history of my topic and mention my citations in my speech. As I watch my video, I did not do anything of the things that I have mention. My eye contact was limited as I spent too much time looking down doing the demonstration. The first thing I noticed about my speech was my voice, it was to low. The next thing was I notice while watching my video was my eye contact with the audience, it was limited so I give myself a score of 6. I also noticed looking at my note cards for to long and I even dropped them. This note card part was distracting in my presentation. A main thing that I forgot to include in my presentation was my oral citations. Not once did I present my audience with a citation. Based on what I saw in my video I would give my self a grade of a C because I lacked organization, I did not speak much about my topic and I spent the whole time doing the demonstration.
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