I viewed the drinking video first. This video had Matthew presenting his persuasive speech about drinking, and the harmful affect of drinking and driving. From this video, I think that Matthew did not have as much eye contact, and his voice is slightly dull in a way. Not to criticized harshly, but it's that kind of presentations that makes the audience shift away. What's very interesting about this presentation is all of his statistics and facts about irresponsible drinking. He gives percentage and also specific statistics during his speech. I believe that giving statistics such as "1 out of 3 of you..." are very helpful for the audience to really grasp that fact. Matthew did not just verbally giving statistics, but also provided the facts on the overhead as a mean of media for the audience. The light pollution video was super short in comparison to Matthew's speech. From Courtney's speech I could already tell that did a lot of research, because her persuasive speech contained many parts. Her voice and the way she started off her speech was very lively. In addition, she kept changing her tone here and there which made it interesting to listen, and not too boring. She used hand movements and also had eye contact. She also incorporated transition words such as finally. I liked how she presented what she was going to be explaining during her essay. From both of these videos, I've learned that speaking monotonously is definitely a bore to the class. On the other hand using hand gestures and using slide shows or providing some kind of physical object can keep the audience's attention. That is what I plan on doing in my speech.
Monday, February 16, 2009
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I noticed that Matthew didn't use much eye contact too. He does use statistics that help support his points he's presenting to his audience. I like how Courtney changed the tone of her voice too, since no one wants to be bored when listening to a speech haha. Also she told her audience clearly what her topic was about which helps keep people aware. Using physical objects does help keep the audience's attention, and maybe I too will use them! Going back to Matthew's speech, he projected his voice well and spoke clearly. That too helps keep the audience's attention.
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Just like you, and Kai I too noticed how Matthew portrayed himself during his speech. I did realize how he barely looked up at the audience due to probably his nervousness. His voice was pretty monotone, but he did bring up a lot of good facts/informations that should of caught the audience's eyes. The other video was really short! I thought something was wrong with my computer at first haha. She did come off lively, like you said which helped her out. Its waaay better to speak more lively then to speak in a monotone, which will probably make the audience have wondering eyes! I'll probably take in the same tips you got from the videos.
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I agree that when the presenting doesn't seem really into the speech, or interested in the topic that they are presenting on it makes everyone to not be interested either. Statistics do make your speech more credible, it gives the audience the ability to trust you, because it sounds like you actually know what you're talking about. I think that when your giving your speech you should put yourself as if you were the audience, you should try to think of things you would like to see as the audience and avoid what would make you not pay attention.
Hi Genurr! You mentioned quite a few things in your post that you can apply directly to your speech. Do you already have a plan of attack for your speech? Are you going to incorporate a lively introduction? Will you preview your main points and purpose in your introduction and reiterate them during your conclusion? Also, how will you incorporate research into your verbal speech? :) Good post!
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