The Path for Success The proof of a country that supports equality is reflected in the actions of its citizens. The Civil Rights Act in 1964 banned the discrimination in America, since then every American has the right of equality and opportunity. As in the case of Jennifer Carroll, the first Afro-American women who became Lieutenant Governor, served to America in the Army and forms part of the minority group of immigrants. Jennifer Carroll came to give a speech at the institution of Broward College, honoring the black history month. Carroll started her speech and gained the attention of the audience by telling some background of her early life. This woman came from Trinidad and Tobago with her parents looking for the American Dream in the United States of America. While the speaker was comparing herself with the audience, she was making a bond with them due to her explanation of how she has evolved her ambitions and achieved the position that she has in her life. The first Afro-American Lieutenant Governor and also the first woman in the position, talked about her days in the army and how that serves as an example for students that at some point in their life have to face issues that may need hard decisions. In fact Carroll used specifically a personal story to illustrate the importance of keep going and never give up. In the army, during duty, she had a friend that was pregnant and for it, the woman was afraid of telling her superiors due to the possibility of leaving her out of her job. Behind the speaker was running a presentation that she didn’t use, but had information related to the content of the speech as in the case of important dates for American history, and names of prominent figures. The only thing about the presentation is that it was distracting due to the lack of correlation with what Carroll was saying, and also did not end in the last slide but was continually being repeated. Of even greater appeal she stated that there is no excuse to give up on dreams, she was black and women in the army and it was hard but she made it and that way with a lot of effort she got to the position that she is standing in her career, sacrifices have to be done as she said her husband was taking care of her child while she was in the army and nonetheless she couldn’t spend much time with her family during the duty season. In addition to support her material Carroll was telling stories, where she was a first handed resource because are anecdotes of her life. In her conclusion the First Women Afro-American Lieutenant Governor, reviewed her main points in the body of the speech. By telling stories and using them as example of how to persevere, she made it clear that hasn’t been easy for her but is worth it. The speech was memorable, the selection of each story to make an impact on the students was well done, each statement was made according to the audience for example the ones saying that she was black, immigrant from Trinidad, women and that if she could get to where she is right now everyone can but effort and constancy are needed. With the entire speech, which was twenty minutes long, she encouraged every student in the auditorium to complete college, graduate from the university and work hard to achieve their ambitions. In general, the content of the speech was well selected and well developed it was not heavyweight, long or out of focus from targeting the audience. The speech was not demonstrative but informative, the main goal perceived was to inform student about the hard work that is needed and the circumstances that can intervene with the achievement of a goal, and in someway it was persuasive for it Jennifer Carroll used statements to influence the audience on keeping focus for the achievement of goals. It was clear that the speech was created for students or young people in the formation of their future and it is worth telling that some students were inspired, considering the relation that Carroll made between the audience and her persona through out the speech. The audio-visual aids were prepared with some names and information about outstanding figures with dates that are important on America’s history, the power point presentation was not used by the speaker, it was behind Carroll and running during the speech making it a distraction, also some slides had small lettering which was difficult to read. According to Jennifer Carroll’s body language in the development of her speech, she reflected passionate and confident in her testimony. Carroll made very good eye contact, it was not intimidating neither loose. In the other hand her gestures were perfectly for the occasion hands were not overused and the entire speech she was standing behind the podium. There was no handling of the audio-visual aids; at any time during the speech the power point presentation was used or named as a supporting material. Furthermore the speaker had a vocal variety very good, she choose words apt for the audience not too complicated and not too vague, there were no improper words and it was totally in a professional vocabulary that showed the speaker very serious about the content of the speech. Under these conditions, the speech was well developed and the strategies that the speaker had to target the audience with the purpose of the speech were completely and successfully achieved. As an audience member I could say that Jennifer Carroll managed her twenty minutes speech very good, it was a high quality presentation regardless of the inconvenient of the audiovisual aid. Overall the speaker demonstrated to have knowledge about the topic and to use herself as an example of inspiration to the audience. After seeing the speech of Jennifer Carroll and taking notes for further evaluation, my criteria toward the grade that I would give to the speaker probably would be and A+, considering the well developed speech.