After giving my evangelization talk for the first time in class on Monday, I have learned many ways in which I can improve the delivery of my speech and make the message much stronger. In reflecting on my talk, the student assessments, the video, and looking back through my notes all proved to be helpful tools in improving the effectiveness my talk can have. I was quite hesitant to watch my video for the first time, but after getting over my initial embarrassment of being filmed I was able to
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to what makes TED Talks great speeches. The “secret” isn’t really a secret; it’s how the speaker of the speech has a number one task, to transfer an idea into the audience's’ head. Essentially what this means is as long as the speaker has the intent to help the audience understand how they individually interpret a topic, such as say oranges, and then puts hard work behind that intent, the speech will be great. No one person has the same view, and the purpose of public speaking is to get numerous
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good attention when I was doing the speech. If I have another chance to do the speech, I will do better on the part attention gather, speak more loudly and clearly. I would maintain the good eyes contact. II. Commemorative Speech: I did not do well on this speech because of the content of the speech. I most likely like an information speech than a commemorative speech. During the speech, I was using so many of “ah uhm”. I would more carefully prepare the speech with the right topic. I would keep
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Max Rosen COMM 150 10 Things I Could Have Said Better I had to deliver a speech in the first person of someone in an important historical event of my choosing. I was excited because I was going to talk about storming the beaches of Normandy, but did not memorize my speech well enough and did not deliver it nearly as well as I was hoping I would. I decided to ask my junior date to prom through impromptu speaking, but when the time actually came I did not have the right words to say and she
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also some essential words people over there use to communicate. When I was listening to my classmates’ speeches, I always compared my culture with their cultures so that I could be easier to understand their points. For example, in Natacha’s speech, I noticed that kissing cheek is very common among people to greet each other. It is totally different in Vietnam, where kissing is not accepted in public places. Thereby, I can avoid feeling embarrassed and being surprised if some friends from Congo
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properly prepared. The stage fright or speech anxiety felt by many speakers is due to not knowing enough about the speaking environment or the audience. The more you know about your speaking environment and your audience, the more relaxed you will be when delivering your speech. Many speakers, however, often overlook the need to include any kind of audience analysis as part of their speech preparation. Proper audience analysis will assure that you give the right speech to the right audience. Most professional
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new to me. Moreover, I was a shy girl. My teacher selected me for the speech. It was a competition. My topic was “Family v/s Career.” So many things there in my mind were scaring. First thing was, “what am I going to say?” Second think was, “how will I speak in front of that huge audience?” Last think was, “everyone will make a fun of me.” I had two weeks to prepare. My mom and my instructor helped me with preparing my speech. The day of completion came. The completion was in the school’s private
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how to be confident after I became aware of the absence of social circle I saw around other kids my age. My mother enrolled me for a speech competition against my will. I was terrified with the idea of speaking in front of hundreds of other people. My father helped me write my speech. Ironically I was going to talk about confidence building. When the date of speech came nearer I panicked and kept forgetting my lines. My teacher guided me to practice before a mirror, it helped but not enough to calm
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Nottinghamshire County Council Education Inclusion Support Service Speech and Language Therapy Children’s Services Attention Levels and Strategies (based on Cooper, Moodley and Reynell, 1978) Attention Level Level 1: 0-1 year Child very distractible. Attention fleeting. Effect on Language Child cannot attend to what you say Strategies Discover child's motivators Incorporate into preferred activity, eg, dinosaurs in sand tray/dinosaur colouring sheet/Thomas books in reading corner own
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as Mitt Romney is to ignorance. Metaphor: A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common. The weather was so heavy on Saturday, it was raining cats and dogs, is an example of a metaphor. We use this metaphor to explain that it was raining heavily. We do not mean that cats and dogs were falling out of the sky. Simile: A simile is a figure of speech where two unlike things are compared, generally by using
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