Welcome to the Furman Playhouse lobby! Prepare for the adventure of a lifetime squeezed into the few minutes before your IF/THEN experience. There is really nothing to it; you will be presented with a situation with some choices. Make that decision, and follow the string attached to your choice, it will lead you to another situation. Just repeat that over, and over and over until well… Spoiler alert we all end up in the same place. But to avoid any existential crises we will just end with “Enjoy the show.” Thank you for choosing to spend your evening/afternoon engaging with IF/THEN.
It is your senior year at Furman University you are about to graduate with a degree in Theatre Arts and Computer Science. You have two job offers:
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You get to the front counter. You order your beverage. The attractive barista asks your name. After you respond, the barista says “Number?” “I’m sorry?” You respond.
“Your phone number” they say, with a smirk.
“Is this a new store policy?” You ask.
“No, I just really wanted your digits.”
“Is isn’t it customary to write your number on my cup?” You ask.
“I like to take my fate into my own hands.” They respond.
What do you do?
A.) Whip out a pen and scribble your number on a napkin.
B.) Smile, take your drink, and walk away.
You’ve not even left Deja Brew three minutes when your phone buzzes you look down and it’s from…..well it’s a text from an unknown number. The text reads:
‘Date?’ What do you type back?
A.) Nothing or a ‘No thank you’, either way you make it clear it’s not going to happen.
B.) I don’t even know your name.
C.) Yes.
They respond ‘Jamie…..Date?’ You respond with:
A.) No, you don’t trust anyone named Jamie.
B.) You respond with this:
This type of date? C.) Yes
You’ve walked away from Deja Brew, and your potential boo. When you are about one and half blocks away the unthinkable happens. You are sneezed on! You ask around if anyone has some disinfectant. They do not. Do you run back into Deja Brew and beg the barista for some PURELL®? (Or the knock-off germ-murdering equivalent)
A.) You bet your If/Then ticket I do, the last thing I need is
I. We all value our health over many other things because that is what keep us alive, but with
Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to inform others about the production, utilizations and impacts of nuclear energy.
Baby Blues, the most common and mildest form of mood disorder can last up to two weeks after having a baby without the mother needing treatment.
Voting gives the population an equal opportunity completely blind of sex, race, origin, education in contributing to community development (Akande, 2011).
Purpose: After listening to my speech, the audience will be more educated on Texas’s roadside attractions, as well as relate to the sites I will discuss in my presentation.
1. This informative speech on “The Cause of Homelessness “is very Inform able and worth listening to, because in today’s economy it could be you or me. Some seem to think homelessness is choice. I find this speech relevant to the world I live in today, due to the high unemployment rate, declining job market, and the economic hardships that families are enduring. This topic is not a broad one, but yet can be spoke of in depth due to the fact I see many homeless people but never thought it would be me until I seen a family friend who has lost everything, this is what made me more aware that it is not just a choice and any day it could be me. So when you see
Transition: I’ve told you about some attractions and the malls, Finally, I’m going to tell you about the hotels in Dubai and also some major possible future hotel projects.
If your parents claim you as a dependent, then you have to fill out the attached worksheet that helps to figure out exactly what your deduction will be for line 5.
Tesla is taking a different approach while designing their self-driving cars. Tesla has introduced the computer vision-based vehicle detection system instead of using the traditional radar. The new Tesla cars contain eight surround cameras which are capable to see 360 degrees around the car. The main forward camera covers 150m of distance. These autonomous cars can see any object within 250 meters of it’s range. Tesla autonomous cars have the ultrasonic sensors and a forward-facing radar which are very advanced technology and they help the car to see through heavy rain and fog. This technology will help prevent road accidents during extreme weathers. Another impressive addition of the new Tesla cars is the neural net for visibility.
Audience analysis: My audience consists of an elderly, unemployed white woman from West Virginia who has dealt with depression, anxiety and dementia; a younger white couple, of whom, the woman suffers from depression and anxiety due to a car accident as a teenager. She is educated and employed as a director of a mental health facility. The young male was raised in New York City and feels like he has symptoms of anxiety but never formally diagnosed by a professional.
Create a 5-6 minute presentation using PowerPoint visuals. Make sure your PowerPoint follows the guidelines discussed in class. The purpose of the presentation should be to inform the audience. Your presentation should reflect a topic, theme, or issue relevant to your major. For ideas of topics, you may consider looking at issues of Crains’ Chicago, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, cnn.com, The Huffington Post, NPR.org, Slate, Wired, or industry-specific papers/journals in your area of study.
I will start introduce human behaviors and illustrate the importance roles that they play in people lives.
I, How many of you have been hearing about bullying? As you may hear on TVs or news or people are talking about the rates of bullying is going up from years to years.
Today, just about everyone depends on information and communication to keep their lives moving through daily activities like work, education, health care, leisure activities, entertainment, travelling, personal relationships, and the other stuff with which we are
ii. However, for many of us, face-to-face communication seems to be a dying art – replaced by text messaging, e-mails, and social media. Human communication and interactions are shaped by available technologies