My Informative Decisions

(Q.2.) In comparison to my demonstration speech, I believe the introduction to my informative speech was much stronger, because I told a story instead of asking a question. My story allowed for my audience to have a mental picture of what I was talking about. How I related child development to my audience was much more effective in my informative speech than my demonstration speech. In my demonstration speech, not everyone raised their hand when I asked my question. In my informative speech, I related it to my audience by saying everyone has went through child development. I felt more confident in my informative speech because I practiced many times in front of my family and friends. I got marked points off for being too read-y in my demonstration speech, so for my informative speech I worked on not memorizing the whole thing. By not memorizing my informative speech I felt more confident while presenting.

First, I will start with the aspects that I have exceled at during my informative speech. The first strength would be the use of my sources and how I included them and cited them in the presentation. Overall I found 6 great sources which helped be better

My visual aid was the strongest part about my speech. I brought in the ingredients to make Tiramisu to show which brands I like to use for the recipe. I also prepared Tiramisu for the class as my hold interest technique. To relate the topic to the audience, I told them that they could make this recipe when they want to impress someone. My credibility was also convincing as I informed the class I had researched and compiled the best recipe. My introduction in general was concise and convinced the audience pay attention to the rest of my speech. I also thought my tone was conversational and not too formal.

The informative speech tends to be one of my personal favorites when it comes to publically performing the speech in front of a group of peers. This speech tends to be one of my particular favorites due to the fact that if you are going to be presenting it, you should be the one who knows the most about the topic and should be delivering it in a fashion in which your peers find interesting. Even if the topic itself isn’t a very popular topic you as a presenter should be able to make connections to the audience during this time which makes them very intrigued with your topic and maybe even considering further research in that area

Outlining is designed to serve five main purposes for a speaker when preparing a speech. (1) It

What is…. And what could be? That is how a presentation can go depending on how you present your message. Using Steve Jobs and MLK (both known to history as being great speakers and motivators), Nancy Duarte showed that these men did not rely on some pre-written speech to dictate how their messages would come across. Establishing your point, acknowledging what is and what could be, and finally say why others should listen to what you have to say. It is also critical to make sure you are addressing the right audience. If you stick to a boring presentation, there is no clear vision for the future.

- What I did well during my speech was looking at my audience. I was always facing my audience and have a quick view to my PowerPoint. I believe I did well on these aspects because I wasn’t like the other students always looking at the PowerPoint and not even facing the audience. I know this is a public speaking class and the point is to talk to our audience while facing them.

I went into detail how by listening to my speech, they could possibly help a family member or friend in the future. Finally, my preview of the main points did a great job of giving a roadmap into the rest of my speech. I went into each of my three main ideas and talked about what I would be examining within each of them. I made sure not to use any evidence too early or give too much away in the preview. I simply discussed what would be later covered in the coming minutes. An example, one of my points was government involvement. I previewed that I would be discussing the difference between how government at the local and national level affected access and how they differed.

Comment on the following points: presentation introduction, presentation closure, speaker knowledge about information, main points clear to audience, etc.

The way you present a speech has a monumental effect on the way your audience will understand it. The tone of your voice, your body language, the words you say, and it all happens on how you feel about the subject you writing, or speaking. Your speech is centered on your point of view, your perspective of the subject you are learning about. You can feel delighted, disgust, furious, mournful, any emotion can become a part of you speech.

In my workplace, I often deal with situations were different factors can be considered and every situation is different depending on the customer. I work for a non-profit agency that provides services to customers who are considered unemployed or underemployed. As with any business, each customer has their own separate needs that they come to us for, and what we provide one customer we might not be able to do for another. Each decision that I make requires me to assemble information from two database systems along with what is provided to by the customer and their employment specialist. I assemble all information necessary along with our related policies to make the most informed decision I can. In many situations, when I make a decision

Generally speaking, the class discussion and fishbowl assignment were really helpful reminders regarding the upcoming speech. The class discussion was a reminder of the readings content, such as the focus on body language, organizational patterns, and

Not putting the time when it can to going over my outline and rehearsal made it difficult to communicate towards my audience. Even though I my audience provided positive feedback I still feel that it could have been better. I did have verbal clutter and I also didn’t use hand jesters as a part of my communication. In addition to my second speech, I felt that I got lost for a little bit even though I manage to pull myself together. I feel now, this could have easily been fixed if I had the time to practice my

My introduction to speech was effective and caught the audience’s attention. Making sure I had an attention getter, creditability and a thesis statement kept the audience engaged. The main points that I decided to over in my speech were that Letchworth State Park offers yearlong activities, tons of hiking trails to explore, and camping for everyone. I believe that I got my

My content, I would agree with you that in parts of my speech I did not explain into enough detail for my audience to understand me clearly. I did not have my laptop charger, which brought my visual aid down for the audience to understand me better. I should have been more prepared for my speech, by bringing my laptop charger. With the pictures and documents on my power point, I think my speech would have been understood more clearly. I think the focus of my speech was blurry to my audience at some points, but strong at other points. My thesis statement was very clear and understood by my audience. I conveyed a sense of my topic by saying my topic in the beginning of my speech, and then using an example on how it would affect us as a human