Public Speaking Or Communication Course Analysis

Public speaking is one of the most under rated skills learned in school, yet is one of the most valuable. The way you communicate shows a lot about you, and can influence other 's opinions of you. In every profession communication in some way is used and important. Good communication skills, no matter what you plan to do in life, will help you out greatly and improve your chances against a harsh job market. I am majoring in Business Administration and Law, and communication is one of the biggest parts of business and law, yet communication is hardly ever taught in business classes for my major. I think that a communications class like public speaking, for example, should be not just for a college class, but taught in high school and middle

Public speaking is the spark that leads to the realization of the need for change. When the world becomes so conditioned to not talk about the uncomfortable issues, it becomes easy to forget how harmful they truly are. However, public speaking is that opportunity to hold up that mirror to society, and command a change to be made. All of the great social shifts were fueled by the speeches of those who cared. The famous of all being the famous “I Have a Dream” speech, which still is quoted today. In order for change to take place, an individual must speak up in some sort of public forum to identify the problem.

This paper will go over the three main goals I would like to achieve in my public speaking career. My first goal is to improve upon the structure of my speeches to ensure that the topics that I discuss are in an order that will make sense to the audience. My second main goal I have for improving my public speaking skills is to improve on my confidence before, during, and after my speech. Finally, my last goal is to raise my delivery skills when I am giving my speech to assure the audience that I am confident and that I am a credible person. Together, these goals will help improve my public speaking skills.

Public speaking is something that I enjoy. Being able to talk to many people at once and having them get to know a part of me is something I find interesting. With me enjoying speaking to people I found myself running for the Associated Student Body (ASB) president my senior year in high school, I was the secretary previous year. Knowing that with the position of being the president of the school I knew it came with having to be very social not only with my fellow ASB team but with the entire school! However, that was the least of my problems. I knew that in order for me to run for the position having a speech to present to the former ASB president and administration of the school was mandatory. Writing speeches have never been my cup of tea. I have always winged it, mixing my personality into the core of the message I was trying to deliver seemed to always work for me. I worked on the main points I was going to present, had a few lines that I knew I was going to follow but the rest I knew would come to me when the day came. It was the day for everyone running for office to have their presentation ready. Because I was running for the highest office that was available everyone who applied for a lower/ different position went first. Starting from the lowest office of being the freshman representation moving all the way up to the president. Because I was one of the last to present I had an advantage of

Audience, more specifically with identifying the audience and how to do so. In addition, chapter

In the fourteenth chapter of A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, the authors write about the property techniques to preparing introductions and conclusions. “A compelling introduction and conclusion, although not a substitute for a well-developed speech body, are nonetheless essential to its success.” (p. 110)

At the beginning, I was someone who dreaded speaking in front of the class and just read off her notecards the whole time in a quiet voice. Now I feel confident in my public speaking skills and can give a speech with no notecards, in a loud and clear voice. Mr. Ferebee helped me become a better speaker through teaching me about all of the literacy skills. I believe that you must use all of them in order to deliver a good message aloud. You must read and truly understand things about your topic so that you can turn that knowledge into things you can say. When you say them, you must listen to other people, to improve upon your own skills in order to speak well. Public speaking is one of the most important things that we use everyday. If we are not good at using all of the literacy skills in our speaking, then nobody will understand what we have to say. Without this class, I would not have been able to improve my speaking skills into something that I am proud

Communication is a very important part of our relationships. We use it order to have both our physical and instrumental needs met. Having the means by which to communicate gives us the opportunity to form and maintain meaningful relationships in our lives. By effectively communicating with others, we're able to understand their opinions of us. And we're also given the opportunity of sharing and expressing our own thoughts, ideas, and values to them as well. This course has given me a greater understanding of effective communication as it relates to all types of relationships and problems. However, there are some relationship problems that communication just cannot fix. For example, in some relationships people “fall out of love” with each other.

An Essential Guide to Public Speaking by Quentin Schultze gives great ways to motivate readers to improve public speaking. One passage that stood out to me addressed how to deal with speech apprehension. Having struggled greatly with apprehension myself, I am eager to learn how to improve it. In some ways, speech apprehension can be used beneficially. For example, it provides adrenaline, which can enhance an energetic delivery (36). My personal experience with adrenaline has not always been pleasant. Often when my nerves get too high, my body shakes and I have difficulty directing my nervous energy in a way that is advantageous. In recent years, I have attempted to focus the adrenaline into gestures, simultaneously allowing my hands to have something

There are several skills that come with being a great public. Such as, credibility, confidence, charisma etc. Being an effective speaker is not a skill someone is just born with, they must practice constantly in order to master their craft. On Saturday, March 5, 2016, I attended a lecture at Worchester room: upstairs in GUC above commons. The lecture was fascinating; the number of people that attended surprised me. It was the 1016 Multicultural Leadership Conference. The speaker was Sheree Satchell and the topic was capability vs. capacity.

Throughout life we express ourselves through words. The way we present ourselves through speech says a lot about our character. The way one speaks to others can jeopardize the amount of respect and trust others have for them. From the way one pronounces a word to their posture can affect the way an audience interprets what is being said. Personally, I am not confident with my speaking skills at this point. I would like my audience to fully comprehend the concepts or facts that I would present to them. In order to do so I must improve my speaking skills I believe that a problem most people, including myself, have when giving speeches is facing an audience. Just looking out to an audience of a mere ten

In is article, the authors researched that a fundamental speech course can decrease a student’s public speaking anxiety. Reducing student’s public speaking anxiety is appropriate in a college speech class because it will improve personal development and help with the student’s employment chances later. By implementing public speaking anxiety treatments into speech courses such as positive reinforcement and constructive criticism from other classmates can reduce anxiety. Also, by starting out with simple speeches and progressing into more difficult ones anxiety can be decreased. In using this simple treatments public speaking anxiety can be greatly reduced resulting in ease in communication in a public

College-aged students aren’t always comfortable communicating with older, more-experienced colleagues, and higher management. Learning how to analyze an audiences needs and expectations can help anyone handle these challenges more gracefully and confidently. Everyone runs into problems in the workplace, and some jobs are all about problem solving. Communications is central to many business problems and challenges, whether its part of the problem or part of the solution. By taking this course my views of communication in the workplace has impacted me greatly. Taking this course has showed me how to avoid and resolve disputes, understanding how communications works or fails to work helps people minimize confusion, avoid insults, and keep tensions

People often learn the most interesting things from speeches that were not even on a topic of interest to them. There comes a time when speeches are worth reading and listening to. Speeches are important because they can provide the audience with informative information that they did not know about or they can motivate an audience with an important message to build confidence. Neil Gaiman, Michele Obama, and President Barack Obama gave wonderful speeches that really show how important speeches are. The way that someone can become a good public speaker are by presenting him or her well, working on articulating ideas clearly, and making sure they are communicating with the audience. Audiences take

Recently I had a good friend ask me about important prerequisites she will need to take next semester. One of the classes needed is communications. She was really nervous and concerned because she is very shy and uncomfortable making public presentations. I couldn’t have been more excited to explain my experience in the Introduction to Communications course and how this class can not only benefit her in the future, but also help her feel more comfortable presenting in front of fellow classmates.