Purpose Of Supporting Materials

Adapted from “Critical thinking” by CSU-Global, 2016, COM 200 – Effective oral communication, Module 1 – Getting started with confidence.

Visual Aid: I may use a video on YouTube documenting experts’ knowledge on the subject

Part One: Options in Communicating, ultimately introduced other readers as well as myself the key components of understanding how scientific theory of listening can play a vital role in listening and comprehension. This section was broken down into six subtopics. The intro, 1. Communicating became important to me, in which Mr. Peterson explains how his personal experiences as well as witnessing others, made it easier for him understand the concept of balancing with communication. Mr. Peterson also talks about the theory of behavior that can also significantly have a great deal of impact with communicating (Peterson, 2007, p15).

“Public speaking is the process of presenting a message to an audience, small or large”.

David started telling stories which are relevant to his presentation. It is important that David makes the audience get involved, by asking a rhetorical questioned to the staff, but no answer is expected (Laws 2000, p. 104). Furthermore, the audience is more likely to engage and to remember points afterward. David focused on compiling adequate information about computer networks. The gathered information should then be organized appropriately in simple formats that can be easily understood. Keeping his presentation simple makes the audience follow quickly. David prepared audiovisual presentations that demonstrate the data in simple charts. David started to be in full control of his audience. Instead, it is wise for the presenter to communicate through the topic for clarity and moreover, the audience understands more about the topic. David has maintained a proper eye contact with the audience. David has varied his volume, pitch (high or low) and pace to make his presentation more stimulating and avoid sounding monotonous and had to alter his tone. However, he also pauses for emphasis and effect (Laws 2000, p. 30). By smiling, it helps David to develop a positive relationship with his audience, and feel more comfortable and at ease during the presentation. Once, David gets

confidence to her audience. It is critical that the audience trusts the speaker. It was wise to

Types of supports are examples, details, visuals, facts, and expert

Hoggan’s chapter 10, Finding the Right Thing to Do: A User’s Guide to Public Relations Success, state that the context in which a conversation is presented is important for effective communication. In a fast-paced world since “people use “frames,” mental shortcuts to form opinions” (p. 113). So, it is important to understand the how, who, and how the message aligns with a person’s bias, is equally as important to what is said (Hoggan, 2009). Moreover, to maintain control of an undesirable situation it’s important to be proactive and define your story now, so your prepared to respond by connecting your interests to the audiences (Hoggan, 2009).

As well as being a chance to incorporate individuals talents within presentation new skills and the development of existing skills. Personally I feel as though I have a good level of skill for presenting an idea however I lack in the preparation are of a presentation I prefer to present something to an audience rather than find and conduct research for a presentation. However the other people in my group were good at finding information and crafting a brief outline around the presentation. This worked quite well for our group as we had a couple of confident speakers whom brought the presentation together. Where others succeeded in producing and finding evidence to back up our stated methods in which work should be done.

Through Deena’s presentation of Room 5: Documents and Artifacts, we considered a number of documents, artifacts and other resources that might be utilized to support research activities (Concordia, n.d.b). The room assignment summary indicated that these supportive documents “maybe personal or official. Documents can be written or printed such as notes, minutes, diaries, test scores, books, memos, letters, report cards, newspapers, speeches, and so on. Nonprint materials such as films, pictures, audio recordings, videos, and so on can also be used. Secondary sources are secondhand documents which may be a summary of more extensive primary information.” (Concordia, n.d., para.1). This represents a wide array of resources that might be utilized as part of one’s research. Artifacts, such as census data may also serve to support one’s analysis of field note data (Concordia, n.d.,

The visuals help solidify that belief of what they are saying and it helps visual learners process the information. When Feinburg was talking about the struggles of creating Wall-E if she didn’t show the progression through slides the audience would have been lost. It builds that link between what is said and what is.

Why is this speech topic relevant to the audience (why should we listen to this speech)?

Perhaps one of the most crucial parts of an argument is the support provided for it. Aforesaid support can be the turning point in whether someone truly believes your argument or rejects it altogether. Two distinct categories of support exist and they are: joint support and branching support. A particular argument could implement one, or both, of these types of support and their differences affect how the argument might be received.

presentation. Due to that, they will be easily given an access to any resources they needeed for enhancing their performance, instrumental or expressive. Such example

In the article “Presentation Tips for Non-Native Speakers” written by Elisabeth Pain, she talked about 8 tips for English is not native speakers to do presenting. In my opinion, I think there are two tips very useful, which are “Speak slowly” and “Use visual support”. First, speaking is the main way to deliver our presentation, so only by speaking clearly can the audience understand us. English is not a native speakers have less control on language, and speaking slowly can increase the clarity of the language.Then, using visual support during presentation not only can help audiences to understand presentations, but also can remind speakers the content of presentations. Sometimes delivering by our words cannot give audiences a clear impression.