Speech Observation

The article “The Secret of Effective Motivation” by Amy Wrzesniewski and Barry Schwartz, appeared in Sunday Review on July 4, 2014. The article introduces different types of motives and examines their effectiveness with the help of real life social experiments. The differences between two main types of motives: internal and instrumental, are introduced in the first part of the article. Although, many people think that both internal and instrumental motives are good in engaging some kind of activity, authors argue that instrumental motives are not so useful and sometimes can be counterproductive for success. Authors develop their argument by analyzing the results

The speaker sounded so strong and sincere which made him feel relatable. This ultimately made me want to support him and listen to what he had to say.

motivation is the pursuit of knowledge because that is what brings him joy. Equality does not regret his

Once again his overall posture and confident level was excellent. The speaker shows passion for the subject he is speaking on from the hand movements when he speaks on poverty and domestic abuse as being trivial (a means to an end). The speakers volume was just right he spoke high enough for the back of the room could here, and the speech was easy to understand. When given a speech a speaker should consider his audience in the wording of his speech, is he giving a speech to children for educational purposes or a group of college students, this is call no one left behind so the entire audience is on track.

McPherson’s primary goal in writing this book is to hit three main points: “Initial motivation, sustaining motivation and combat motivation” . Initial motivation “consists of reasons why

He let the audience have a clearer understanding of what it was like to be in

While I was listening to the audio recording of his speech, he sounded so confident when talking to them. He was a persuasive speaker and spoke to his audience with respect and honesty. He began his speech with a strong hook which I believe caught the attention of his listeners and myself. “I

During the speech, I was also a good speaker in many ways. I had a good voice projection, my hand moment was consistent, I was always facing the audience and held eye contact, and had facial expressions to emphasize the importance of a topic. Right off the bat when I was explaining my citation saying According to the U.S Census Bureau “there are alone 5.7% Asian’s in the United States,” I was pointing my hands to make sure everyone was paying attention to the numbers. Another thing I did well during the speech was, that I kept eye contact with everyone during the speech

The students participating in the event were put into small groups with their chosen speaker. Each circle talked for 20 minutes about the hardship

Roth worked as a mechanical engineer before he was inspired to start teaching a class at Stanford. He was tired of people talking about what they wanted, but not doing the actions. In his class, he made his students do a personal, deeply personal, project. “Now, for the first time, Roth brings his mantra of “doing is everything” to his inspirational and a valuable new book, The Achievement Habit, Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life" (Theachievementhabit.com). Roth uses examples and situations of his life to make the reader analysis their patterns and lifestyle choices; choices that stop them from reaching their goals. He then intrigues the reader by using encounters he has had with his students that also demonstrate our

Give the title of the presentation, name of the presenter, and when and where you attended the presentation (2 points).

I am normally a very anxious person about giving any kind of presentation. I loathe being the center of attention and always have but that time I was enthusiastic. I was going to get over my fear that day. I told myself everything would be fine and even if I messed up no one would care. I had everything planned out a day in advance. I cannot remember now what my sermon was going to be about but I remember the events leading up to the time I was going to give it.

Mrs. McIntyre spoke very well but a few things she said stuck with me. She talked about how many commercials have everyday animals and objects that are now speaking. The keynote speaker was trying to say that we need to step our game up in society because everyday things are now

The audience has made up their mind on David?s presentation in the initial 7-10 seconds in front of the high school staff (Bretag, Crossman and Bordia 2009, p. 195). After five minutes of David?s presentation; he noticed that most of the audience was looking bored on his sales pitch. What turned out badly with David's presentation is that he did not have a clear structure in his speech with appropriate signposts and transitions to keep his audience on track (Laws 2000, p. 67). He did not interact, and a lack of rapport with his audience. David forgets that he also communicate without speaking (Bretag et.al., 2009, p. 204). David was not able to convey his approaches through his body language, and non-verbal communication such

In this particular event I learned that mental illness is becoming a growing epidemic around the world on college campuses. The reason it is becoming a growing epidemic is because mental illness is considered an invisible disease, which means because a person can’t see that you’re sick it doesn’t mean that you aren’t sick. Atrocious crimes on college campuses have been attributed to mental illness, thus increasing the negative connotation associated with the condition. As a result, those who suffer from mental illness often feel they must remain silent during their struggle. I think it was really good for college students to hear that they are not alone in fighting mental illness and that it is ok to seek help. I really enjoyed listening