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    Speechmaking vs. Oration In Plato's dialogue, Gorgias, Socrates raises the issue of speechmaking. He asks his interlocutors to refrain from making speeches in their usual drawn on manner, and to simply answer his questions. While, for the most part, the three sophists avoid long speeches, Socrates himself often makes comments at length. His questioning, while usually short and to the point, at times takes on aspects of the same methods that he chastises his conversationalists for. Socrates'

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    I’m not an experienced public speaker, so I find it easier just to read the speech word for word. In fact, I’ve practiced it almost daily for about a week and a half now, so that I know it very well. It’s a tip that I read in a book about public speaking. I’ve also been drinking profusely to help calm my pre-speech nerves. I made that tip up myself. Laughter Yes, I am a little nervous about being the best man. But I am more bothered with the title of 'best man'. Saying that I'm the best man

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    Public Speaking Class: Overcoming my Fears Many people have a monumental fear of public speaking. I found the following quote by comedian Jerry Seinfeld quite funny, yet somewhat true. He stated that “according to most studies, people 's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you 're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.” (Blogspot, 2013). While this is a hyperbole just

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    Warning Label Explanation Speech Man in the Mirror With this speech I was able to conquer many factors such as letting my words coming out in a voice tone the way I intended it to be. I was able to deliver my main points just like I practiced. I was able to create an outline according to what I expected to deliver to my audience. However, once again I allowed my nervousness to get a little bit of my power and confidence. Because of my anxiety I did not create a true connection with my listeners (classmates)

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    Introduction Toastmasters is a group that seeks to promote communication skills and strategies among those who are interested in developing them, and to build leaders. For this purpose, Toastmasters helps people improve their abilities to communicate by presenting various types of public speeches. It is useful for all type of professionals to gain self-confidence and personal growth. This paper discusses the three distinct but interrelated theories of communication, leadership, and interpersonal

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    Speech : A Good Speaker

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    concept sounds confusing, right? However, to be a good public speaker you must simply drop the “public” and focus solely on the speaking part of it. If you can carry on an everyday conversation than you already have the tools that it takes to be a good speaker. As a freshman in college, I identified that speaking was my weakest attribute. I absolutely despised public speaking and stressed over speech days for weeks. I was the guy that talked too soft, hid behind the computer screen, read directly from

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    appreciate writing much more, and enjoy the moments where my mind meets words on a paper. Creativity has always been one of my strong suits, but through this course I catered my creativity to compose a variety of essays and speeches. Likewise, public speaking is something that I did not struggle with in the past, yet the structure of the class required a video speeches which was fairly new to me. All in all, I have been able to identify and modify gaps in my composition of writing and speech as a result

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    According to The University of Iowa, glossophobia, the fear of public speaking, remains the number one phobia in people all around. Although one can’t usually eliminate the fear, one can learn how to manage and reduce it. Once learning how to control anxiety, public speaking can lead to success for anyone. Seventy-five percent of people experience this fear of speaking in front of others, and I am one of them. When I was a little girl I was very shy. I would be afraid to enter conversations, meet

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    From what I observed about 90% of the audience was made up of students, probably about 80% of those students were under the age of 30. My best guess would be that 100 to 200 people were in attendance and there were about 60% females as opposed to the 40% male attendance. I observed that there was generally an even mix of races, I don’t know everyone’s family history so I can’t be sure. I also noticed that there was an interpreter so it is possible there was someone in the audience who was deaf. It

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    In chapter one of The Art of Public Speaking , Lucas begins by talking about the power of public speaking he lists all the incredible people foreign and domestic who have spread there ideas and influences through the art of public speaking. Lucas uses a quote from the Greek leader Pericles ,”One who forms a judgement on any point but cannot explain” it clearly “ might as well never have thought at all on the subject” ( Lucas,2012,p.4) Lucas uses this point to clarify the fact that you have to know

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