Informative speech outline General purpose: to inform Specific purpose: To give the class a better understanding of who I am, what I am about, and how I aspire to be. Thesis statement: David Foster Wallace, a former professor at Pomona College in Clairemont, gave a commencement speech entitled “This is Water,” and a few main points he made throughout his speech are ideas that I try to live by. Introduction Hello, my name is Megan Carlson, and I can think of no better person to give this speech about me
A Speech to Inform; A speech to inform is a way to teach a group of people more about a topic or an issue you have prepared for or know more about. The goal is to inform your audience more than when they started listing to your speech and for your audience to walk away with a better knowledge of your chosen topic. One of my favorite books is by Ronald M. Shapiro; “Dare to Prepare: How to Win Before You Begin”. In the book successful people recount how they prepare for their success. I have become
project in "about an hour"? Did you ever stand up in the heat of a membership meeting where negativity prevailed and asked members to consider a more positive stance on an issue? These scenarios require you to "think on your feet" - give an impromptu speech - if you do not want to embarrass yourself, and want to demonstrate your knowledge and mental organization. A well-prepared presentation is possible at the last minute. Be the envy of your organization and become the go-to person with the strong
Public speaking is something I’m not afraid or challenged by. Its an easy topic, and it only takes a few things that I have come to know to make a great public speaker. To be successful at public speaking you should make sure your knowing your topic, but it also comes down strong speaking, confidence, and sharing information with your audience that's something they want to hear while keeping it on topic. Public speaking is important to use in any circumstance with a large crowd of people. Researching
physically and mentally. I definitely get really nervous, and usually, end up feeling scared before I have to give a speech or presentation. I always try to prepare myself and practice a lot before speeches or presentations. I want to be ready, and I want to know that I can give this speech, and do it well. I try to get to a point in which I will know I can get a good grade, and I can do my speech smoothly. I will practice in front of my siblings, parents, or by myself, and I’ll feel totally prepared. Then
After presenting my impact speech, I felt a little disappointed with how it went compared to the way I’d been practicing it. I felt that my thesis, writing having an impact on people, was very clear. But, the way that I got there was not. In this speech, I could have done a better job at making all my content relate back to the thesis. When I write the rest of the speeches for this class, I need to keep my thesis in mind for me to improve the effectiveness. I believe I had an effective introduction
Attention-getter - I give the attention-getter a 7. The first sentence is “In today’s society, violence is unfortunately quite common.” If I was in the audience when this speech was given I would fall asleep because I am thinking I already know that so why should I care. The attention-getter could have been better if the speaker used a statistic to draw in the audience. Introducion - I give the introduction a 9. The speaker could have used a better example instead of computers like cars. Relevance
critique for my persuasive Speech I will first talk about 2 main areas of delivery and content. And then I will discuss a main area that I wanted to improve on from my informative speech and whether or not I achieved improvement. The first 2 main points include my structure and organization of the speech and second my eye contact with the audience. The last main point, which covers my comparison of this speech and my last speech, will include my preparedness for the speech. Something that I took
front of a crowd, I don't get anxious at all during a speech, I speak loud and clear, I rarely say um or ugh when giving a speech, and I tend to have good eye contact. My weaknesses as a speaker are that, I tend to pause a lot, to think of what i'm going to say and make sure what I say makes sense, also I could use more eye contact when I give a speech, and I sometimes stutter when I give a speech. I will try to prepare and practice my speech more ahead of time, so I won't hesitate as much
purpose of this essay is to reflect, to reflect on a class nobody wishes to take but has to. It is also to reflect on what was learned in said class. Speaking Skills These skills are the ones everyone stereotypically expect to learn about in a speech class such as Communications. I must admit I have horrid speaking skills, I still do. Even though I do have a job where I communicate with people constantly, I mess up often. I stumble and say the wrong price, then preceded to make a rather funny