For this speech, I wanted to the audience to see that fruit juice may not actually be good for you and to switch to healthier habits.When I first started working on my outline, I had a lot of comparison between real fruit and fruit juice to show the difference, but then it started to look like I wanted people to know that whole fruit is a better choice than fruit juice (a fact that I'm sure everyone knows, and would make my speech pointless). What I wanted to focus on was that fruit juice is actually bad for you. As a child, I grew up thinking that fruit juice was a healthy drink and it counts as a serving of fruit, but as I took more classes regarding health, I came to see that fruit juice was actually loaded with sugar and is almost as bad as a soda would be for you.
Although I had practice with the introduction and informative speeches, I felt like I didn't do as well for this speech. I tried to speak a little louder, without getting softer at the end of my sentences but I'm not sure how well I did with that. I do feel comfortable speaking in front of the class now, although that may be because I am used to and comfortable around our classmates. Having a receptive and supportive audience definitely makes speaking in front of the class much easier. Once again, I feel like I finished before the 5 minutes were up and that may be because I tend to speak faster when I am presenting in class or that I leave some information out that I was planning on saying beforehand.
While watching my classmates present their speeches, I can see that having visuals or other effects makes the speech much more interesting and effective. I hope that I can incorporate some fun visuals in our upcoming speech.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Cameron Smith
For my persuasive speech I spoke about why student athletes should not get paid like a job. Although I do believe that the stipend we receive monthly should be increased just to help us with our basic living needs. I though overall I didn't do as well as I was hoping. I was less nervous than I was before the first speech but I still talked way too fast. When I had practiced by myself I made the time each turn. When I got up in front of everyone I started to rush it a little bit and I forgot to mention a few of my ideas that I was planning on saying. I thought this speech was much more difficult to convey than the informative speech but I am glad that it is over with now. I hope that I continue to grow and get better speaking in front of people.
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Persuasion Speech Reflection
I definitely felt more prepared for this speech than for the first speech I had given, which is most likely due to the fact that I had time to focus on it over spring break. I also thought my topic was not something that I was unfamiliar with, so when it came to researching for the material, it did not take too long. Surprisingly I also found a scientific journal article regarding my topic. Additionally, because Kondo's book was released this January, there weren't as many articles on this new de-cluttering phenomenon, so it was easier to sort through the different arguments people had. However, I did have difficulty in the beginning trying to figure out how I wanted to approached this topic, but after deciding so, while it took a lot of time, organizing the information was not too hard. I think the structure of my speech this time made it easy for me to transition to the next point as well as tie it all together in the end. I don't really remember if I actually "ummed" during my speech, but I know that before giving the speech, I reminded myself to not do it so much. Just after hearing so many people's speeches and the way that they introduce their topics has allowed me to be more flexible and creative about it. I used to think that certain kinds of introductions were meant for only certain personality types, but I have learned such thinking has only restricted me. So I hope to go more out of my comfort for my next speech (however that may look like). I thought maybe my mentioning of Kondo's extreme methods at the end may have detracted from my argument, but nonetheless I thought I did improve in terms of delivery. Overall, I think I've learned the need and importance of knowing what my style of communicating is. Once I find it, I think the next step is to accept that that is the way that I communicate. So ideally, it would be nice to have that figured out by the next speech, but it probably will take more time than just that. Hopefully, for this upcoming next assignment, I will be able to at least be more confident than the now 2 times that I've given a speech.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Persuasive Speech: Spotify is the Future of the Music Industry
For my persuasive speech, I spoke about the benefits of Spotify and why the public should not feel guilty about streaming on this service. I chose this topic because I felt that it was relevant and relatable to my audience, because streaming music has become a huge deal in the last couple of years. While it has risen in popularity, Spotify has also triggered a debate between those who recognize it's authenticity and those who don't. As a user of Spotify myself, I wanted to understand both sides of the debate and figure out why artists like Taylor Swift were adamant to remove their music. I also sought out the opinions of my friends who have found that Spotify has been a life-changing service when it comes to listening to music on demand. Despite arguments claiming that Spotify has been robbing artists of the worth of their music, through much research, I found that the situation is actually the exact opposite. Since we are living in the digital age, a service such as Spotify is the best option to combat any other methods of accessing music that might be detrimental to the true value of music.
As far as my presentation, I definitely felt more confident while I was speaking and this time I did not over think it. Although sometimes when I lost my thought I think I relied a bit heavily on my note cards. I also had a few technical difficulties when the keyboard was not connecting to the monitor, but I was able to get past that and keep moving forward. In contrast to my informative speech, I believe that the message of my persuasive speech was much more clear and organized. I hope that my audience received the message well and that they were able to feel a connection. Overall, I feel that I have improved and I look forward to working on my final speech. I also enjoyed hearing my peers as well, and I'm really proud of all our progress this semester!
As far as my presentation, I definitely felt more confident while I was speaking and this time I did not over think it. Although sometimes when I lost my thought I think I relied a bit heavily on my note cards. I also had a few technical difficulties when the keyboard was not connecting to the monitor, but I was able to get past that and keep moving forward. In contrast to my informative speech, I believe that the message of my persuasive speech was much more clear and organized. I hope that my audience received the message well and that they were able to feel a connection. Overall, I feel that I have improved and I look forward to working on my final speech. I also enjoyed hearing my peers as well, and I'm really proud of all our progress this semester!
Prescription Drug Abuse Persuasive Speech: Eric Pinashin
Good afternoon Everybody,
Well, after the presentation of my second speech in Comm 204, I feel that I have made some steps forward to becoming a better public speaker since the inception of the class. Since this was a persuasive speech, the approach was a bit different in the context that we had to find strong arguments to try and persuade our audience to side with our beliefs. In essence, this was a combination of both an informative speech, with an included component of persuasion.
Once I began to delve into my topic of prescription drug abuse, I had the facts and research to make people second guess the pharmaceutical industry and it's safety, but the road block I kept encountering was, what am I truly trying to persuade my audience of? Since I am going into the pharmaceutical industry, and I know more than a handful of people who have prescription drug abuse problems, the credibility and passion was there, but I needed to work on a stance. I ran multiple arguments through my head, and once I settled on persuading my audience of tighter regulations on opioids and narcotics, as well as inform patients and doctors on the abuse potential of these strong opioids.
I first worked on my weaknesses from my previous informative speech presentation, and wanted to eliminate previous errors. I shortened the amount of slides from 21 slides, to 10 slides, then, I talked in a slower manner, so the audience could understand me more clearly, and finally, I did not wave the keyboard around, and set it down on the table in front of me. I tried not to inundate the audience with countless statistics, but took the most significant statistics which I found, and tried to explain it to the audience, in order for them to understand the significance I am trying to convey. I felt that the subject matter was interesting to the audience, and I did not see anybody that seemed bored by the subject, so I was happy that I had the audience listening to what I had to say.
Time to start with the improvements. Even though I reduced the amount of slides in my presentation as opposed to my first speech, I still fell a bit short of time, probably due to my slower manner of speaking, which made me speed up towards the end, and probably lost the audience a little bit with some of the facts and stats that I was discussing. Second, I had a few times in between slides where instead of staying quiet, I would say a personal comment on how I felt about the topic, which I felt was slightly inappropriate, but I did not want there to be an awkward silence during the presentation. And finally, I could have explained some of the statistics in a little bit less detail, which would have given me more time to allocate for the topics towards the end of my presentation.
Overall, I felt that this was an improvement over my first speech, and I learned that I do not need to submerge the audience with as much information as possible, but that I need to pick the most important topics, and elaborate on them, in order to not lose the audience, and to be able to keep the attention of the audience for a longer period of time.
I am looking forward to everyone's visual aid speech, and I wanted to say congratulations to everyone on their persuasive speech, everybody did a great job! :)
Have a great weekend.
Eric Pinashin
Well, after the presentation of my second speech in Comm 204, I feel that I have made some steps forward to becoming a better public speaker since the inception of the class. Since this was a persuasive speech, the approach was a bit different in the context that we had to find strong arguments to try and persuade our audience to side with our beliefs. In essence, this was a combination of both an informative speech, with an included component of persuasion.
Once I began to delve into my topic of prescription drug abuse, I had the facts and research to make people second guess the pharmaceutical industry and it's safety, but the road block I kept encountering was, what am I truly trying to persuade my audience of? Since I am going into the pharmaceutical industry, and I know more than a handful of people who have prescription drug abuse problems, the credibility and passion was there, but I needed to work on a stance. I ran multiple arguments through my head, and once I settled on persuading my audience of tighter regulations on opioids and narcotics, as well as inform patients and doctors on the abuse potential of these strong opioids.
I first worked on my weaknesses from my previous informative speech presentation, and wanted to eliminate previous errors. I shortened the amount of slides from 21 slides, to 10 slides, then, I talked in a slower manner, so the audience could understand me more clearly, and finally, I did not wave the keyboard around, and set it down on the table in front of me. I tried not to inundate the audience with countless statistics, but took the most significant statistics which I found, and tried to explain it to the audience, in order for them to understand the significance I am trying to convey. I felt that the subject matter was interesting to the audience, and I did not see anybody that seemed bored by the subject, so I was happy that I had the audience listening to what I had to say.
Time to start with the improvements. Even though I reduced the amount of slides in my presentation as opposed to my first speech, I still fell a bit short of time, probably due to my slower manner of speaking, which made me speed up towards the end, and probably lost the audience a little bit with some of the facts and stats that I was discussing. Second, I had a few times in between slides where instead of staying quiet, I would say a personal comment on how I felt about the topic, which I felt was slightly inappropriate, but I did not want there to be an awkward silence during the presentation. And finally, I could have explained some of the statistics in a little bit less detail, which would have given me more time to allocate for the topics towards the end of my presentation.
Overall, I felt that this was an improvement over my first speech, and I learned that I do not need to submerge the audience with as much information as possible, but that I need to pick the most important topics, and elaborate on them, in order to not lose the audience, and to be able to keep the attention of the audience for a longer period of time.
I am looking forward to everyone's visual aid speech, and I wanted to say congratulations to everyone on their persuasive speech, everybody did a great job! :)
Have a great weekend.
Eric Pinashin
"Nice Job, Everyone!" - A Review Of The Persuasive Speeches
For my persuasive speech, I took the teacher’s notes from the last presentation and applied them. This time, I focused on my center of gravity. I did my best to pace in a more natural way. I also made an effort with my hand gestures. In my informative speech, I think they were a bit out of control. This time around, I tried to keep them in a secure area. In all, I liked the way my speech went. This was my favorite assignment so far. This is not just because I enjoyed preparing it, but I loved everyone else’s speeches. In this assignment, I will talk about what I liked in everyone’s speeches, starting with Monday. Then I will say how I think we all did as a class. I will start by talking about Monday’s speeches.
I liked the Monday speeches a whole lot. The one about juice drinking got to me. Every other day I have a fruit smoothie with protein. Is that unhealthy? I also liked the speech about The Walking Dead. I don’t watch it, but now it seems like a cool show. There was something else I thought was cool about that presentation. The Big Bang Theory, really? I don't think that is a very good show, and somehow it’s the top rated sitcom in America. Go figure. The last presentation I liked on Monday was the one about Spotify. Phew! I thought I was killing musicians’ dreams by streaming their music. Now I am thinking, eh. All someone has to do now is convince me that eating meat is okay. That one I am still on the fence about. I mean, have you ever spent time with a chicken on a chicken farm? So cute. That was my review of Monday’s speeches. Now I will talk about what I liked about Wednesday’s speeches.
The persuasive speeches on Wednesday were fascinating. I liked Aaron’s speech about student sports. It is rare that one gets to see the opposing argument of why athletes should get paid. Also, the one about diesel versus gas was also interesting. Now, I want to get a car with diesel! Also, I think I know way more than I need to about the dangers of Pharmaceuticals. Thanks, Eric. That was my short recount of Wednesday’s speeches. Now I will try my best to incorporate most of Friday's speeches in this next review.
The most memorable speech from yesterday was Buck’s speech about water bottles. That is because this is an opinion that I agree with, and I liked his movie. This world has got to cool it with those water bottles. The one about the paparazzi struck me, too. Hm. I had never been sympathetic toward someone like Kanye until now. This morning I saw a video of him trying to take a paparazzo’s camera. This time around, I felt bad for him. Last but not least, the speech about dancing I liked. In this speech, the speaker did a lot more showing than everyone else. His gestures made his persuasion come to life. That was my review of all my speeches. Now, here is my attempt at looking at the bigger picture.
I think that my speech fit in pretty well with all the other speeches. Right now I think I am along the same line as everyone else when it comes to public presenting. We are all good, but we all could use some work. I don’t think there is any student in this class who stands out as the best. I think that Cynthia Wang is doing a great job in helping us get there. Some of her notes come as a surprise, but the more I think about them the more I say, “oh ya, she’s right”.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Still a couple of mistakes, but progress was made! -- How Education Is Killing Creativity Speech
For my persuasive speech I talked about how education is killing creativity. It occurred to me to write this topic just a couple of weeks ago when my best friend's sister called me asking me about how I got into the National Honors Society back in high school. I had to dive deep into my memory only to find that I remembered very little of the experience. I couldn't remember what I wrote for my essay, how many people joined with me or the induction ceremony. My friend's sister was astonished. "How can you not remember?" she asked me. The only thing I could answer was that at this point in my life I had come to realize that there were many more factors that would determine whether you would be successful and joining NHS was not one of them. I was frustrated. Why did high schools place so much emphasis on something so trivial. I did a lot of research as to what was going on in the education system and I decided to talk about how education is killing creativity for my persuasive speech.
In comparison to my previous speech, I believe I improved significantly. I definitely mastered the information more and even though I did not use a note card, I did not accidentally skip any part of my speech as happened last time. I found it very useful to actively engage with the information when I did my research that way it was easy for me to cite my sources during my speech. It helped a lot and I nailed it! I correctly cited three of my authors along with the corresponding year in which they did their research. I was also able to see a relation between the different articles, which made it very easy for me to refer back to the main point. Overall, I am very content with the delivery of this speech.
Of course, there are still things that I definitely need to improve on. Although I tried to me more assertive with my statements, it was very difficult for me to avoid "upspeaking" because I was nervous and I wanted to make sure that I did not forget anything. I think now that I have seen that I do not need a note card to deliver my speeches, I feel more confident. I believe for our next assignment, I will be more comfortable focusing on my body language as well as my tone of voice. I also need to make sure that I do not go over the time. I believe I spent too much time on the introduction, so for my next speech I will strive to be more straightforward. Despite my shaky voice and a little keyboard malfunction, I believe I certainly improved and I am very content with my work.
In comparison to my previous speech, I believe I improved significantly. I definitely mastered the information more and even though I did not use a note card, I did not accidentally skip any part of my speech as happened last time. I found it very useful to actively engage with the information when I did my research that way it was easy for me to cite my sources during my speech. It helped a lot and I nailed it! I correctly cited three of my authors along with the corresponding year in which they did their research. I was also able to see a relation between the different articles, which made it very easy for me to refer back to the main point. Overall, I am very content with the delivery of this speech.
Of course, there are still things that I definitely need to improve on. Although I tried to me more assertive with my statements, it was very difficult for me to avoid "upspeaking" because I was nervous and I wanted to make sure that I did not forget anything. I think now that I have seen that I do not need a note card to deliver my speeches, I feel more confident. I believe for our next assignment, I will be more comfortable focusing on my body language as well as my tone of voice. I also need to make sure that I do not go over the time. I believe I spent too much time on the introduction, so for my next speech I will strive to be more straightforward. Despite my shaky voice and a little keyboard malfunction, I believe I certainly improved and I am very content with my work.
The "go 2838392 miles for 20 cents with diesel" speech relfection
This wasn't what I had originally intended to be my topic for the persuasive speech. That topic, however is going to be my visual speech (I wasn't able to get the visual aids on time). Like my informative speech, this was automotive related, as it's something I am passionate about and also know a lot about. What I had learned while preparing is that in case of "academic sources" pretty much everyone only cares about biodiesel. I had to dig and dig to find stuff about the new Clean Diesel generation.
One thing I did on my persuasive speech that I learned from my informative speech is I cut down on time. I introduced less slides and left out some details that weren't as important. Another thing that was helpful was that since my last speech was about turbchargers and since pretty much all modern diesel engines are turbocharged (Hence the name "turbodiesel") I was able to speed through my speech. I also used the mpas to show numbers and sizes (and the size comparison of jupiter, mileages, etc)
One thing I didn't do very well is I noticed that I stuttered a few times, because I hadn't had time to practice unlike my informative speech. I also wasn't able to fit all the information I wanted to, but that was due to time constraints.
This topic is important to me, as I care about cars and driving, but I also care about efficiency and the environment (surprisngly). Going for on a tank when you need it is very important. Like in Buck's water bottle thing, I use reusable water bottles and refill old water bottles, and recycle and try to stay environmentally friendly (If I could, I would put solar panels on my house). It's because I feel guilty about polluting with cars, which is something I will never give up.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Persuasive Speech: The Walking Dead
I just finished my persuasive speech on The Walking Dead. This is something that I am extremely passionate about because it truly is one of my favorite TV shows and I am highly involved in the fandom. I found that passion is really important because it can help fuel my speech- but I also found that passion could be damaging because I feel like I was speaking too fast and getting too excited
to the point where I was sort flustered. I just really love The Walking Dead! Even though I felt like I was saying a lot of words, I was still caught up with the keyboard not working for a moment and then running a few seconds over time. I definitely want to work more on losing that sense of panic when something small goes wrong. I think I can do this by taking a deep breath and then continuing on my speech in a more controlled and relaxed manner.
I remember that during my last speech I would sort of pace a little bit and move my legs, so I tried to do that less and use my hands more so that it looked more like a proper speech. I had a powerpoint to accompany my speech that consisted of just visuals so that it would not take away from my words but rather supplement them. Primarily, I highlighted the empowering characters, the aspects they have to deal with for endurance, and the idea of compassion being so unique to the show. I enjoyed having a powerpoint and will definitely implement that in my future speeches so long as it can help enhance it.
to the point where I was sort flustered. I just really love The Walking Dead! Even though I felt like I was saying a lot of words, I was still caught up with the keyboard not working for a moment and then running a few seconds over time. I definitely want to work more on losing that sense of panic when something small goes wrong. I think I can do this by taking a deep breath and then continuing on my speech in a more controlled and relaxed manner.
I remember that during my last speech I would sort of pace a little bit and move my legs, so I tried to do that less and use my hands more so that it looked more like a proper speech. I had a powerpoint to accompany my speech that consisted of just visuals so that it would not take away from my words but rather supplement them. Primarily, I highlighted the empowering characters, the aspects they have to deal with for endurance, and the idea of compassion being so unique to the show. I enjoyed having a powerpoint and will definitely implement that in my future speeches so long as it can help enhance it.
Monday, March 9, 2015
A (very late) reflection
I completely forgot about the reflection blog for the informative speech. Oops.
I had a lot of fun preparing for this speech, as I always like to talk about cars (since I am passionate about them and I strongly believe in informing people about them).
What I learned while preparing my speech is that doing research unnaturally (when you have to do it, as opposed to doing research out of curiosity) is quite boring. I also learned that quoting in-speech was going to be quite difficult.
My speech topic is important to me due to the fact that I like turbos one day, and other days I hate them. It really depends on what sort of mood I'm in. Still, the fact is that even normal people are now being introduced to the world of turbocharging, whether they like it or not.
I think I did well in avoiding fillers. I didn't memorize my speech at all, in fact I only practiced about twice (I ran out of time. I was able to use the pictures in my slideshow to jog my memory. I mainly faced the problem of going on for too long. I had set my speech up into 7 parts with each being less than a minute so I could squeeze in my speech into seven, even chunks, but I kind of forgot how long a minute was and then the five minute mark appeared when I was halfway through my speech.
I may or may not do a segment on turbocharging for my visual speech if I do manage to get a turbocharged car for Neon Tommy, but as far as I'm concerned that's out of the question.
I had a lot of fun preparing for this speech, as I always like to talk about cars (since I am passionate about them and I strongly believe in informing people about them).
What I learned while preparing my speech is that doing research unnaturally (when you have to do it, as opposed to doing research out of curiosity) is quite boring. I also learned that quoting in-speech was going to be quite difficult.
My speech topic is important to me due to the fact that I like turbos one day, and other days I hate them. It really depends on what sort of mood I'm in. Still, the fact is that even normal people are now being introduced to the world of turbocharging, whether they like it or not.
I think I did well in avoiding fillers. I didn't memorize my speech at all, in fact I only practiced about twice (I ran out of time. I was able to use the pictures in my slideshow to jog my memory. I mainly faced the problem of going on for too long. I had set my speech up into 7 parts with each being less than a minute so I could squeeze in my speech into seven, even chunks, but I kind of forgot how long a minute was and then the five minute mark appeared when I was halfway through my speech.
I may or may not do a segment on turbocharging for my visual speech if I do manage to get a turbocharged car for Neon Tommy, but as far as I'm concerned that's out of the question.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Informative Speech Reflection
The biggest challenge I faced while preparing for my speech was choosing the topic. I started off with the idea of speaking about the towering influence of Jimi Hendrix on popular music. However, I changed my mind when I realized the lack of scholarly sources to substantiate my claims for this topic. Subsequently, I changed my topic multiple times. The reason I finally decided to talk about Aaron Swartz is because I am a strong supporter of the open access movement and thought it is a cause worth sharing with my classmates. The fact that I had prior knowledge about the topic helped me gain the confidence and clarity required to speak in the extempore style. In the end, I think the speech went pretty well and I hope I was successful in keeping everyone engaged.
Overall, I took away a lot from the experience and was allowed to gage my strength as a public speaker. The speech went better than I thought it would go. Prior to giving the speech, my biggest fear was that I would not be able to structure the speech according to the time and would fail to finish it within the stipulated time limit. Thankfully, I finished within the time limit. The speech was a great learning experience, as it helped me understand the process of researching for, writing and delivering an informative speech. It also helped me practice the use of a visual aid while delivering a speech. I realized while delivering the speech that giving a speech to a live audience is very different from practicing a speech on your own. I also found out what I can do better next time - hesitate less frequently, conclude convincingly and explain things in greater detail.
Monday, March 2, 2015
To eat or not to eat dog meat? informative speech reflection
In coming up with a topic for the informative speech, I first wanted to inform the class about the history of LA Chinatown because it is something that is dear to my heart. I grew up in Chinatown and while it does have a very rich and interesting history, it is also a part of me. But as I was doing research, I realized that the class may not resonate with it as much as I do, and so I decided to change my topic to something that will catch the class's attention: the topic of eating dog meat.
Whereas I would not choose to eat dog meat, or any other exotic meat, if I was given the choice, I am well aware that in many cultures, it is considered a delicacy or even an everyday food. I know this because I had once sat at a table where dog meat was offered as one of the dishes and I was encouraged to eat some since it was prepared for the special occasion.
I was not sure how the audience would react to my speech since dogs are loved pets and treated like family for those that own dogs. I personally love dogs and animals in general. But the audience remained calm and listened to my speech until the end. Although I was nervous for my speech, the support from the audience helped calm some of my nerves and made it easier for me to speak in front of the class.
I don't think my speech fell in between the 5-7 minute mark. What I should do next time is to work on making each point flow from one to the next with transitions since that was what I was unable to do effectively for this speech. I felt more like I was listing each point too much one after the other. Overall, although I still had some difficulties, I feel like I am making an improvement and that speaking in front of the class is becoming less nerve racking.
Whereas I would not choose to eat dog meat, or any other exotic meat, if I was given the choice, I am well aware that in many cultures, it is considered a delicacy or even an everyday food. I know this because I had once sat at a table where dog meat was offered as one of the dishes and I was encouraged to eat some since it was prepared for the special occasion.
I was not sure how the audience would react to my speech since dogs are loved pets and treated like family for those that own dogs. I personally love dogs and animals in general. But the audience remained calm and listened to my speech until the end. Although I was nervous for my speech, the support from the audience helped calm some of my nerves and made it easier for me to speak in front of the class.
I don't think my speech fell in between the 5-7 minute mark. What I should do next time is to work on making each point flow from one to the next with transitions since that was what I was unable to do effectively for this speech. I felt more like I was listing each point too much one after the other. Overall, although I still had some difficulties, I feel like I am making an improvement and that speaking in front of the class is becoming less nerve racking.
Informative Speech Blog
Cameron Smith
With our first real speech I felt that I did really well. I was pretty nervous before I got up there, but I once I got up there I felt a lot more relaxed. My preparation for the speech is what helped a lot. I think I prepared for the exact amount of time. When I prepare too much for something like that I over think it and it ends up not going as well. I covered all the main points that helped back up my topic and I really didn't forget to say anything I wanted to.
One thing I would like to work on is my emotion while in front of everyone. My voice felt flat and monotone. I think with more practice up there I will get better at that because that really is how comfortable you are up in front of people. I was very happy once I finished speaking. I'm glad how the speech went and I cant wait to do more and get better with public speaking.
With our first real speech I felt that I did really well. I was pretty nervous before I got up there, but I once I got up there I felt a lot more relaxed. My preparation for the speech is what helped a lot. I think I prepared for the exact amount of time. When I prepare too much for something like that I over think it and it ends up not going as well. I covered all the main points that helped back up my topic and I really didn't forget to say anything I wanted to.
One thing I would like to work on is my emotion while in front of everyone. My voice felt flat and monotone. I think with more practice up there I will get better at that because that really is how comfortable you are up in front of people. I was very happy once I finished speaking. I'm glad how the speech went and I cant wait to do more and get better with public speaking.
Informative Speech Reflection
This speech from start to finsh seemed to be more difficult then I thought it would be. From the beginning I couldn't think of anything that would interest me or the audience and had decided to go with how credit cards worked. To be honest, I am sort of curious of how easy it is to obtain credit card information illegally, but at the same time I think the topic would not allow me to go to in depth.
The second idea I had in mind was a topic on the League of Legends esport as a whole. I have been an avid player of the game for five years and feel that talking about anything league related would be easy for me. The problem I had with this topic was that I believe people would not be so interested in a topic about games. That's the sad part about this topic though, like many others I don't view League of Legends as a game, but rather a sport. Quite possiblely by giving a speech about why League of Legends is a sport may have been able to pass as a good speech, but that leans over at persuasive rather than the informative.
Being a business major and wondering where future industries are heading, I already had a strong interest on the freemium model and wanted to know more. It always boggled my mind to think that someone one day thought, we should give our product out for free. Today, there are so many sucessful companies using the freemium model but the topic is not really touched upon at USC. The only time I have heard of the idea of freemium was in a mini-seminar during my orientation, but they spoke of how to tackle a competitor with free products rather than embracing freemium.
When deliverying this speech I came in knowing everything I needed to say, but again the pressure cracked me and I kept forgeting what was next on my notecard. Going off of that, I feel that having notecards was a double edged sword. Because the cards were in front of me, I felt compelled to use them, but if they weren't there I might have paused for a pretty long time. Half way through my speech I decide on a wimp and said to myself, "You know what, you wrote this speech and you've practiced this enough to know it", and so I put my note cards down only to pick them back up 2 minutes later. I think when I am able to come into a speech with confidence is when I will be able to be happy with the results. Until then I feel that these speeches represent me dipping my feet into the water and eventually I'll find the courage to just dive in without thinking.
The second idea I had in mind was a topic on the League of Legends esport as a whole. I have been an avid player of the game for five years and feel that talking about anything league related would be easy for me. The problem I had with this topic was that I believe people would not be so interested in a topic about games. That's the sad part about this topic though, like many others I don't view League of Legends as a game, but rather a sport. Quite possiblely by giving a speech about why League of Legends is a sport may have been able to pass as a good speech, but that leans over at persuasive rather than the informative.
Being a business major and wondering where future industries are heading, I already had a strong interest on the freemium model and wanted to know more. It always boggled my mind to think that someone one day thought, we should give our product out for free. Today, there are so many sucessful companies using the freemium model but the topic is not really touched upon at USC. The only time I have heard of the idea of freemium was in a mini-seminar during my orientation, but they spoke of how to tackle a competitor with free products rather than embracing freemium.
When deliverying this speech I came in knowing everything I needed to say, but again the pressure cracked me and I kept forgeting what was next on my notecard. Going off of that, I feel that having notecards was a double edged sword. Because the cards were in front of me, I felt compelled to use them, but if they weren't there I might have paused for a pretty long time. Half way through my speech I decide on a wimp and said to myself, "You know what, you wrote this speech and you've practiced this enough to know it", and so I put my note cards down only to pick them back up 2 minutes later. I think when I am able to come into a speech with confidence is when I will be able to be happy with the results. Until then I feel that these speeches represent me dipping my feet into the water and eventually I'll find the courage to just dive in without thinking.
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