Monday, March 16, 2009
Speech Buddies Videos
In the videos, they discussed many ideas that are helpful towards your speech. Having a good introduction goes a long way and to do this you have to grab the audience’s attention, establish the purpose and thesis, and preview the main points that will be covered. You can give a great attention getter by using humor or stating a fact. Speakers need to have a solid conclusion which is just as important as an introduction. You want to remind your audience the key ideas and re-enforce. What I noticed when Evan gave his speech was he stared at his speech cards for awhile more than he should but he does give good eye contact and speech projection. In Janine’s speech she was very confident with her speech and gives eye contact constantly. I think in Katherine’s speech she looked to her cards to much and needs to use it less.
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HELLO! :)
ReplyDeleteI felt that the videos on the introduction and conclusion were very helpful. It is always difficult thinking of ways to get the audiences attention, and I always have the hardest time writing my conclusions. I felt that these videos gave good tips and taught me a lot about what to do when writing an introduction and conclusion. I also thought that Katherine looked at her cards too much. I know that I looked at my note cards a lot in our last speech, so I am definitely going to try to be more confident and refrain from using my note cards.
Hello Kai! You talked a bit about eye contact in your post. Do you think the class overall had good eye contact during the first speech? Do you think you had good eye contact while you were presenting? How will you make sure that your eye contact with the audience is consistent?
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