For my second live speech reflection response, I evaluated an astronaut's speech about his experiences in space. This past weekend, I had the opportunity to listen to astronaut Jay Apt. Dr. Apt has been on four Space Shuttle missions, performed two space walks, and spent over 847 hours in space. His speech was titled “What It’s Like Up There”. Dr. Apt talked all about preparing for his missions, what it was like in space, and even what coming back to earth was like for him. While giving his speech, Dr. Apt displayed a good visual aid, included numerous anecdotes, and comfortability. To begin, one of the first things that I noticed was Dr. Apt’s impressive visual aid. His speech was formed around it, which made following along extremely easy …show more content…
Apt did well throughout his speech sharing lots of stories and anecdotes. The majority of Dr. Apt’s speech was short anecdotes about his trip to space. This was great for myself and other listeners because it was engaging. When Dr. Apt began his speech, he started off by sharing a quick story about how he first became interested in space. He told us that his love for space began when he was a young boy. Dr. Apt elaborated on this by sharing a few children's book authors that inspired him. After telling that quick story, Dr. Apt shared some stories about his training and preparation for his trip to space. Dr. Apt then told stories about his experiences in space. These anecdotes included all of the issues he and his crew encountered, along with some of the fun memories they made together. Additionally, Dr. Apt shared about what it was like to come back from space and the lasting effects of his trips. These anecdotes greatly improved the quality of his speech. I believe this because Dr. Apt was sharing about a topic that nobody else in the room had experienced. His anecdotes illustrated his points and provided details to the audience. Though nobody could relate to what his speech was about, and by sharing stories I personally understood better. Lastly, everyone in the room was able to learn new information from his stories. Lastly, it was clear that Dr. Apt was comfortable and had basic public speaking skills, I believe this because throughout his entire speech, he held a natural pace. Often, when speakers are uncomfortable, they will speed up. Dr. Apt never sped up or slowed down too much. Another reason why I feel as though he was confident in his speaking skills is because he had great body language. Typically, when public speakers are not confident, they will fidget or become tense. As I observed Dr. Apt’s body language, I noticed he had an open stance. Additionally, he used facial expressions and hand gestures when emphasizing certain
In this video, Ashton Kutcher delivers a thank you speech to the audience for his award at the Teen Choice Awards. Kutcher’s speech turned into a motivational speech that touched many lives. It was specifically geared towards the younger generations who are striving for their dreams. Kutcher explained that at a young age he always had a job. He never thought a job was not important or too lame. He always had the perspective that each job taught him something he would need later in life. Each job was a stepping stone to the next. During Kutcher’s speech the question is raised, “What knowledge can be gained from this message?”
The Mark Twain Prize for humor is awarded by the John F. Kennedy Center for performing Arts every year since 1998. This award is given to leading actor/comedian in the American industry. In 2011 Will Ferrell received the Mark Twain Comedy award. This is an analysis of the speech acceptance speech that he gave.
seemed to enjoy the speech. Homer Hickam mostly talked about his book Rocket Boys from
Born the son of a sharecropper, John Lewis saw segregation first hand while attending segregated public schools. While growing up in Pike County, Alabama, he was inspired by Civil Rights activists like Martin Luther King Jr. ultimately influencing him to join the Civil Rights Movement. As a young man he began to volunteer for Freedom Rides which was a movement by Civil Rights activists who protested segregation at interstate bus terminals. Lewis was one of the few individuals to launch the Freedom rides. Here, Lewis was beaten severely by angry mobs for sitting in seats saved for white riders. In this quote from John Lewis, he shares his fears in sacrificing his life for his work; “I thought I was going to die a few times.
The speech delivered by Dr. Randy Pausch is a powerful and influential public speaking, including various communication components that we should pay attention to and learn when we present our speeches. This lecture is divided into three parts: My childhood dreams, enabling the dreams of others and lessons learned. Dr. Randy Pausch told his audience what he believed and valued with his proper body languages, effective and efficient delivery and interesting and attractive visual aids. From this speech, it can be told that the speaker’s strengths and effectiveness from the lecture, which can reflect my problems as a communicator and a public speaker
While analyzing the speech, I notice how he isn’t shaky from nervousness or his voice’s pitch getting higher which makes him confident, is already prepared of what he wants to talk about, and therefore does not cause any distractions towards the audience. His voice tone is at his natural state as I assume as it calm, not quick to rush words out, and engages the audience by not bringing
Her slow yet concise way of speaking, coupled with easy to follow transitions allowed for a speech that was enjoyable to listen to. Her use of examples from her personal life allowed her audience to get a picture of who she was if they did not know, and allowed her to better relate to them by provided examples of how she is related to the college they are graduating from. Her reference to many modern political problems allowed her to bring up her important role as an activist and facilitated further understanding from the audience. While some areas of her speech were weak, such as the longer than needed pauses and her lack of consistent eye contact, to a few points where she didn’t speak clearly enough, the overall picture that was her speech was fairly strong. Looking at this speech, I hope to incorporate some aspects that I failed to include in my previous speeches. Some of these include her use of hand gestures to emphasize and exaggerate certain phrases and topics, and her combined use of appeals. While my initial thoughts going in were “This is boring” and “This is too slow”, it evolved into me wanting to hear more, and overall my defeat in the beginning turned into a victory at the
The idea of Freedom can be seen in Collection 2 in the textbook. Freedom can be seen in the speech “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. in the ideas/rights he introduces to his country. Freedom, or the lack of it, is in of the graphic novel “of from Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi when citizens rights to dress are limited. Lastly, in the short story “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela lacks freedom when the government’s safety rule is to proofread all letter that go through the system to avoid their secrets being revealed or gossip about them.
The delivery of my speech portrays a sense of calmness and seriousness. I used this style of speaking to show the importance of my subject, lack of organ donors. Throughout the presentation I used note cards as a guide and frequently made eye contact with my audience. When giving facts that I felt were important I made sure to look at the camera to show there significance. I also added my input into some of the facts to try and convince my listeners to become organ donors
Lucas devotes a section of chapter one to talking about the history of public speaking stating that every culture has some word equivalent of the word speaker. Lucas then goes on to tell the similarities and differences between public speaking and conversation. Stephan Lucas then goes on to explains in this chapter that nervousness and stage fright are among the leading causes for the fear of public speaking. But he then assures us that nervousness is normal, and a welcomed part of speech giving. Lucas proves his point by saying, “If you feel nervous about giving a speech, you are in very good company. Some of the greatest public speakers in history have suffered from stage fright, including Abraham Lincoln, Margaret Sanger, and Winston Churchill” (Lucas, 2012 pg. 9). Lucas says that you should not run from your nervousness, but instead try to turn it into a positive nervousness. Lucas then goes on to give six ways to turn the negative nervousness into positive nervousness. They are acquiring speaking experience, preparation, positive thinking, visualization, realizing you’re nervousness isn’t visible and not expecting perfection. Now that Lucas has touched on the history, fears, and possible rewards of public
My public speaking class has already enhanced my knowledge and my ability to give speeches greatly. I know that with time and experience in public speaking, I will become a more skilled and professional public speaker. I will be sharing my first thoughts about my public speaking class, my strengths and weaknesses as a speaker, the speech I am most proud of so far, the speech that was the most difficult so far, and areas I know I need to improve on in order to be a skilled public speaker. Although I have had previous engagements with public speaking in high and middle school, none can be compared to the nervousness I felt about speaking in college level classes.
This speech did not make me nervous nor did it stress me out. I felt comfortable talking about color blindness because I had a good understanding of what it was, making it super easy to talk about. The informative speech stuck out in my mind because it was one of the speeches that I made really good eye contact, and I felt like I was saying very useful information unlike many of my other speeches. I am so glad we did an informative speech because it help me gain more confidence in my speaking abilities. I remember during the speech, I looked at the crowd and I actually saw them being attentive, and seeing my classmates like that made me feel like I was presenting my speech very well while being
Your chest is tight and you feel like you’re on fire. Your chest is tight ant you’re burning up. The flash cards in your hands are crumpled from you squeezing them obsessively. You look up and see dozens of eyes staring at you, waiting expectantly. Taking a deep breath, you stumble through the speech. When it’s finally over, you practically run back to your seat, cheeks flaming bright red. You slump down, already dreading the next time you’ll have to deal with your upmost fear: public speaking.
Some of these include noting whether the speaker could or could not successfully provide credible evidence for their claims, maintain eye contact with the audience, and adapt the speech and delivery appropriately for the audience. These are just very few of the many aspects that are meticulously taken into consideration during the process of grading an oral presentation. Since the concept of grading a speech has been explained, it is now appropriate to grade a
In public speaking I learned many types of concepts, theories and terms of communication. In concepts of publicly speaking there’s, relaxation, practice, credibility, attention getters, attire, organization, volume, emotion, audience relation, and movement. In my first speech, “The any old bag speech” I quickly learned the do’s, don’ts and concepts of my speech performance.