The main topic of my speech was why the audience should volunteer. In the introduction of my speech, I linked my topic to the audience by explaining that at some point, each and every audience member had been exposed to community service. Whether they had completed in the past, they have a service requirement within clubs at JMU, or they have simply read the e-mails from Jared Diener discussing various volunteer opportunities within the honors college. Then, I discussed the problem of high poverty rates in the Harrisonburg community. This relates the topic even further to my audience because for a majority of the next four years, Harrisonburg will be their home and their community. Finally, toward the end of my speech, I provided various ways …show more content…
I first used Google Scholar to find articles or websites about the poverty situation in Harrisonburg and volunteer opportunities within the Harrisonburg community. In my speech, I cited the 2015 United States Census (which I also used to create my visual aid), Kara Krantz’s Honors Thesis from May 2016, The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, and Volunteermatch.org. Instead of solely gathering information about organizations from Volunteermatch.org, I wish that I used Volunteermatch.org as a means of finding a list of organizations, but then went to those organizations’ home websites to find further information about them. In order to obtain substantial information on how volunteering benefits both the community and the individual providing service, I searched through JMU Library’s database to find academic journals on the subject. In my speech, I cited the 2011 study by Marion Eppler published in the Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and the 2013 study by Ausra Repeckiene published in the Social Research Journal. I felt that I incorporated research well throughout my speech to meet the requirement of at least seven sources, without bogging my speech down with unnecessary facts or …show more content…
I used a quote about service by Dorothy Height as my hook. Looking back, I do not believe this was the most effective hook possible. I think quotes are more effective when the audience knows the author of the quote, but I doubt that everyone in the audience knew who Dorothy Height was. I thought the message of her quote tied well with my speech though, which is why I chose to use it. I linked the speech to the audience by saying that everyone has been exposed to community service in the past, whether they have completed it themselves or at the very least, read the e-mails from Jared Diener about various volunteer opportunities within the Honors College. To show my credibility on the subject, I mentioned that I completed nearly 100 hours of community service in High School by doing mission trips over my spring breaks. In addition, I mentioned that my love for service lead me to further research on the topic, which increased my credibility as well. Lastly, I previewed my points of the speech by mentioning that we would discuss first, the poverty situation of Harrisonburg, second, how volunteering benefits both the community and the individual providing service and third, how the audience can take action and volunteer in
Growing up, my parents and other influential figures around me modelled the importance of community service through their continual volunteer work and dedication to improving the world around them. Whether it be participation in a well-attended project or persistent contribution to a helpful organization, those aforementioned individuals were formative in guiding me towards a path filled with opportunities for having an impact on my community.
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
Atlanta Compromise - The Atlanta Compromise was a speech delivered by Booker T. Washington in 1895, on the topic that both Blacks and Whites both need to come to the realization that they both needed each other and need to act in a manner that allows them to peacefully and equally live together. The message from Washington mainly targeted both black and white southerners. Washington believed that blacks in the south should be satisfied with their current situation and that their continued hard work would eventually lead to increasing respect from whites in the south.
The outside speaker that I saw took place on Monday November eleventh two thousand and thirteen, in the Saint Ignatius Science Center room one hundred and fifteen. The speaker of this presentation was Tom McDonnell elected CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Throughout McDonnell’s speech he talked about his experience attending Rockhurst University when it was an all boys school and his life after he graduated form Rockhurst and started his career. I thought that the speech was very well organized because I would assume that he made very good valid points, and when I say assume, I will elaborate on that more later on in my paper. It seemed that there was a clear introduction and body, but I was kind of surprised with the conclusion because he seemed to have just ended his speech. Or it might have been that his conclusion was so long that I just assumed to be part of the body.
Audience: I wish for my audience to play the student card. I will be throwing in a lot of facts during my speech, which should help persuade them into donating blood.
Imagine living during the 1960’s when the nation was divided by segregation. The only way to express your ideas, beliefs, and thoughts during that time was through words. Famous Civil Rights activists such as, Dr.Martin Luther King Jr., inspired many with his wise words and empowering speeches. Times when many felt unheard or invisible, words were there as tranquilness and an ataraxia. Words have the power to provoke, calm, or inspire by motivating others to take action in what they believe in.
For the informative speech I chose to inform my audience about Muncie Indiana. I did this topic to get the attention of ball state students, and make them realize what an awesome place Muncie Indiana really is. I informed them on the history of Muncie to hopefully encourage them to get more involved in the community outside of classes. I feel that the students learned a lot about Muncie they would have never known. I do believe could have done a better job at making in more intriguing and kept their attention all the way through my speech. If I would have done this better I would have been able to sale the idea getting more involved with the city that brought thousands of students their college education.
The presentation of this speech improved greatly from my informative speech regarding the benefits of exercise. When presenting my first speech I used no emotion in my voice and read most of it from a script. I also spoke quickly, which made my speech
Martin Luther king uses is pathos. I believe this is the greatest appeal one can use because it really hits you hard when you’re feeling get involved. He uses pathos in his letter in many different occasions. He states that when he has to tell his daughter that she cannot got the park and play, because of the things that were going on at the time. And that why they couldn’t do certain things because of what color skin they were. Imagine having to tell your daughter that now a days. They went through a tough time. It makes us all feel bad and guilty even though we were not even born at the time. That was a great form of pathos that Martin Luther King used in his
These lessons can be applied to any public speaker. Even if you can’t pick where your speech is, you should try your best to make a part of your speech match the room, city, or state that you are in. This allows you to better connect with your audience. Furthermore, as for connecting with your audience, Reagan’s use of Pathos remains
Introduction This research is intended to analyze the transcript of a child’s speech. The target child is a female named Majorie, who is 2 years and 3 months old. The transcript is from The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. The linguistic aspects that will be examined are the phonological processes of the child, including speech errors, syllable shapes, and her phonetic inventory consisting of manner and place of articulation.
The influential power behind words is often forgotten or misused, but when put together in a harmonious way one’s words have the power to change the world. Anywhere from ancient Roman times to modern day America, public speaking has been an art form many have mastered and used for persuasive purposes. The most successful and effective of speeches often times have clear indications of the speaker’s motivation, approach, and purpose. These themes are very blatantly portrayed in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, as well as the famous speech of the great Martin Luther King Jr.
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.
I have also learned about different types of audiences and speeches including persuasive, informative, entertaining and delivering special occasion speeches. It came to my attention that whenever I was making these presentations or speeches, I needed to do so with confidence, consistence and practice before the actual presentation and completely eliminate the element of panic. It was also clear that capturing the attention of the audience and engaging them in the whole process, it was necessary to have a very strong introduction and also try and use visuals to deliver the message. It was therefore vital to respect each person’s diversity and cultural values (Lucas, 2011).
At first I thought I would never make it to be a motivational speaker. However, this class has really altered the perception and understanding about me as a public speaker. It has enabled me discover the potential I had in this field. At the commencement of my classes in public speaking, I thought I would be a boring public speaker, less convincing, less persuasive and would freak out if asked to offer an impromptu speech. But it has come to my light that in fact this is the field where I would want to pursue my career in, it is the field that my dream lies in. I realized that I could make excellent speeches, entertain my audience and always keep them eager to expect my next words.