Presentation 3
The third presentation was the most difficult of the all three. The presentation supposed to be a 10 minutes persuasive speech with a Power Point visuals and printed Speech Outline. The topic again was meant to refer to our field of study and it was extremely difficult to find. We were not allowed to discuss anything controversial, thus any of arguable and exciting ideas were out of reach.
Subject of the presentation
I find most of the issues in psychology which interest me quite controversial, as they refer to our mental health, our subjective well-being, or discuss topic which are not the subject of the public discussion. As a psychologist, and in accordance with an ethics code, I am obliged not to be judgemental in any
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Although, I did know from my very own experience that the perception of psychologists in society is rather negative I could not base my reasoning on my personal feelings only. To my surprise I found a lot of studies showing that my concerns and point of view were not alienated from others' opinion. In my presentation I referred not only to the surveys quoted by media (Guardian, BBC, Huffington Post, etc), but also to institutional and academic research. I feel I was well prepared and that my presentation was designed and delivered efficiently. After necessary research and reading I structured the plan of my presentation and arguments supporting my thesis (that stigmatizing of mental illness shall be stopped). I prepared the written content, but also spend an additional time to design my presentation in a visually attractive way. I replaced the plain text with some pictures, graphs and tables. I felt well prepared and I was satisfied with my …show more content…
As I mentioned earlier, I am not a huge fan of electronic means of communication and I prefer the direct interactions. Despite this difficulty, I found it well prepared and structured. It gives a brief insight in communication and basic information about public speaking and delivering the information to the audience. It is unfortunate however, that the course on public speaking do not learn the students any skills on how to train your focus, your attention, how to raise and control your voice, how to deal with the stress, how to break through our own personal barriers which interfere with the successful delivery of the presentation. I do not feel that I need much more work to be at least good in doing my presentations, but there were students left on their own with some issues which were not addressed. Assessing presentation skills without really learning them seems to be a little bit unfair. At least to the students which has more problems with memory, language, or public appearances. I believe that it could be helpful to them if they would attend a regular course, and had more contact with the class and the lecturer. Additional rehearsing and training also could be useful. In general however, the course was good and served its goal. It introduced the basics of public speaking and presented some
I have improved most in the WOVE area of visual communication this semester. Beginning the course, I did not know the correct way to create a powerpoint presentation that supports the speaker without being a distraction. This semester, I learned that only minimal wording is required on the slides to deliver the main points. The majority of the slideshow can be pictures, charts, or graphs, so long as it remains relevant to the topic. I specifically remember using this new technique for my part of the visual analysis presentation, keeping my bullet points to under five words, if possible.
However, I did notice that there were a few faults in the presentation, one being a fault that I personally consider may have negatively impacted our presentation. It seems to me that I was not able to deliver the presentation to the best of my ability as I had let my nerves get the best of me when talking to the staff. The reason for this was that I was not comfortable with taking on the speaking role that I was given and that there were last minute changes made to my slides right before presenting. Bruner, (1996) stated that the learning process for staff relies on the “meaningful dialogue” that is presented by the presenters. In this case, I think that my speech was not strong enough to grab the audience’s attention, thus not being able to portray my message about what an Ofsted inspection is and what the results from an Ofsted inspection mean. Nevertheless, although I was not able to present to the quality that I had wished, the feedback received was reassuring that I had not done terribly bad. I was able to see myself grow as a presenter as I noticed that my
Therapy Analysis The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficacy of my work as a co-therapist during the fifth session with the simulated couple Katy and Michelle. I will discuss our therapy agenda and the goals we hope to attain during the session. It is prudent to begin by giving a brief outline of the couple’s present problem and the patterns of dysfunction that I have identified within their relationship. In my opinion, it is the therapist’s job to recognize patterns and behaviors that disrupt the intimate bond between the partners.
Over the course of this class I have pieced together many things about my own life that before went unnoticed. I am now able to see things in a bit of a different light. Now that I have been introduced to the realm of psychology I understand some of the reasons for behavior around me. I have learned that there is a reason for most everything and a lot of our behaviors and mental processes can be explained through psychology. Studies have been conducted for many years to try and pinpoint the source of our behavior and it is not something that most people think about every day. Having a better understanding of why we operate the way we do will help me to better understand myself and the others around me.
Over the recent four months in Communication 1402 class, I have addressed three formal speechs and completed a number of chapters in the corresponding textbook “Communication Works”. This course of Communication aims to provide general information what public speaking is and how to address a public speaking. Recalling back the experience during the processes of completing the Speech to Imform, Speech to Persuade, and Group Presentation, I will draw a conclusion about this course and these three presentations in five aspects, comprising my previous perception of public speaking before this course; learning from the Speech to Inform; the goal and evaluation of Speech to Persuade; learning from the Group Presentation; the most important thing learned from this course.
Slife, B., Ed. (1998). Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Psychological Issues, 10th ed. (pp.329-350). Gui
She started with Aristotle who had a three-act structure, a beginning, a middle, and an end. Then she studied hero archetypes and she found the flaw in presentations that is the presenter is the star of the show while, in fact, the audience is the hero of the idea. Also, she studied Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey, she found that the role of a presenter is to be a mentor who helps the audience move from their old beliefs to his/her new idea. And by studying Gustav Freytag’s pyramid who had a five-act structure, which has an exposition, a rising action, a climax, a falling action, and a denouement. After doing her study she drew a shape, the shape of a great presentation. Nancy Duarte examined this shape by overlaying it over two great communicator’s talks: Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and Steve Jobs’ 2007 iPhone launch speech, and it worked. So, she uses this shape as an analysis tool to transcribe speeches. And according to this shape, any presentation begins with real situation “what is” and it is compared with the presenter’s idea “what could be” and the middle goes back and forth to draw the audience towards the idea especially who are resisting
Having students teach each other is a way to promote a deeper learning of the content. Teaching to others promotes independence and confidence. This activity also improves the student’s public speaking skills. It also is a good stepping stone to the necessary presentations and performance assessments. Performing for an audience that will actually provide feedback is a new concept for most. This is an area that will need plenty of positive reinforcement and skill development. Doyle provides performance assessment options and a guide for building a rubric to aid in the development of this
They pack a lot information from a large group in to a very short period of time. There is so much work and preparation that goes in to a project that felt a little like a review, meaning I do not think we presented the class with anything new but applied nursing knowledge to Peters story. In our presentation I feel that there where a few key point that were made clearly: the palliative approach to heart failure and discharge planning after an acute exacerbation of heart failure. I loved the discharge video we made for our presentation. Thinking back on the video we made and class we had on heart failure when Tammy Mclean visited, and I think an effective way to engage our class would have been to live act our SBL or even create a video and pause it every now and then to engage the class ask questions and allow questions to be asked. Over all I feel we did the best we could, talking fast and not engaging our audience as much as we could so we could show our video. Based on the peer feed back forms the audience loved the video and were very supportive of our presentation
When Marjorie started the presentation she posted the objectives on the screen which I think is a great way to start off the presentation. It is a great way to give the audience something to evaluate once the presentation has been concluded. After the objectives were given we took a deeper dive into the “meat and Potatoes” of the presentation. We were given the basics on how to resolve conflict for each personality type. Not only did we go into each personality type but we also went into the sub categories of those personalities. This was a great way to keep in organized and concise. There were a couple of things that didn’t go well during the presentation. Firstly, I work in a call center for the bank so it is very hard to stop in the middle of speaking to customers to go into a meeting. Since Marjorie has given multiple presentations at this call center before I thought that the documents would be in a more accessible location especially for the late comers. Instead these documents were placed on a table right behind her (the speaker) and in the way of the PowerPoint. This was a big distraction to both the audience and the
The reason that I chose topic was that I had this issue with my family for long time. I saw good opportunity to express myself to other people and for the first time I speak about it with someone outside the family. As I said on my presentation I always had problem to communicate with my family (grandparents, uncle and aunt). One of the reason that I took this class instated of public speaking was the problem that I’m having. That was last time that I doubt myself. I thought I was the problem and maybe I need to learn how to speak with other people. But after the first few weeks I found out that I’m not the problem but they are. I’m not having any doubt about myself anymore and I’m much more confident now compare to before. It was hard for
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).
Throughout this course I have learned a lot about psychology. I will talk about how it affected me personally, socially, organizationally/societal, and the lasting impact it had in my life.
Competency in oral communication has always been the skill that both school and university students aim to possess, particularly in present days where jobs in many fields, especially in business, require professional and collaborative communication skills which include presentation skills(Shaws, 2015). Soureshjani & Ghanbari(2012) stated that oral presentation can help students to gain public communication skills, thus, according to King(n.d.), many EFL teachers use oral presentation as a way to develop the students’ ability to communicate orally and to assess students’ ability in communication, as well(Al-Nouh, N. A., Abdul-Kareem, M. M., & Taqi, H. A. , 2015).
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.