Saturday, May 12, 2012
Discussion Question 3
What I am going to take away form this class is probably going to be the
skills I have learned in preparing a proper speech. In the years that I worked
for Wells Fargo I had spoken in front of an audience many, many times. However,
in those speaking events I had notes on what I was going to say, but did not
realize there are so many ways I could have made each one of those speaking
events more impactful for the audience. Just in an introduction there are so
many crucial steps a speaker must follow to insure he is successful. For
example, using an attention getter is crucial. This step is what is going to
capture the attention of the audience. Without capturing the audience’s
attention, the speaker might as well be speaking to a wall. Next, establishing credibility, this
step lets the audience know that you are an authority on the topic. Which again
is crucial in capturing your audience’s attention.
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I have also learned that the proper prep makes for a good grade. If you don't have a good structure set up then you don't have the means to do a good job. The outlines in this class helped me to not only set up the proper foundation for a speech but to also help in figuring out what direction I wanted the speech to go. If you have a boring introduction or opener, you can just plan on having a bored audience throughout your speech. That's the last thing you want as a speaker. You want to be memorable so that your point gets across in the best possible way.
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