Post 3 November 30, 2012

What are you going to take from this class that will be helpful to you in future endeavors?

I have learned so much from this class. I still am not the best at public speaking, but now I know the secret weapon to make my speech very interesting and how to reach the goal of my speech. This class has taught me to confident in my speaking ability, and as long as I share with something what I think, I should not worry what others think. I am still nervous before every speech but I feel so much more comfortable now, because I obtained different skills to attract attention of the audience and I really happy to realize that I have all knowledge for my next speeches. I will definitely keep my public speaking book at home as my direction and instruction for preparation my future speeches, because I understand  that I have to review this wonderful book again and again and sharp my skills. I think that this class was only the beginning of our education in this area and it's a good base for continuing developing our ability and quality of speaking. The book was really easy to read, and it was full of a lot of useful information. This class was my first class in the Sierra College, and it has made me so much more confident in my speaking abilities. The teacher was awesome and she helped me to see my weaknesses, and I will work on my time during the speech.    

Post 2 November 28

Which speech was your favorite and why?

My favorite speech was a tribute speech because I got A for this speech))) But if to be serious I like this type of speech because it is a good opportunity to honor somebody for something they've done, for who they are, for they've been in life. Such people who worthy of praise don't like to show off and cry out to everyone about their achievements but they need to hear that somebody sees their work, their passion and they are very useful for community. Through the speech of tribute I am able to give credit, respect, admiration or inspiration to a person who has accomplished something significant, lives in a way that deserves to be praised. If you don't have any opportunity to practice your public speech with tribute speech it's more easier because there are a lot of different events where everybody can practice their speech such as: weddings, anniversaries, retirements, even family birthday parties. I like a tribute speech because it's easy to be simple, to be oneself. The rules for giving an effective speech of tribute are flexible. You can give a tribute speech in different way, for example it can be written in manuscript form and read to the audience or it can be presented contemporaneously. We can sharp our skillfulness through the tribute speech.

Post 1 November 26

What concept or concepts from the class do you thing were the most helpful in preparing your speeches?

       I've read all chapters of the book and I think one concept about developing my purpose and topic from the class was the most helpful in preparing my speeches. When I talk with other people I usually have a goal, or purpose, in mind. We can try to make them understand an idea we have or to influence their opinion about a subject or motivate them to do something. I understand that having a well-defined purpose is especially important in pubic speaking. And four  key steps make up the early part of speech preparation is very helpful:

- first, you determine your general purpose.

- second, you evaluate and select your speech topic.

- third, you combine your general purpose and topic to identify your specific purpose.

- fourth, you phrase the thesis of your speech as you develop your topic. 

We have to define the general purpose of our speech. The general purpose refers to our overall goal and answers the questions, "what do I want my speech to do?". I have never thought about types of speech, but the general purpose of the speech typically corresponds to one of the most common types of speeches: informative, persuasive, or entertaining. When I understand what type of speech is mine I can make up my speech faster and easier. Keeping the general purpose in mind I can develop my speech.

Post 3 Chapter 15,16

Speech Buddy: Review the following Interactive Videos, 15.1, "Schooling: Pro" and "Schooling: Con" on the Interactive Video Website. Respond to the ideas in the videos. What did you learn that could be helpful in your speech? What types of appeals were used? How did the speaker connect with the audience?

       In Schooling: Pro, the speaker gives a persuasive speech about the pros of home schooling. She connects with her audience by starting with a narrative which appealed to our emotions, specifically, our need for safety. She established her credibility by stating that she had done extensive research, then she used a problem/solution method to persuade: the public system is failing, home schooling is the solution. Her three main points were that homeschooling avoids the violence of public schools, which again appeals to our need for safety; the flexibility of homeschooling; and how homeschooling builds strong family relations—the last two points appeal to our self-actualization needs. 

       I understand her point, but I think her emphasis that public schools aren't safe was a little over the top. Violence also happens in post offices and shopping malls! It did not seem like a validated argument—no statistics given to support the claim! 

       I like her acknowledgement of the opposition’s points, this is something I would like to use in my speech. She summarized with a review of her points and was really a good speaker. 

       In Schooling: con, I agree that I don’t feel like I would be qualified to teach my kids everything they need to know in every subject. Personally I don't have any experience in home school education and I know that my parent couldn't provide me enough time for my education, but I'm thankful to my parents that they have tracked the quality of my education, how I did my homework and how much time I've spent doing my homework. 

       Personally I'm for the school education, children have to do their homework at home. I don't know what will be in future, maybe I will change my mind because my kids are too small. But I think the best way to find the scholarship for education and enroll kids to the private christian school.

Post 2 Chapter 15, 16

Reflect on a recent discussion you've had in which you tried to persuade others to accept your point of view. What types of reasoning did you use? How well did your reasoning work?

Recently I have had discussion on the topic how cartoons effect children and my relatives wanted to impose me their point of view.

I have a firm position in this issues and I think I have used causal reasoning. I tries to use the causal reasoning in four ways: to explain why something happened, to identify who's responsible for something, to determine whether people can control an event, and to predict what might occur in the future. In all of these cases, I wanted to show the cause of something. We have argued that one action or event resulted in another. For example in the cartoon "Monsters vs. Aliens  children see funny captivated images of the characters but at night time in the dream they can cry because they can see these cartoon's image. We don't know how it works but our subconscious folds everything and after this we have different phobias.   

We can predict a future of these children. If they watch crucial or stupid cartoons without any sense they it can effect their view of life or make an influence on their character.

When I use causal reasoning, I think carefully about what the true causes of an event or action are. For example, does violence in cartoons cause children to disobey their parents? I'm not sure how well my reasoning worked because we are left with our opinions but I wasn't satisfied. I know that I can not prove anything but I feel like I was right. I think the time will show us who was right.  

Post 1 Chapter 15,16

Pick one concept from the reading this week and discuss it in detail.

I want to write about tribute speech from the chapter 16. 

What exactly is a Tribute Speech? 

Let's start be considering exactly what is a Tribute speech. A Tribute speech is written to provide interesting and useful information an expression of esteem, to show thanks or respect to a person or a group of people and increase the knowledge of your audience on the subject. The subject may be historical or modern, famous or unknown, dead or alive. The phrase "to pay tribute" often means "to praise or laud" and this type of speech should be written to create and encourage a deep sense of admiration and respect for the subject.

The Main Elements to Writing a Tribute Speech
The main elements to writing a successful and effective Tribute speech are to convey a sense of admiration and respect for the subject :
1. Knowledge of the subject - Establish credibility by demonstrating knowledge of the subject and conveying information and reasons as to why your subject is praiseworthy
2. Accomplishments of the subject - Make it clear what the subject has accomplished and the difference that the subject has made to others
3. Key Points - Repeat all the Key points and build interest by conveying the tribute with enthusiasm and including unusual facts, quotes or anecdotes about the subject
4. Conveying admiration and respect - Your objective is to ensure that at the end of your Tribute speech that your audience believes that the subject is praiseworthy
The Structure and Outline of a Tribute Speech
1. Your Opener - the opening, ice-breaker or attention grabber
2. Introduction - Tell them about who the the subject of your speech is and why you have chosen them
3. Knowledge - convey information and reasons as to why your subject is praiseworthy
4. Accomplishments - Make it clear what the subject has accomplished and the difference that the subject has made to others
5. Confirmation & Significance - Confirm and repeat the key points emphasizing the significance of the accomplishments
6. Conclusion - Try to end with a memorable punch line or positive statement as to why the subject is praiseworthy

Post 3 Chapter 14

     How are you immersed in a sea of persuasion? Give some examples of persuasive messages you've received in interpersonal, public speaking, and mass media contexts. What can you do to become a more critical consumer or persuasive messages? 

   

     Every day we encounter with people, mass media, news, movies who are trying to persuade us and change our point of view. In the church we can listen to the preaches about God and relationship with Him according with the Bible and we have to check the information based on the Holy Bible, not on the experience of someone. We have to be very careful because it touches our soul and spiritual life. Same thing with mass media we are surrounded by the different commercial and news who tries to influence on our mind or scary us and we want to buy something what will relieve the pain or satisfy our needs. We have to know what we really need and what is only the way of their approach of our consciousness  We like when we listen to people who is talking about liberty, safety for our children and offer different programs and we are ready to listen to this people and react as they want us to do it. I believe to become a critical consumer or persuasive messages we have to be aware about everything, to find our point of view and stand up for our opinion. Nobody has to impose me their reasoning and type of thinking. If this touch of my family I want to know what is good and bad for my family because I' m the cleaner of information and I have to separate clean from unclean because I'm responsible for this. And this world will definitely do everything to impose their system of values, they want me to enslave in their model of behavior and thinking. 

Post 2 Chapter 14

Discuss Monroe's Motivated Sequence and the Problem/Solution organizational pattern in detail. Explain which organizational pattern you would prefer to use for the final speech in this course. (This may take a google search of the terms: "Monroe's Motivated Sequence", and "Problem Solution Pattern" in order to better understand each organizational pattern.)

          The Monroe’s Motivated Sequence (MMS) motivate your audience to respond to your speech the way you want them to, you organize your speech in such a way  that you lead your audience through a five-step thought process that encourages them to agree with you and take action. When you use this organizational pattern, you focus clearly on what you want the audience to think and do every step of the way throughout your speech.
          The sequence contains five distinct steps:
(1) Attention (get the attention of your audience),
(2) Need (describe the problem, demonstrate a need for change),
(3) Satisfaction (present a practical, and concise solution),
(4) Visualization (allow your audience to picture the results),
(5) Action (request immediate action from your audience).
          In contrast, the Problem Solution Pattern does not necessarily utilize visualization and emphasis on how action can be taken to actually help the solution come true (as in the MMS) but using this pattern successfully requires clearly establishing the problem's existence. Once the audience is convinced the problem exists, they will listen to your suggested solution, which must also seem reasonable.
         I like both patterns, but for my persuasive speech about global warmth I'd like to use problem-solution pattern of organization. I think it fits easily with my topic because it is a big problem and I have to propose a solution. This organizational pattern is pretty simple, problem-solution. Maybe this organization pattern would be easy to organize. Closely related to the problem-solution pattern of organization is the Monroe Motivated Sequence. Alan Monroe developed this sequence in the 1930s as a way to organize sales presentations. This sequence is widely seen in television and radio advertisement today. 

Post 1 Chapter 14

What can we do if our audience is apathetic to the speech?
In problem-solution you argue that there is a problem...you explain it...give proof to it! You must show a need. Who is involved, how widespread is it? How long has it existed, where, when, etc. Give details to prove it. Not only that, show us how WE are involved in the problem...adapt to the audience to help us see that we are connected to the issue. If you can not find any way in which we are connected...then you have not narrowed the topic effectively and have not adapted to the audience in a meaningful way.
        Next, give us a specific way to solve the problem. Here you will show the plan and the practicality. You will need to be specific. NEVER just say "we need to educate ourselves" or "pass a law" without mentioning any specifics!!! Give proof that your solution will work. Be specific, better yet, find and cite a model solution. Where have they passed such a law. HOW CAN WE BE INVOLVED???
        A problem-solution pattern divides information into two main sections, one that describes a problem and one that describes a solution. This pattern is typically used in persuasive writing, where the writer's general purpose is to convince the reader to support a certain course of action. The pattern is designed to compel the reader to make some kind of change in opinion or behavior by establishing that a problem exists, then providing a solution. In the problem section, the writer identifies different aspects of the problem being discussed and offers evidence of these problems. In the solution section, the writer identifies a potential solution and supports the effectiveness of this solution over others.
        

Post 3 Chapter 10,12

While watching the speech buddy videos, I learned a good new things, at the same times some things that they talked about I already knew. I want to practice my speech and it's good to use inclusive language and to choose words that don't privilege one group over another. Noninclusive language promotes discrimination and stereotyping, even if the speaker's word choices are unintentional. During your speech we can try to spark our audience’s imagination by telling a story, other words we can send invitations to imagine and humor. Invitations to imagine ask listeners to create a scene or situation in their minds. Humor is a very important part of speaking, but don’t overuse it.
Be sure to balance your facial expressions.
Practicing your speech is a great tool to help decrease anxiety the day of presenting.
Chapter 10 was about audience centered language. Language geared toward our audience helps us get message across in a way that resonates with them. Your success as a speaker depends in part on using words that appeal to your audience. Put the language in context. We have to show why do we use these words for this topic and connect our topic with the real meaning of the words.

Delivering the speech like in the video we have to pay attention to our volume and tone of voice. I have the problem sometimes I may use verbal fillers without providing any information, but I don't want to hurt my credibility and I have to tell my speech using vocal variety to evoke emotions in the audience.

Post 2 Chapter 10,12

Read the discussion on Flickr regarding sexist language at:http://www.flickr.com/groups/flickrideas/discuss/72157603414562419/     How do you respond to their comments in light of what your textbook says?

Public speakers are more effective when they avoid sexist language.

A. Avoiding sexist language is a matter of accuracy in public speaking. 1. In today’s world, most gender stereotypes are outdates and incorrect.

2. Being accurate in such matters is just as important as being accurate in other aspects of language.

B. Avoiding sexist language is also vital to audience adaptation.

1. Almost every audience a speaker addresses will include people-men and women alike-who are offended by sexist language.

2. In this respect, as in others, an effective speaker will adjust to the values and expectations of the audience.

C. There are four nonsexist usages that have become so widely accepted that no aspiring speaker can afford to ignore them.

1. The first usage is to avoid the generic “he.”

2. The second usage is to avoid “man” when referring to both men and women.

3. The third usage is to avoid stereotyping jobs and social roles by gender.

4. The fourth usage is to avoid unnecessary or patronizing gender labels.

The You Attitude means avoiding language that discriminates because 

of gender, age, disability, ethnicity/race, and sexual orientation 

We can also avoid biased language that pigeon-holes people for other things besides culture that they don't necessarily have control over, including gender, race, religion, handicaps, and age. 

Can you see the bias in these sentences? 

‰ Any applicant for the position of fireman must submit a medical report signed by his physician. 

‰ Let's try harder to meet our older customers' demands for personalized service. 

‰ Despite her cerebral palsy, Cheryl Kama was promoted to office manager. 

The biggest problem with these sentences is that they focus on something that really has nothing to do with a person's ability to do a job successfully. Here are the sentences, corrected and explained: 

‰ Any applicant Applicants for the position of fireman firefighter must submit a medical report signed by his their physician physicians 

Using the degendered term "firefighter" for the old-fashioned "fireman" and 

eliminating the sexist "he" pronoun by casting the subject "applicant" into the 

plural eliminate the maleness of this sentence. 

‰ Let's try harder to meet our older customers' demands for personalized service. 

The word "older" implies that these customers are somehow more 

unreasonable, and that's certainly not true. After all, don't ALL customers 

deserve better service? 

‰ Despite her cerebral palsy, Cheryl Kama was promoted to office manager. 

Focusing on Ms. Kama's physical challenges diminishes the dedication and 

intelligence she must've put into the job to be worthy of her promotion. 

I found very interesting article about it, you can check the next website:http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/hurley/modules/mod5/5_docs/bias.pdf

Post 1 chapters 10,12

Managing your voice during your speech.
Public speaking is at the top of many people’s lists of most feared activities. When you are nervous, your voice may begin to quaver or crack. You might begin to mumble, cough or even stutter. The voice is a powerful tool that, when used correctly, can be convincing and motivate others to action. Learning to control your voice even when nervous can greatly enhance your success.
1. Modulate the volume. Stage actors use a technique called projecting the voice, in which the voice is drawn from deep within the diaphragm rather than higher in the throat. Projecting allows you to add volume without screaming or sounding raspy. If you have a microphone, test the volume setting well in advance.
2. Work on tonal quality and pitch. Some people have naturally high-pitched voices that can be grating at high volume. A naturally low-pitched voice can echo and be difficult to understand. Some people speak nasally. Record your voice and listen to the playback. Determine what features bother you and which you particularly like. Consciously shift your voice to address any issues.
3. Practice enunciating each word. Most people mumble from time to time. When first practicing your speech, pointedly overemphasize each syllable. As you get used to enunciating, drop the level of emphasis down to sound clear but not over-exaggerated.
4. Pace your speech. In casual conversation, the vocal tones ebb and flow. Our speech becomes more rapid when we are excited about a point. It slows down when we are processing new information. Read casually through your speech and note the changes in tone and speed. Strive to recreate that natural pacing when delivering your presentation.
5. Pay attention to your audience. Some ineffective presenters rush on stage, deliver the speech and rush out again without ever acknowledging that the audience exists. Instead, make eye contact, nod and smile at individuals within the group. Look for cues that the audience is getting restless, such as paper shuffling or yawns. Pause for laughter. An effective presenter adapts on the fly to audience cues.
6. Learn your subject matter. Rather than memorizing a speech, focus on internalizing the message. Use cue cards to jog your memory, if needed, but strive to talk rather than recite. Share your passion for the topic with your audience.

Read more: How to Use the Voice Effectively When Delivering an Oral Presentation | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5882110_use-effectively-delivering-oral-presentation