Outside Speaker Critique
On October seventh, John R. Seffrin came to Ball State to inform students on cancer and the research in the cancer field, while also promoting the American Cancer Society, commonly called the ACS. The event was a presentation to promote awareness for cancer research while also showcasing what the American Cancer Society has done to fight cancer. This event took place in Ball State’s student center ballroom, the presentation started at 7:00 PM and lasted roughly one hour and fifteen minutes.
The speaker had a very specific response he was hoping to generate throughout his speech. The topic was awareness of cancer; this was a common theme throughout the entire presentation. There were multiple times during the presentation …show more content…
In the crowd most of the people there were college-aged students with a few teachers and professionals in attendance. John did a great job at appealing to both parties. He related to the students and teachers by using personal stories from his time at Ball State and even in his personal conversations with the University’s President. Seffrin even made the information easy to understand by using pictures and percentages to allow less knowledgeable students to fully comprehend the information. He was also able to attract the attention of the professionals by presenting new information and new research they have been funding in recent years. …show more content…
Seffrin used many different types of support such as specific examples, stories, and quantification. The first was specific examples on how to help prevent cancer. He covered all the unhealthy habits, like smoking and obesity, that can help attribute to the formation of cancer. The next support was a personal story, towards the end of the presentation he spoke about his wife, who had cancer recently. He was able to draw emotion from the crowd by saying how the ACS helped save his wife’s life. The last example he used was statistics, throughout the presentation he used many statistics to back up his ideas, such as the change of cancer in the last 100 years. (C5)
The transitions and organization of the speech were not very clear or easy to understand. Transitions were not used effectively at all, instead of going rom point to point he skipped information entirely and just began his next point. He did try to use some organization though, covering points in a topical pattern. He started with current cancer research, then notable research and ended with cancer prevention. Despite having a topical organization outline, the lack of transitions and skipping information took away from the overall organization.
On October seventh, John R. Seffrin came to Ball State to inform students on cancer and the research in the cancer field, while also promoting the American Cancer Society, commonly called the ACS. The event was a presentation to promote awareness for cancer research while also showcasing what the American Cancer Society has done to fight cancer. This event took place in Ball State’s student center ballroom, the presentation started at 7:00 PM and lasted roughly one hour and fifteen minutes.
The speaker had a very specific response he was hoping to generate throughout his speech. The topic was awareness of cancer; this was a common theme throughout the entire presentation. There were multiple times during the presentation …show more content…
In the crowd most of the people there were college-aged students with a few teachers and professionals in attendance. John did a great job at appealing to both parties. He related to the students and teachers by using personal stories from his time at Ball State and even in his personal conversations with the University’s President. Seffrin even made the information easy to understand by using pictures and percentages to allow less knowledgeable students to fully comprehend the information. He was also able to attract the attention of the professionals by presenting new information and new research they have been funding in recent years. …show more content…
Seffrin used many different types of support such as specific examples, stories, and quantification. The first was specific examples on how to help prevent cancer. He covered all the unhealthy habits, like smoking and obesity, that can help attribute to the formation of cancer. The next support was a personal story, towards the end of the presentation he spoke about his wife, who had cancer recently. He was able to draw emotion from the crowd by saying how the ACS helped save his wife’s life. The last example he used was statistics, throughout the presentation he used many statistics to back up his ideas, such as the change of cancer in the last 100 years. (C5)
The transitions and organization of the speech were not very clear or easy to understand. Transitions were not used effectively at all, instead of going rom point to point he skipped information entirely and just began his next point. He did try to use some organization though, covering points in a topical pattern. He started with current cancer research, then notable research and ended with cancer prevention. Despite having a topical organization outline, the lack of transitions and skipping information took away from the overall organization.