The Hidden World of Chili Peppers videos are rich in examples of negative and positive behaviors associated with the preparation and delivery in public speaking. McLean emphasizes the importance of knowing your information and practicing your speech, to ensure that you are prepared and confident, but the speaker seems to have neglected to do so. Because he is unprepared, his presentation’s fluidity is poor. As McLean defines it, fluency is how naturally your speech flows. By relying heavily on notecards, there are long and awkward pauses while he rotates through cards, making it seem that he does not know what information comes next. In the first video, he also does not know how to pronounce words that are essential to knowing the chili pepper.
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The words he displays on the screen are in a funky, hard-to-read font with a distracting background. Pulling up a map on the screen, he says, “As you can see,” yet the map is so small that the audience cannot really see anything; with the map displayed, he does not reference to it or explain what the map shows. If the audience wanted to do further research using his sources, they would have a challenging time, because the speaker does not provide where his information comes from. In the second video, most of these problems are addressed. He follows McLean’s guidelines of visual aids, fixing his screen displays to be easily readable, understandable, with no complicated background. Additionally, he addresses the map he uses, making a “clear connection between [his] words and the visual aid,” instead of allowing it to float on the screen without a purpose (223). While his citations do not match up to our own criteria, he gives the audience at least an idea of whose information is being used and where it can be …show more content…
I suppose I like to spit out everything I must say, because the sooner I am done, the sooner I can retreat from the situation. McLean addresses this aspect of the voice and its importance in Chapter 11. The rate of your speech is how slow or fast you talk, so when I talk in front of others, the rate of my speech skyrockets, making my words unintelligible (McLean). To correct this issue (so that I do not speed through my parts in the final presentation), I will need to practice my speaking rates beforehand, and during the presentation, I will need to “watch [my] audience for clues” (217). If I look at the audience and they have that confused, what-did-she-just-say look on their faces, I will know to slow down and take appropriate pauses. If I overcorrect the issue, talking too slow, the audience will look bored or even agitated (as I sometimes get when people sluggishly speak), and I will know to quicken my pace. For the speech to be effective, it is critical for me to find the ideal balance, so the audience can understand what I am saying and be engaged in the
The words he displays on the screen are in a funky, hard-to-read font with a distracting background. Pulling up a map on the screen, he says, “As you can see,” yet the map is so small that the audience cannot really see anything; with the map displayed, he does not reference to it or explain what the map shows. If the audience wanted to do further research using his sources, they would have a challenging time, because the speaker does not provide where his information comes from. In the second video, most of these problems are addressed. He follows McLean’s guidelines of visual aids, fixing his screen displays to be easily readable, understandable, with no complicated background. Additionally, he addresses the map he uses, making a “clear connection between [his] words and the visual aid,” instead of allowing it to float on the screen without a purpose (223). While his citations do not match up to our own criteria, he gives the audience at least an idea of whose information is being used and where it can be …show more content…
I suppose I like to spit out everything I must say, because the sooner I am done, the sooner I can retreat from the situation. McLean addresses this aspect of the voice and its importance in Chapter 11. The rate of your speech is how slow or fast you talk, so when I talk in front of others, the rate of my speech skyrockets, making my words unintelligible (McLean). To correct this issue (so that I do not speed through my parts in the final presentation), I will need to practice my speaking rates beforehand, and during the presentation, I will need to “watch [my] audience for clues” (217). If I look at the audience and they have that confused, what-did-she-just-say look on their faces, I will know to slow down and take appropriate pauses. If I overcorrect the issue, talking too slow, the audience will look bored or even agitated (as I sometimes get when people sluggishly speak), and I will know to quicken my pace. For the speech to be effective, it is critical for me to find the ideal balance, so the audience can understand what I am saying and be engaged in the