Public speaking

As a student I have always tried to avoid public speaking courses as much as possible. Especially the ones that are for public speaking, once I found out I was going to have to take a public speaking course I was dreading the moment than I found out I could take it solely online and I thought oh this wont be as bad, even though I was still pretty anxious about it. Once in Com103 I was dreading having to say the first speech. Then we had our first online class, I felt a lot more prepared and had…

comes to public speaking, I am the furthest thing from an expert. Although, after many years and classes of communications I would say that I have a pretty good idea of the do’s and don’ts when it comes to presentations. Hypocrisy should be my middle name because even though I know what to look for in a presentation I still am a terrible speaker. In my opinion, the speaker Phil Han would receive a six out of ten. This score is based off of a number of things including content, public speaking…

apprehension for quite a while now. Although it is not as bad, as it used to be. My freshman year of college, I was actually enrolled in the COMS 130 course, but my fear of public speaking, caused me to drop the course. Now that I am enrolled in the class again, I feel much more confidant than I did last year. My fear of pubic speaking is still there, but not as bad as it was. I have given two speeches in the class thus far, and throughout this paper…

Target behavior to be changed: I chose to change my fear of speaking in public for the self- change project. It is important for me to change this behavior because I want to replace this fear with being confident while presenting myself in public, more specifically in a business setting. Baseline and data gathering: The method I used to collect my baseline data (the measurement of my present behavior) was the SUDS scale. I used this method because the SUDS scale is for measuring “subjective…

beyond stellar. In regards to holding general body meetings, my background in public speaking is also superb. As a junior in high school, I was selected to be the junior class representative in the 50th annual Oratorical Speaking Event. For this event, I was asked to prepare a 15 minute speech and deliver it to an audience of 600. I realized after my speech that I have no problem with public speaking. Seeing that public speaking is the number one fear in the United States, you have no need to…

and only focused on self-improvement. It was a place to hear others and be heard yourself, to give honest feedback, to improve the art of the conversation, and to master the art of public speaking. The group itself capitalizes on imparting valuable leadership abilities and to allow the individual to practice speaking publically in an environment where it is acceptable…

The first guideline is “Don’t overestimate what the audience knows.” What this essentially means is that a speaker should never just assume that the audience knows the topic well. The audience might never have heard about the topic before, so the speaker must be sure to either elaborate or simplify the topic to make it easier to understand from the perspective of a first-time listener. The second guideline is “Relate the subject directly to the audience.” In order to give a successful…

The Eulogy speech honestly threw me off by speaking in third person about myself and by incorporating memories without jumping into first person. The Pro/Con speech was more straight forward in my opinion. I was able to rattle off more stuff from my brain except for the gigantic statistics that I…

“Let’s Talk” I am an introvert, I like to be alone, I don’t like speaking in front of large crowds, and when I am around people it usually drains me making me want to be alone even more. I am usually not a fan of conversation. Wither it’s talking in person or on the phone. Texting I don’t mind since it gives me time to think about what I want to say. I am taking this class mainly because it’s required, well either this or public speaking, and because thinking it would help me communicate with…

Review 1: Ken Davis, How to Speak to Youth and Keep them Awake at the Same Time (Zondervan, 1996). SUMMARY In How to Speak to Youth, Ken Davis shares pearls of wisdom about communicating to modern youth. The keys to his presentations are “planning, practice, care and dependence on God.” He shares three truths about communicating effectively: “Very Hard Work”, “Learning”, and “Passion.” Preparation to communicate includes “preaching with the example”, knowing your audience, avoid imitation of…