SPC2608- 10:00 AM Group 2

     The group project that I’ve recently done for this public speech class has really informed me on how to approach a speech for the future. This is a skill that I think everyone should value because it really does help with social anxiety and learning to be more comfortable. Whether it be a speech for school, a presentation at work, or at a community event, learning these skills is valuable. In the beginning, I was worried about my group being unresponsive and having to do everything because this had happened to me in the past. However, everything has gone pretty smoothly so far. In this blog, I’m going to be reflecting on the group presentations that were done recently. Everyone in the groups seemed knowledgeable and confident in the topic they were presenting. I learned a lot of different tips from listening to everyone and even from my chapter.       Group 1 talked about various things such as the importance of public speaking in society and how ...

Before the fall semester started, I thought this class was briefly going to be about how to present and speak professionally for any job opportunity in the future. I thought my only worry for this class would be the people in my group not following along and having the stress to do almost everything myself. I am partially correct; this class is about speaking in a professional tone although, it made me realize that it is more than that. It is also how to conduct proper research, how to talk to my peers about the work (which is something I'm not completely used to), and of course talking confidently in front of a crowd. This realization came to me when my classmates presented each of their own presentations about how to get ready for a successful presentation. One thing that each of my classmate's presentation had in common, mine included, was enabling the skill of talking confidently in front of a crowd. This includes limiting unnecessary, "filler" words such as ...

Each chapter taught, had its own main points and objectives, which is good since, I mean, they should. I will say that the way the chapters were laid out was helpful in seeing how many different parts go into public speaking. At first, you would think it is just about getting in front of a group, communicating your ideas, and then sitting down. But after going through the material, it’s clear there is a lot more that goes into it. There are things like knowing your audience, preparing your outline, organizing your ideas, practicing your delivery, paying attention to nonverbal communication, and even just learning how to breathe and calm yourself before stepping up. All those things sound so small, but when you put them together, they are the difference between someone stumbling over their words and someone being able to deliver a message clearly and with confidence. One thing that really stood out to me, while learning all of this, was how important practice really is. I know people al...

  When I first started this speech class, I thought it was all about reading to people and talking. I thought the hardest part would be over being nervous and reading off a piece of paper. But through the semester I realized it was about so much more. It included learning how to construct a message from scratch, how to write it so that it addresses an audience, and how to use persuasion and delivery to get people to listen. Every presentation, mine and my friends', was a lesson in some communications topic or another, and I view public speaking differently now than I did in the beginning. One of the first things I learned was that there is a need for structure. A speech without a beginning, middle, and end has a tendency to lose people, no matter how interesting the topic is. In an introduction, you grab attention, in a body you elaborate on your points, and in a conclusion, you leave a lasting impression. In practice, I have discovered that starting with a question or short person...