Thank you, Pastor Chris Beall for being our guest speaker last week! Great information. I know you took a lot of notes - but here are a few I wrote down.
- Why learn these skills? Leadership eventually comes with a microphone.
- We're ultimately trying to accomplish one of 3 things - Get people to DO something...Get people to FEEL something...or Get people to KNOW something - as a result of what we say.
- If you can say it in 20 words, don't use 100. :)
- Start with the end in mind. (thesis)
- Vary your tone, pacing, hand gestures to appropriately 'fill the space' of your audience.
- Pauses can be effective. They create a 'vacuum' and the audience 'leans in.'
No homework.
Preparing for 11/19
SPEECH DAY!
You will deliver the same speech you gave for the first informative speech. Incorporate one presentation aid as we discussed in class week. You should also refer to the scoring matrix we gave you with presentation feedback. Do you need to make time adjustments? Do you need to practice stronger posture or eye contact? This is an opportunity for a 'do-over' or for some of you, a 'do-even better!"
1. Turn in an outline BEFORE your speech.
2. Bring your scoring matrix from the first informative speech so we can compare presentations.
3. Incorporate one presentation aid in your speech.
