Examines the theoretical, practical, and ethical dimensions of communication with a focus on public speaking in business and government settings.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Persuasive Speech
Post your self critiques to your persuasive speeches here. Be sure to include strengths and weakness that analyze your message and not just focus on delivery.
I think a strength in my persuasive speech was that I had a lot of research to back up my points. I also cited verbally and visually accurately, which increased the credibility of my overall presentation. I also I think I had the right amount of enthusiasm in my tone of voice. I think enthusiasm is important when trying to persuade your audience to believe what you are saying. A weakness in my speech was that, once again, I was speaking a little too quickly. I think in the beginning it was just nerves because I think I slowed down a bit towards the middle. However the speed at which I speak when I make presentations is something I will continue to work on. Another weakness was that I handed out my handouts while I was still speaking. Next time I will do that once I completely finish presenting.
I was happy with the execution of my persuasive speech this afternoon. I thought that my research helped make my points strong and also improved my credibility. I also made a strong effort to improve on feedback from previous speeches and make effective eye contact, as well as strong transitions. I think that I was able to correct those mistakes this time. However, I noticed my nervousness coming through in my speech when I would stumble on some words. I also should have stated my thesis sentence before my preview statement, which would have made the introduction flow better. All in all, I appreciated the critique and will absolutely keep the feedback in mind for my next presentation.
I was happy with my persuasive speech and argument that people should give a philosophy class a try and if they enjoy it, to add a minor and/or major. My presentation was well structured and engaged the class. I brought a rather abstract concept (philosophy) and made clear how this field of study has many practical implications. Next time I'll make sure I cite more verbally.
I was very content with my speech today. My powerpoint and citing were well. I feel that my speech was structured strongly with plans of action for every problem, multiple benefits and a closing statement. The thesis wasn't strong but people got the idea of it. One of my weakness I noticed were the small 'umms', I wanted to come across passionate and knowledgeable without sounding preachy so sometimes my thoughts got away from me which resulted in the 'umms'. More practice would have helped that but overall I felt really confident in my speech and delivery
In regards to my persuasive speech, I thought I had a few improvements to take note of. First, I need to be less reliant upon my notecards. It would have looked more professional if i didn't need to keep looking down. Also, I crossed my legs at one point which is such a bad habit and makes me look less confident. On the contrary, I thought the ribbons I handed out to the class engaged the audience and permitted them to follow through with my anti-meat argument. My extensive research also supported my presentation, placing validity in my argument. Verbally citing my sources is something I learned since our first speech (Business Symposium) where many of us lacked in this area. Additionally, I spoke with more confidence due to all the practice with speeches we have had in class since day one.
Unfortunately, this was not a good speech. It was ill prepared and that clearly showed. I had good information, but my lack of preparation caused it to be lost in translation. My slides were also not as visually appealing as they could have been. I allowed the mishap at the beginning of my presentation to throw me off instead of keeping things together and continuing as if nothing happened. My nervousness then made me seem less confident in my speech and negatively affected my persuasiveness. In addition, there were many vocalizations of umms and ahhs in my speech, which is due to unorganized note cards and very little preparation, affecting my persuasiveness. As far as citing, I made the mistake of putting the in-text citations on the slides rather than the full citations, which also affected my establishment of credibility. I read off of the slides, which is also a negative when giving a speech because you do not give your audience the attention they need to keep them interested. Overall, this was a disappointing speech and much worse than my last speech. I have a lot of improvements to make for the next speech and I will be more prepared and organized.
My persuasive speech topic was the advantages of choosing pet adoption to save the life of an animal in a shelter and to decrease the demand for puppy mills. Overall, I think I performed strongly. Unlike my last couple of speeches, my verbal and visual citations were all on track, and I also spoke with more confidence. I think I did a good job of connecting with my audience. Something I would have liked to improve is my tendency to kind of lose track of what I'm saying something I've already prepared. At one point I kind of drifted off because I forgot where I was going with a point. Luckily, it wasn't really something that was on my outline or a part of my argument.
I worked really diligently to create a good speech. I thought I communicated my passion for the subject well. I spoke confidently, however I did have some vocalizations. Likewise i thought I had a good grasp on my topic. I also thought my opener was interesting and thought provoking My topic was very close to my heart that is why I chose it. Very few things can be closer than family, and my topic was how my family was being sought out and killed. I can somewhat see why the professor said that I did not have good credibility. I referenced myself a lot, because I was a first hand witness of the violence that is occurring. And my passion along with my speech I thought provided good credibility. However, I guess i should have also cited some other sources that would have backed up what I was saying.
During my speech I tried to persuade my peers to not neglect their right to vote. I think that, as a whole, my speech went very well. I did a lot of research and supported my points very well. I had a lot less interjections than I did during the informative speech, but to avoid interjections I ended up taking long pauses and stumbling over my words. I need to work on eliminating the pauses, instead of just eliminating interjections with pauses. Also around the end of my speech my last point ended up getting confused with my conclusion, which is similar to the problem I have during the informative speeches. Over all I did a good job. I spoke conversationally , held good eye contact and citing correctly.
My presentation urged students to get the HPV Gardasil shot.
I worked very hard on my research and anticipating the issues the audience may have had with my presentation. I was very proud of my verbal citations in this presentation as compared to my informative speech.
One thing I definitely should have improved on was reinforcing the concept that the shot is for both men and women. I should have reinforced that point both verbally *and* visually. I also "read" from the computer a little too much, though I felt more confident referring to it for my whereabouts than turning to the overhead.
I think my persuassive speech was effective because I was enthusiastic about my topic. I kept to the structure of Monroe's Motivated Sequence, but at the same time applied a conversational tone with the audience. I performed a great deal of research on the subject, which increased my credibility. My powerpoint effectively displayed pictures and information supporting my stance. However, I should have showed the class the Operation Smile website to incite action.
I felt my message was stong and clear. Unfortuantely, my nervousness which leads to me talking too fast lead to a lost in translation moment and some missed my Need part of my message.
I felt my message followed the Monroe model that was sent to us by our Professor. I stand by my message and believe my sources were credible enough for the message I was speaking upon.
The only weakness is that I did not put full on sentences in my outline because of that it was evident into my message/speech and should've had more fuller sentences on my powerpoint instead of just expounding upon my keywords from my memory and notecards based off my research.
I considered the substance of my message to be quite authoritative. I communicated the message clearly, emphasizing the inherent detrimental nature of allowing this discriminatory policy to persist and its unintended consequences.
A key weakness that undermined my presentation was the lack of proper citations; I used in-text citations on the powerpoints but not fully developed citations in accordance with either APA or MLA form.
I think my persuasive speech went very well overall. I think I did a good job at getting my message across, and was very convincing that people should volunteer. I created a strong need and gave details about how to go about fulfilling that need. I also gave strong additional benefits about volunteering. I felt that my conclusion could have been stronger. I meant to hand out my papers before my memorable statement but I switched the order by mistake. I think my memorable statement would have been stronger if it was said at the very end.
Overall, my persuasive speech went very well. I correctly used Monroe's Motivated Sequence to persuade the audience that they should convince professors to provide students the option to use digital textbooks. I thought that my opening was very strong. I posed a question that captured the audience's attention. My conclusion would have been stronger had I posted a list of contacts again at the end of the speech. The handouts led students to action, but a second reminder would have further influenced them.
Of all my speeches for this class, I felt my persuasive was the most effective. I thought I did a good job at connecting with my audience and convincing them of the importance of blood donation. I followed Maslow’s sequence and showed the audience the needs and gave them feasible action steps. I especially liked how my second point regarding setting up a blood drive on campus reached the members of the audience who, for whatever reason, could not take action on my first point (donating blood at a drive). Compared to my other speeches, I delivered this one the most comfortably with appropriate verbal citations. I do think that my delivery still had room for improvement. In particular, my conclusion came off too drawn out and I should have practiced saying it more succinctly with the PowerPoint.
I think a strength in my persuasive speech was that I had a lot of research to back up my points. I also cited verbally and visually accurately, which increased the credibility of my overall presentation. I also I think I had the right amount of enthusiasm in my tone of voice. I think enthusiasm is important when trying to persuade your audience to believe what you are saying. A weakness in my speech was that, once again, I was speaking a little too quickly. I think in the beginning it was just nerves because I think I slowed down a bit towards the middle. However the speed at which I speak when I make presentations is something I will continue to work on. Another weakness was that I handed out my handouts while I was still speaking. Next time I will do that once I completely finish presenting.
ReplyDeleteI was happy with the execution of my persuasive speech this afternoon. I thought that my research helped make my points strong and also improved my credibility. I also made a strong effort to improve on feedback from previous speeches and make effective eye contact, as well as strong transitions. I think that I was able to correct those mistakes this time. However, I noticed my nervousness coming through in my speech when I would stumble on some words. I also should have stated my thesis sentence before my preview statement, which would have made the introduction flow better. All in all, I appreciated the critique and will absolutely keep the feedback in mind for my next presentation.
ReplyDeleteI was happy with my persuasive speech and argument that people should give a philosophy class a try and if they enjoy it, to add a minor and/or major. My presentation was well structured and engaged the class. I brought a rather abstract concept (philosophy) and made clear how this field of study has many practical implications. Next time I'll make sure I cite more verbally.
ReplyDeleteI was very content with my speech today. My powerpoint and citing were well. I feel that my speech was structured strongly with plans of action for every problem, multiple benefits and a closing statement. The thesis wasn't strong but people got the idea of it. One of my weakness I noticed were the small 'umms', I wanted to come across passionate and knowledgeable without sounding preachy so sometimes my thoughts got away from me which resulted in the 'umms'. More practice would have helped that but overall I felt really confident in my speech and delivery
ReplyDeleteIn regards to my persuasive speech, I thought I had a few improvements to take note of. First, I need to be less reliant upon my notecards. It would have looked more professional if i didn't need to keep looking down. Also, I crossed my legs at one point which is such a bad habit and makes me look less confident. On the contrary, I thought the ribbons I handed out to the class engaged the audience and permitted them to follow through with my anti-meat argument. My extensive research also supported my presentation, placing validity in my argument. Verbally citing my sources is something I learned since our first speech (Business Symposium) where many of us lacked in this area. Additionally, I spoke with more confidence due to all the practice with speeches we have had in class since day one.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, this was not a good speech. It was ill prepared and that clearly showed. I had good information, but my lack of preparation caused it to be lost in translation. My slides were also not as visually appealing as they could have been. I allowed the mishap at the beginning of my presentation to throw me off instead of keeping things together and continuing as if nothing happened. My nervousness then made me seem less confident in my speech and negatively affected my persuasiveness. In addition, there were many vocalizations of umms and ahhs in my speech, which is due to unorganized note cards and very little preparation, affecting my persuasiveness. As far as citing, I made the mistake of putting the in-text citations on the slides rather than the full citations, which also affected my establishment of credibility. I read off of the slides, which is also a negative when giving a speech because you do not give your audience the attention they need to keep them interested. Overall, this was a disappointing speech and much worse than my last speech. I have a lot of improvements to make for the next speech and I will be more prepared and organized.
ReplyDeleteMy persuasive speech topic was the advantages of choosing pet adoption to save the life of an animal in a shelter and to decrease the demand for puppy mills.
ReplyDeleteOverall, I think I performed strongly. Unlike my last couple of speeches, my verbal and visual citations were all on track, and I also spoke with more confidence. I think I did a good job of connecting with my audience.
Something I would have liked to improve is my tendency to kind of lose track of what I'm saying something I've already prepared. At one point I kind of drifted off because I forgot where I was going with a point. Luckily, it wasn't really something that was on my outline or a part of my argument.
I worked really diligently to create a good speech. I thought I communicated my passion for the subject well.
ReplyDeleteI spoke confidently, however I did have some vocalizations. Likewise i thought I had a good grasp on my topic. I also thought my opener was interesting and thought provoking
My topic was very close to my heart that is why I chose it. Very few things can be closer than family, and my topic was how my family was being sought out and killed.
I can somewhat see why the professor said that I did not have good credibility. I referenced myself a lot, because I was a first hand witness of the violence that is occurring. And my passion along with my speech I thought provided good credibility. However, I guess i should have also cited some other sources that would have backed up what I was saying.
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ReplyDeleteDuring my speech I tried to persuade my peers to not neglect their right to vote. I think that, as a whole, my speech went very well.
ReplyDeleteI did a lot of research and supported my points very well. I had a lot less interjections than I did during the informative speech, but to avoid interjections I ended up taking long pauses and stumbling over my words. I need to work on eliminating the pauses, instead of just eliminating interjections with pauses.
Also around the end of my speech my last point ended up getting confused with my conclusion, which is similar to the problem I have during the informative speeches.
Over all I did a good job. I spoke conversationally , held good eye contact and citing correctly.
My presentation urged students to get the HPV Gardasil shot.
ReplyDeleteI worked very hard on my research and anticipating the issues the audience may have had with my presentation. I was very proud of my verbal citations in this presentation as compared to my informative speech.
One thing I definitely should have improved on was reinforcing the concept that the shot is for both men and women. I should have reinforced that point both verbally *and* visually. I also "read" from the computer a little too much, though I felt more confident referring to it for my whereabouts than turning to the overhead.
I think my persuassive speech was effective because I was enthusiastic about my topic. I kept to the structure of Monroe's Motivated Sequence, but at the same time applied a conversational tone with the audience. I performed a great deal of research on the subject, which increased my credibility. My powerpoint effectively displayed pictures and information supporting my stance. However, I should have showed the class the Operation Smile website to incite action.
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ReplyDeleteI felt my message was stong and clear. Unfortuantely, my nervousness which leads to me talking too fast lead to a lost in translation moment and some missed my Need part of my message.
ReplyDeleteI felt my message followed the Monroe model that was sent to us by our Professor. I stand by my message and believe my sources were credible enough for the message I was speaking upon.
The only weakness is that I did not put full on sentences in my outline because of that it was evident into my message/speech and should've had more fuller sentences on my powerpoint instead of just expounding upon my keywords from my memory and notecards based off my research.
I considered the substance of my message to be quite authoritative. I communicated the message clearly, emphasizing the inherent detrimental nature of allowing this discriminatory policy to persist and its unintended consequences.
ReplyDeleteA key weakness that undermined my presentation was the lack of proper citations; I used in-text citations on the powerpoints but not fully developed citations in accordance with either APA or MLA form.
I think my persuasive speech went very well overall. I think I did a good job at getting my message across, and was very convincing that people should volunteer. I created a strong need and gave details about how to go about fulfilling that need. I also gave strong additional benefits about volunteering. I felt that my conclusion could have been stronger. I meant to hand out my papers before my memorable statement but I switched the order by mistake. I think my memorable statement would have been stronger if it was said at the very end.
ReplyDeleteOverall, my persuasive speech went very well. I correctly used Monroe's Motivated Sequence to persuade the audience that they should convince professors to provide students the option to use digital textbooks. I thought that my opening was very strong. I posed a question that captured the audience's attention. My conclusion would have been stronger had I posted a list of contacts again at the end of the speech. The handouts led students to action, but a second reminder would have further influenced them.
ReplyDeleteOf all my speeches for this class, I felt my persuasive was the most effective. I thought I did a good job at connecting with my audience and convincing them of the importance of blood donation. I followed Maslow’s sequence and showed the audience the needs and gave them feasible action steps. I especially liked how my second point regarding setting up a blood drive on campus reached the members of the audience who, for whatever reason, could not take action on my first point (donating blood at a drive).
ReplyDeleteCompared to my other speeches, I delivered this one the most comfortably with appropriate verbal citations. I do think that my delivery still had room for improvement. In particular, my conclusion came off too drawn out and I should have practiced saying it more succinctly with the PowerPoint.