Sunday, December 2, 2012
Favorite
The demonstration speech was my favorite because I liked the visual aid aspect. I did "How to Solve a Rubik's Cube," but I planned to make it a little quirky. The consequentialist approach was something that I came up with during my research and it ended up working really well with the formatting of the speech. It wasn't one of my better grades because I neglected to verbally cite my sources, but I never forgot from that speech on so I suppose it was better that I learned then rather than later. I also really enjoyed watching everyone else demonstrate their speech. The hands on approach seemed to alleviate some of the awkwardness - we were able to lead into it and then preform. Doing something with your hands - especially something that you know how to do - helps the extemporaneous process. It wasn't a particularly technical speech and I was working with something that people tend to have at least some familiarity with. I didn't have to define scientific terms or any of the other things you have to do with, for example, the persuasive speech or informative speech. It was just fun - to go up there, talk about a product that I sell at my toy store, and give a playful speech that I felt comfortable talking about. So that was my favorite speech - because it was easy, fun, and less awkward than all of the rest.
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One of my favorite speeches presented in this class was also the demonstration speech. I enjoyed not only presenting this speech but also watching the rest of the class present theirs as well. I felt that this speech helped us learn to kind of multitask during a presentation in which we had to flow from introducing our topic to demonstrating it, and then moving back to the conclusion. I also liked how the demonstration part gave the speaker and audience something else to focus on, especially because it eased my anxiety from the speech. Along with all the interesting topics that everyone presented as well.
ReplyDeleteOh man, I busted out laughing after you showed us how to "solve" a Rubik's cube. I thought it was funny, yet clever. I would have never thought of, let alone attempt, just popping the little squares off! I think that being able to demonstrate something with your hands makes being up front less nerve-wrecking, but I prefer having PowerPoint as a visual aid because I'd rather have people look at slides and not focus on me. But I could see why students would opt for delivering a demonstrative speech as opposed to a persuasive speech. Like you said, some people don't like citing or defining scientific information and trying to persuade an audience. Persuading is not necessarily easy. Anyway, great post and congrats on completing the class!
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