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written by owen
I am currently doing a speech for my Business Communication class. I am not very good or even a little good at public speaking ( even in a controlled situation like a class room). I have been refered to as emotionally distant - just last week. In light of this fact I am choosing a simple structured topic. Hopefully, the class will not hate me for the simplistic nature, short textual content, lack of wit/humor/sex of the speech. They saw my last speech and it was not pretty much the opposite of "total victory". A good speech requires time, practice, research and lots of words. Pulling off a killer speech does not seem possible at this stage.
I am never the same guy twice.
Anybody good a calculus 2? I have a worksheet due by wednesday. If I don't get it finish the teacher is going to know that I suck at calculus. I need to get up to scratch like yesterday.
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Yow, Owen, the key to public speaking is to pretend that the people dem naked...i.e. vulnerable. However, in your case, you might see a few sexy girls naked and lose your concentration even more. With respect to Calc 2, yes I can integrate as well as differentiate, but I gave up the art many years ago, so good luck wid dat!
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Mon, 15th Nov 2004 at 10:20 am
by AngryDog
I don't think that would help at all d. I need to memorise my speech. But with only one day to study it I don't know - it's sticky.
Mon, 15th Nov 2004 at 10:41 am
by owen
owen, memorised speecehs are often the most broing to deliver. speeches/talks are much better appreciated by an audience when you can come up with sponatneous witty comments to break the monotony.
The more you do it the better you become. Go over your talk/slides beforehand but don't memorise it. Don't make it too long either, it is usually difficult to hold people's attention span for more that 20, or dare I say 30 minutes!
Good luck with the delivery.
Mon, 15th Nov 2004 at 2:21 pm
by DoctorD
bredda, it look like seh yuh kinda salt this trip. i only tutor basic business calculus. that calc 2 stuff is very involved and i dont mess wid it.
i wasn't a good public speaker either...wait...i'm still not a good public speaker. the key is in the preparation though. (that has been my experience). if you know exactly what the structure is, you can do alot of good in terms of the delivery of the message. whatever you do, do it with purpose. den, mek sure seh yuh gi di peeple dem a chance fi question yuh so yuh can gi dem back chat. that'll be entertaining. be well.
Fri, 19th Nov 2004 at 9:10 am
by aurie
Interesting comment since you have a blog. I know it's different, but you can at least eliminate the fact that you don't think you have anything interesting to say.
Fri, 19th Nov 2004 at 9:11 pm
by Stu
you have do a audience analysis, then curb your speech so that it appeals to your audience. Similar to what fox news or cnn does with the usa.
Fri, 19th Nov 2004 at 10:51 pm
by owen