Week 4: Question 1

After watching the Speech Buddy “Drinking” and “Light Pollution” videos, I found things I thought both speakers did well and things that I could benefit from. In the “Drinking” video, I really think Matthew did a great job using a shock and awe method to start his speech. The fact he stepped away from the podium to vomit caught my attention immediately because it is something you wouldn’t image seeing in a speech. From then on, he had my attention and could keep presenting facts on drinking. In Courtney’s “Light Pollution” speech, I thought she did a very good job at opening her speech up with a short overview addressing all the points she would be covering in the following eight to ten minutes. The things I learned from both of these videos would be to try and incorporate a few “out of the box” tools to try and captivate and engage my audience. I also learned that when giving a long speech, an overview of your speech can be given in about half a minute that gives the audience an idea of what they will be listening to.