COM 110 - 002
Monday December 10, 2007
Self Reflection
Demario MartinI feel as though my speech went really well. I didn't go over or under time, I maintained a strong voice and didn't stubble over words. I was clear and vivid. I delivered the action to my problem well enough for the audience to understand and be able to take action.
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Peer Review Speaker: Morgan P.
Reviewer: Demario Martin
Morgan's speech about population overgrowth was very interest and well put together. She gave good solutions for it and provided supporting material. She showed how it would affect our economy and environment and said that we could promote education among women and children. After proposing solutions for the problem her action was for everyone to tell a friend to develop awareness.
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Self Review
Topic: Violence in the Media
Reviewer: Morgan Jarman
I thought that I illustrated a clear need for action by reviewing the negative effects that violence in the media has on youth. I think that the actions that I proposed were very specific. I feel that the audience had a good sense of what they could do to take action. I tried to use factual evidence and I wanted to make them feel like they could really make a difference. I felt that if the audience felt that they could make a difference they would be more likely to act. I feel that my speech was a little choppy. I don't think that it was very fluid. I hope that I energized the audience. I really just wanted them to feel like they could make a difference.
Posted by mejarman ( Dec 10 2007, 01:51:03 AM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]
Sunday December 09, 2007
Call to Action
Reviewer: Adeia Nevels
Speaker: Tanesha
Topic: Volunteerism
Tanesha talked about volunteering in her speech. She said that NC State should require all students to volunteer because it can help people to get in shape, open doors for a career, and improve the wellbeing of others. She also mentioned volunteerism on a global level through CSLEPS? abroad service programs. Tanesha proposed a service plan where students receive school hours, book vouchers, and are even eligible to win a new car by volunteering at a local soup kitchen, the Boys & Girls Club, etc. These rewards would definitely get more people to put aside time to serve others and really got the attention of her audience.
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Call to Action Reviewer: Adeia Nevels Speaker: Audi Topic: Capital Punishment In Audi?s speech, he talked about capital punishment and a march on campus that would get the attention of the city of Raleigh, as well as the state of North Carolina. Participants in Audi?s march would wear signs, which he modeled for the class. His signs were a creative and unique visual that grabbed everyone?s attention. Audi handed out itineraries of the day?s events, which included free food, speeches, and much more. Although Audi?s speech was short, he definitely energized the audience and made everyone want to take action. Posted by amnevels ( Dec 09 2007, 10:23:42 PM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]
Self-Reflection: Call to Action Speaker: Adeia Nevels Topic: Boycott Chinese-made toys I am very satisfied with my performance on my Call to Action Speech about why Americans should boycott Chinese-made toys. I definitely illustrated a clear need for such actions to be taken through convincing quotes and statistics. In my speech, I mentioned a boycott rally, which is a specific way to get our opinion across to toy-makers and retailers. Because I know that most people will be out of the city for the holidays, I also reminded everyone that they are capable of boycotting Chinese-made toys from wherever they are during winter break. This gave the audience a good sense of how they can help the cause. I told the audience that even though the boycott rally is on Christmas Eve, everyone should participate regardless of their religious beliefs. Safety is the top priority in my speech and every child deserves safe toys. The feedback from my audience was definitely positive after making such a statement. Mentioning to the audience that every child should have safe toys made them want to take action. We were all children once and understand how wonderful it is to have a special toy to play with. I did feel that my style energized the audience because I began by listing great things that will soon happen. I mentioned finals, which marks the end of the semester, as well as the holidays and the end of the year. These events got the audience interested in what I had to say next. I do believe that I could have been a bit more animated throughout my speech to continuously have the audience?s attention. Overall though, I am very happy with how my speech turned out. Posted by amnevels ( Dec 09 2007, 10:09:54 PM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]
call to action
Reviewer: Andrew Hancock
Speaker: Kristin Freeman
Kristin's speech on Obesity defines clear problems and then states possible solutions to the problems. She uses a persuasive strategy by giving appealing reasons why you shouldn't be obese. In her speech when she stated, "I want you to help lower the percentage of obese people in the world," I was compelled to take action. Kristin's over all use of linguistic strategies was great due to the clarity of her speech and the over all rhythm of it. Finally even though the class was half asleep due to the early class time, Kristin energized them with her moving speech. All in all this was a great speech.
Posted by adhancoc ( Dec 09 2007, 03:19:23 PM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]Call to action
Speaker: Andrew D. Hancock
In my speech on why you should by a Toyota Tundra I stated that after your purchase of the vehicle the crime rate in your area would be lowered. My actions in my speech were very specific and the audience knew exactly what they had to do to fix my problem. I think that even though my persuasive strategy was slightly comical it got the message across. My linguistic strategy was okay, I think in this portion of a speech everyone can always improve. After my speech was over I receive a slight bit of laughter, which I perceived as an energized and engaged audience. In my opinion I think this was my best speech.
Posted by adhancoc ( Dec 09 2007, 03:11:59 PM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]
Friday December 07, 2007
Call to Action
Reviewer: Melanie Moses
Speaker: Alex
I think that Alex did a good job on her speech. She restated her points from her last speech but I think she was a little nervous in her delivery in the beginning of her speech. She stated the amount of children that become smokers and that the tax on cigarettes should be raised. I think that she stated everything in a great way and she got that motivation across.
Alex's entire speech showed her support of raising the taxes and it really showed. There seemed to be passion in her topic and that made everyone pay attention to the facts of her speech.
Posted by memoses2 ( Dec 07 2007, 02:39:46 PM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]call to action
Reviewer: Melanie Moses
Speaker: Shakira
Shakira did an excellent job on her speech about company relocation. She was against companies moving from the United States to foreign countries. I think that the speech was well organized and she stated her points again. She did a wonderful job of reviewing her previous speech and letting us know more details of why we support not wanting companies to relocate.
Shakira made a valuable point when she stated that Americans should not have to move overseas to live a comfortable life. Company relocation causes a raise in taxes and Shakira stressed the fact that company relocation is not an advantage for the citizens of the United States.
Posted by memoses2 ( Dec 07 2007, 02:33:31 PM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]
Thursday December 06, 2007
Call to Action Speech
Self ReflectionSpeaker: Jessica Dean
Topic: Biodiesel
I think I did a good job with this speech. I illustrated a need for action by telling how the emissions from petroleum-based diesel affects children's health. I proposed very specfic actions that included writing a letter to the school board, protesting outside of the school board, and attending a school board meeting. I think the audience could understand what needed to be done and how to do it. My main persuasive strategy was to pull on their emotions and make them think about all the children that are being harmed by school buses. I might could have used a few other strategies to help me, but I think this worked ok.My favorite phrase was "Think of your own children." I really think that this was an important phrase because it made the issue hit close to home. What if this was my child getting sick? Would I do something if this was affecting my life? I believe my weakness in this speech was my delivery style. Instead of being "energizing" I think I made the audience more thoughtful. They were aware of the issue, but I do not think I convinced anyone that my action was worth the time. To make this better, I could have been used more emotions, such as anger, to promote the audience to follow me to the school board. I also could have talked faster, since I think that I might have been taking it a bit too slowly. Overall, I feel like this was a good speech, but not as good as my last one.
Posted by jcdean ( Dec 06 2007, 03:00:10 PM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]
Call to Action Speech
Reviewer: Jessica Dean
Speaker: David
Topic: Skin Cancer
David's call to action speech addressed reducing your risk of getting skin cancer. He showed that something needed to be done because 1,000,000 people get skin cancer every year and 10,580 die from it every year. He also said that skin cancer is the most common type of cancer. The specific actions that David said we should do are put on sunscreen, wear hats, wear long clothing, avoid long periods of time in the sun, and see a dermatologist at least once a year. A phrase he used that struck me as important was "Because the ozone is depleting... it won't get better naturally, so we must protect ourselves." This makes the situation seem more dire because only we can protect ourselves from skin cancer; no matter what other people are doing, only you can protect yourself.
I really liked David's speech and think he did a very good job.
Posted by jcdean ( Dec 06 2007, 02:54:38 PM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]
Call to Action
Speaker: Adeia
Reviewer: Tanesha
Topic: Boycott Chinese Made Toys
Adeia gave information on chinese toys and convinced us that the toys did have lead in them. She wanted us to take action with her against the unsafe toys and protest at a local Toys R Us. She had information on the recalls over the past year from China. Her presentation was good and If I was gonna be here on the date of her boycott I would come out. Good Job with eye contact and confidence in her speech.
Posted by tlhamil2 ( Dec 06 2007, 02:51:58 PM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]Call to Action Speech
Reviewer: Jessica Dean
Speaker: Blaire
Topic: Abolishing the Electoral College
In Blaire's call to action speech, she addressed the issue of the Electoral College and what we as college students can do to fix it. She illustrated that there is a clear need for action b discussing the Gore vs. Bush election and how the popular vote and the electoral vote did not match. She also talked about absentee ballots and how they do not count toward the electoral college. Her plan of action was that on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 she would lead a march to Washington to protest the electoral college. Her itenerary had a day full of action, but she did not mention any of these specific actions in her speech. She used two phrases that made me feel like moving into action. One was that abolishing the electoral college would make "us, the individuals, count." It clearly shows that by doing this action, it will help you in the long run. She also said " it's not as hard as you think." This puts he action into perspectie and makes it a more attainable goal.
Overall, I think Blaire did very well with her speech and I think she chose a very interesting topic.
Posted by jcdean ( Dec 06 2007, 02:44:37 PM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]
Self-Reflection Call to Action Speech
James Boykin
Animal Welfare Speech
In this speech I recapped the issues dealing with animal ethics that exist today. I then went over several ways the audeince could help to reduce these problems. On the positive side I believe I demonstrated a clear need to take action by explaining some numbers and statistics. I also made it pretty clear what I wanted the audience to do, the easiest being educate themselves more on their own time such as watching a documentary. Some of the things I did not improve as much as I would have liked would be reducing anxiousness. I felt like I could have connected to the audience much better had I not been so nervous while speaking. While I did experience less nervousness then the first speech, I still see it would take it least several more events before I would start to feel comfortable speaking in front of groups that I don't know very well. As far as linguistic strategies I feel like I spoke pretty clear though took to many pauses throughout the speech.
Posted by jwboykin ( Dec 06 2007, 11:14:17 AM EST ) Permalink Comments [0]
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