Chelsea Duncan -- Peer Review Speaker: Dylan
Topic: Legalizing Marijuana

Dylan illustrated a clear need for action in her speech. She gave a very clear and concise review of her topic. She did not go into exhaustive detail because she had already explained her cause in her last speech. Her actions were very specific. She provided the audience with websites to become members of. She also stated that elections are coming up and we can make a difference by voting for a canidate that supports her cause. She used linguistic strategies well. She had a nice rythm to her speaking. I think she did well  in energizing the audience.


Speaker: Amanda
Topic: Reality Television

Amanda described her topic clearly. She explained how and why reality television is a problem in today's society. She proposed that we do not watch it, write to a cable station, or protest at Brett Micheal's performance. These methods are logical. She used persuavsive strategies well. She gave a nice visualization of a world where parents do not have to censor what their children watch and there is less violence. It seemed like she didn't take some parts of the speech as seriously as others. For instance, it didn't seem like she was committed to protesting at the Brett Michael performance. Nevertheless, she provided a well layed out speech.
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Self Reflection-Harrison

I was pleased with my topic on immigration.  I feel that it is a great topic that our nation face today and is somewhat controversial.  I relied on my persuasion speech to formulate my call to action speech.  I feel that I adequately demonstrated immigration as a problem that faces our society.  I believed that I had resourceful evidence to support my claims.  I used the upcoming election as an event for call to action because politicians have a great persuasion in deciding our laws and how things should be run.  However, the people of America have a heavy "say so" in who becomes elected.  Overall I felt that I meet the requirements for a call to action speech.  I proposed the issue as a solution and then induced a specific action that went along with my topic.  On the negative side, I might have been able to provide a more specific action that was I proposed but I thought it was legitimate event to compensate for the problem of immigration.  Overall I felt that I did a good job.

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Harrison Brendle Peer Review- Corbin did a good job on his speech of video games. Corbin took a new spin on playing video games for his call to action.  Corbin talked about the level of maturity involved in playing video games and encouraged people to limit there attachment to playing video games.  Corbin used good references and examples including the Bible.  Corbin focused his call to action speech on accepting criticism and stop playing video games when you say you are going to stop.  Corbin begged us to limit the addiction and extent to which video games are played.  Overall, Corbin did a good job on his speech that was on a topic hard to talk about. Posted by hjbrendl ( Apr 25 2008, 04:18:08 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Call to action speech peer review Haley Haley did a great job on her speech.  She showed the importance and need for action on her topic of genetically modified food.  Haley illustrated that there was a problem of genetically modified foods.  She gave the example of a company making GM foods of polluting the earth by putting PCB in a river.  She called for the removal of genetically modified foods by inducing the specific action of contacting senators via a blog that she set up.  She also proposed the idea of heating more organic food.  Genetically Modified foods are bad for farmers, bad for health, and bad for our world.  Haley was very passionate about her topic and used a good tone to connect with the audience to show that she cared about her topic.  Overall Haley did a great job on her speech.  She used good evidence and used a convincing tone to illustrate her passion about genetically modified foods. Posted by hjbrendl ( Apr 25 2008, 03:38:58 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Lisa Lehman - Call to Action self reflection

    I think, apart from reading from the note cards too much, I did a good job. I presented a clear need for action on making students study abroad and become more aware of global issues and the rest of the world. I think my statistics hit home with the audience, making them realize how little the average American knows about the United States and the rest of the world. It's pretty scary. I clearly presented my actions of exploring study abroad options at NC State, then picking the right one for the individual, going on the study abroad and then telling friends about this experience and encouraging friends to also study abroad. From there, the university would see this popularity and notice it. Eventually, with everyone's help and effort, it would be mandatory for students to study abroad for at least one semester before they graduate. In my speech, I tried to use a lot of unifying words and phrases to connect myself with the audience and help it see that I needed everyone's help to help our university and our nation. I told of what a great experience seeing the world would be, I forgot to mention, however, how it would put them, as individuals, ahead in the work force. I went over on my time, nothing new, and I read from my note cards too much. Lack of preparation. My fault. Overall, though, I think I connected with the audience and showed them they need to take action to help globalize our university and nation and get ahead in the globalization craze of the 21st century.

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Lisa Lehman - Call to Action peer review for Brandee

    Brandee caught the audience's attention from the start with a powerful, captivating antidote. She explained how a family member was in danger of her ex-husband and how she had to get a restraining order to keep her safe. Then she said she wished there was more than a piece of paper to keep her safe: she was calling us to action of having the personal right to bear arms for extra protection! The right to bear arms is a protection devise that could benefit most people in their daily lives. Her actions to succeed in this right were very specific. First, she wanted to generate a change in public opinion from a negative to positive viewpoint on the right to bear arms. We, as the audience, could help her do this by educating others about the positive sides of baring arms. Next, she urged to change to second amendment of individual right for protection against criminals. She gave many statistics and stories to why it is important for women especially to have the protection they need against criminals and how many lives would be saved and crimes not committed it people had the personal right to bear arms. Self defense would minimize crimes and maximize personal safety. She used excellent diction to energize the audience like together, we can be a "pounding force" and "protecting safety" is a great concern. She used these phrases throughout the speech. Great job, Brandee! Only one thing to critique: you seemed to be attached to the counter for most of the speech. I think you'd be so much more effective if you walked around and connected with the audience by getting us involved too. Other than that, excellent! 

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Lisa Lehman - Call to Action peer review for Chelsea Duncan

    Chelsea's call to action to help starving North Ugandan children made the audience sympathize with her and the children. She clearly expressed how badly these children are suffering and introduced a few simple actions we could take to improve the lives of an entire community. She gave actions for all types of people: just the knowledge of these children would make some people want to help, awareness is always a good thing. Others could donate to the many different groups set up to help the children, the extremists could organize an event to help raise awareness or attend those already in order, and finally, we could contact member of congress and express our concern for these children, hoping they could do something to help. After giving us all this information, Chelsea again pointed out how badly these children were suffering and how we should help them in any way we could. She wanted us to feel sorry for the kids, and she was successful for me. Her conclusion was good, she wrapped it up by going back to her introduction, making it a circular speech and it was very effective. One piece of advice, however, she seemed kind of tense and nervous (she usually didn't in her previous speeches) I wish she could have chilled out a bit. Overall, great way to wrap up the semester and great speech! 

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Tony Wahula - self reflection call to action speech In my speech I talked about the issue of gambling on college athletics. I demonstrated a need for the gambling to be illegal by giving some statistics. I stated that 5% of athletes have participated in gambling on sports they actually played in. I gave a couple of specific actions for the audience to take. An easy action was for the audience to simply not gamble on college sports. A more involved strategy was for the audience to call their athletic director and tell him their feelings on gambling in college sports. I gave his hame, phone number, and email address. An indirect solution I gave was to vote for John McCain because he wants to make gambling on college sports illegal. I believe I gave good reason for the audience to want to take action and I gave them tasks that they could easily accomplish. I probably could have engaged the audience more effectively but I was able to make them aware of the issue at hand. Posted by mawahula ( Apr 25 2008, 10:32:29 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Tony Wahula - peer review for Jeremy Jeremy wanted his audience to take action against makeup. He described how makeup negatively affects a persons health and that women do not need to wear makeup. He gave three specific actions for men and women to participate in. His first idea was to form a club of people against wearing makeup. He then gave a specific time and place for a protest against makeup at CVS. His last request was for the women in the audience to simply not wear makeup anymore. Jeremy clearly felt strongly about the dangers of makeup in society. I liked that he gave options to people that don't typically wear makeup, men, to help in the cause. Jeremy was persuasive and had good energy. Posted by mawahula ( Apr 25 2008, 10:24:37 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Tony Wahula - peer review for Seth Seth wanted to take action to save wildlife habitats. He demonstrated a clear need for habitat preservation by giving facts about the decline in natural habitats. He also stated that as the population of people increase, the amount of natural habitat decreases. He solution was for the audience to support and volunteer with Ducks Unlimited. He described how Ducks Unlimited works to protect the environment and if we volunteer than we can become apart of the solution. Seth also asked that we give donations of money to support their cause. Seth had a clear passion for saving the environment, which was evident in his language. Seth made the audience want to help by giving them a clear vision of what the environment would be like if we donated our time and money by making us imagine clear lakes and streams. Overall, Seth's speech was very effective. Posted by mawahula ( Apr 25 2008, 10:24:01 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Danielle Oleniacz

Call to Action Self Reflection

I feel like this was my best speech to date.  I feel like a created a clear need for mandatory drug testing.  Using Monroe's motivated sequence really helped me keep my speech organized.  I enjoyed coming up with ways to act and feel that my strategy of starting broad from where the class could participate by signature to a more personal way to help by coming to my "event" covered all the bases and made it possible to motivate the audience.  I think I could have practiced more to make sure I knew what I was saying because I did mess up a few times.  Also, by more practice I wouldn't have to rely on notecards so much.  And I always try my best to sound enthusiastic, and this time I tried different speaking styles that we learned to try and provide a better flow to the speech.

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Danielle Oleniacz

Speaker: Corban

Corban's speech was interesting but I feel like he lacked the intense need for action on the topic of video games.  His need was not clear to me.  He did illustrate how they can be fun but for this speech I think it was hard to create a strong call to action. His action was easy enough to enjoy them and try to understand why people play them.  He could have been a little more confident in his speech but as always he got a laugh out of us which can lighten the mood; especially his creative handout.  Overall, for his topic I think he did well but a stronger emphasis on need and how to satisfy it, I feel, could have improved this.

Speaker: Kara

Kara's speech clearly identified the need for sex education in schools at a younger age.  She had a lot of evidence and good analogies that made it easy for me to understand what she was calling to action for.  I felt that her idea to institute more classes on safe sex was a great way to satisfy this need.  She spoke clearly and at a good pace even though she was sick! Her handout help support her topic and kept things interesting.  She had a great topic and executed it well.

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Emily Kallander Peer Review and Self Reflection

Seth: Seth's made sure to state his thesis clearly and also called us to action to support our wildlife.  He did a great job of showing how there was a problem and that the solution was us taking action to help.  Seth's made use of vivid language (i.e. when he talked about the environment) that encouraged me to take action.  Additionally, his 3 suggestions of how to help were not impossible to do (they were very reasonable).  I think this might have been Seth’s best speech.  He seemed extremely passionate about his topic and it really made the speech interesting.

Drew: Drew did a good job of illustrating how important our right to bear arms is.  He stated his thesis and then progressed into why gun laws created problems.  His method of suggesting how to help was interesting too, although I felt that he could have elaborated on how to help a little more.  I was slightly confused about his supporting evidence, but then that could have been just me.  However, he did a great job of explaining the problem and I felt that this was a topic that he was really concerned with which made me appreciate the speech.

Self Reflection:  I felt that I fulfilled all the requirements of the call to action speech.  I made sure to state my thesis clearly, then progress straight into how gas powered vehicles create problems (such as global warming and smog).  Additionally I provided the solution with simple but concrete evidence. I might have been able to elaborate more on the solution, but I was concerned with going over time.  However, I felt that my ways in which the audience could help were very simple and achievable. I tried to make the topic relevant and important to everyone. Over all I felt I did a good job. 

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Drew Pinnix-Self Reflection

I thought the speech that I gave on gun laws was pretty good because it was clear that I support pro-gun laws.  There was some areas that needed some work, like my supporting evidence.  The ideas that I gave supported my topic and showed why we need the right to bear arms.  I explained what the problem was that we are faced with today as a nation and also showed how this can be resolved by taking action and supporting the NRA.  I also explained how the NRA would promote pro-gun laws throughout the country and how this action would help us in the end.  There were also some things that I could have done differently but I think I did a good job in supporting my topic.

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Corban Prim- Peer Reviews and Self Reflection Speaker: Drew

1.) He explained that people needed their rights to bear arms to protect themselves from danger, so we need to take action now.
2.) Clear and elaborate and on the handout.
3.) He seemed a bit unsure of himself at first, and then started to gain confidence in his speech as he went on.
4.) The statistic about the number of people being attacked in a certain time limit.
5.) She used linguistic strategies pretty well to motivate the audience.
6.) Drew read a lot from his notes (as most of us did) and it sounded like he was reading, being a little monotonic holding back some energy he could have given to the audience.


Speaker: Kara
1.) Kara presented her topic with clear urgency to help teens with sex education.
2.) Clear and elaborate and on the handout. (She obviously did a lot of research).
3.) She was very calm and sure that everything she was a brighter way of thinking about her topic.
4.) On her handout was a picture with common phrases with words crossed out like "Knowledge is power," but "power" was changed to "bad," and I thought that related well to the point she was making about sex ed.
5.) She used linguistic strategies pretty well to motivate the audience.
6.) She was very laid back, but almost too laid back to where she was a little monotonic and didn't seem to energize the audience as much as she could have.



Self Reflection:
1.) I don't think I illustrated a very clear need for action on "viewing video games as good for you."
2.) I don't think the audience recieved a specific action from me because everything I told them was basically something they should think about next time they go to play a game.
3.) I think I am a motivating speaker, but if I moved my audience to do anything... they wouldn't know what to do.
4.) "Is it game time?" I say that because we had a breif discussion about it before I spoke (because of the handout) and that was just a reminder that before they picked up an addictive game they should think, "is it really a good time to play?"
5.) I think I used my linguistic strategies very well, besides some people could have been confused by the lack of sense my sentences made.
6.) I think my style started off energizing them, but then quickly faded as I stared at my notes 90% of the time. I could have not written my speech that morning and had it better prepared both physically and mentally for presenting.
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