Self Reflection on Call to Action Speech by Tim Agius I felt that my call to action speech on the need for abolishing the electoral college went very well and that the need for action was clearly-stated and well-addressed.  I gave several statistics and gave examples of how the electoral college was truly messing up our voting system as well as our true democracy in our nation.  The actions I proposed were fairly specific, such as the proposed picket line and protest of the electoral college during the North Carolina primary on May 9th.  I also gave the audience a clear direction of what to do by telling them to write to their senators and stating how the electoral was a special subject in which something as simple as a letter or petition to a senator would go a long way.  I felt I used very good persuasive strategies such as statistics and examples as well as identifying to the audience by addressing how the power to elect the president was truly not in their hands.  I feel I could have used more statistics to back up my claim better or provide a more in-depth explanation of what the electoral college is and how exactly it works but may not have been able to due to time restrictions.  To me I felt that the phrases such as "taking the power out of the people's hands" and the statistic that as little as 23% of the popular vote was needed to secure presidency struck a chord with the audience and made them want to take action.  To motivate the audience I felt I was very vivid in the image and problem that I presented to them as well as relating to them as a fellow student and voter.  As always, I felt I could have used language better by not saying "um" as much or stuttering but I felt that I did a much better job this time and cut down a lot on doing those things.  I felt my style truly did energize the audience because I provided very clear examples of what kind of a problem we have and felt I related to them and did a good job of talking to them like we were having a normal conversation.  To make the audience more engaged I think I could have came up with better actions to take on the subject but still feel the actions I provided were adequate enough.  Overall, I feel that my call to action speech went very well and that I hopefully have come a long way since the beginning of the semester in giving speeches. Posted by tjagius ( Apr 30 2008, 08:35:44 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Call To Action Self Reflection- Ricky Webb On my call to action speech i tried to do something a little different than just get people informed and aware on a subjuct then get them to try to email someone or protest.  i tried to make up an event that would get people involved hands on in a sort of fun and personal type of way.  The NCSU Dumpster Dive i think was a great idea for my call to action speech.  It would have been alot cooler if it was actually real though.  But either way i feel like i covered all the important parts of a good call to action speech.  i tried to get a good attention device, with a clear these and preview my main ideas.  I dont believe my main ideas were seperated clearly and im sure thay sort of ran together but i believe i had good support for each one.  Im sure i said ahh and umm alot but i was trying to keep from doing that.  I also tried to pace my self so that my speech wasnt too fast.  I feel like my conclusion could have been more structured also.  But overall I felt very confident about my call to action speech.

Ricky Webb
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Call To Action Peer Review- Lesley BY: RICKY WEBB

Lesley did a great job on her call to action speech.  She covered all the details that needed to be covered for a good speech.  She had a good attention getting device with a clear thesis and preview of her main ideas.  She also clearly stated her main ideas and they all had good support.  She used good facts and had a good persuasive attitude during her speech.  Her conclusion covered the three R's and was very clear.  Overall Lesley did a great job on her call to action speech and it was very effective.
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Call To Action Peer Review- Allen BY: RICKY WEBB

Allen did a pretty good job on his speech.  His attention getting device seemed to be like all his other ones though, but it was still ok.  His speech was a bit chopped up and slow but it seemed like it was due to just nerves.  His speech did have alot of facts in it though that seemed to cover the subject of his speech pretty well.  he had good main ideas, probably could have made them more clear but he had good supporting details.  Allen's call to action speech overall was pretty effective and satisfied all the rules for a good call to action speech.
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call to action self reflection

I believe that I clearly presenteda need for action by showing that there was wasted money going into the death penalty. My action specifically told the audience to go to the talley center, and help out with the petition, and also to vote. I told them excactly what was needed from them.I believe that i had pretty good lingustics and had a pretty good rythem. The audicne seemed energized after my speech.

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call to action peer review- Zach

Zach did a great job of showing us that there is a risk to those people who do have food allergies. The actions of boycotting specific companies, and making  them put a label on certain foods were good specific actions.  He was very persuasive to me, and made me want to boycot these companies who did now show us what kind of food they were producing. He also did a great job of energizing the audience.

Reviewed By:JOnathan Betts

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call to action peer review- Cait

Cait had a good introduction that got my attention, and did a good job of getting everyones attention. She had many specific actions that she proposed for us to do like telling us to boycott the fast food industries that are unhealthy. She did a great job of persuading me to eat less fast food, and made it so that i do not want to eat from many places. She made a good point of telling us how we needed to expose these dangers, and demand healthy better food.I thouhgt she did a very good job of energizing the audience.

Reviewed by: Jonathan Betts

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Call to Action Self Reflection by Jason Sweeney Personally, I think this was my best speech yet. I feel like I clearly illustrated the need to put an end to tobacco distrubution on our campus. I believe I gave a very specific action by including the time, date, and place for the protest and the flyer handout. I think I gave the audience a clear idea of how they could put an end to this and I think it was a valid argument. I thought I used giood persuasive strategies by connecting with the audience and but I think I could have used more motivating expressions to provide a sense of urgency for the solution. Posted by jasweene ( Apr 27 2008, 11:57:39 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Call to Action Peer Review for Johnny Betts by Jason Sweeney Johnny did a good job on his paper. I think he illustrated the need for a fair way to punish criminals, and a cheaper way instead of using the death penalty. Also, many people who have been put to death have been innocent. He also proposed that we can get more use out of our prisoners by not killing them. The action Johnny proposed what very specific. He mention specific time and dates of where he was passing out flyers. He used convincing arguments such as the unfair act of the death penalty, the way we can be benefited by prisoners that are not put to death, and that it would help out the economy because the death penalty and death row court hearings are very expensive. He used phrases such as "I Beg You..", "I'm asking you...", and "Together we can..", to motivate the audience to take action. He also spoke to motivate by saying that we can easily change teh death penalty to life in prison and that prisoners may have a better chance at rehab. The style he used was not energizing, but it made me think about the positive and negative aspects behind capital punishment. I think he did a really good job and I think he was his best speech all year. Posted by jasweene ( Apr 27 2008, 11:57:27 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Call to Action Peer Review for Will MacEwan by Jason Sweeney

Overall I think  Will did a great job on his speech. He demostrated the hurt caused by college basketball by the NBA age rule, he talked about how the athletes suffer as students and stating that they will have nothing to fall back on. He also described his attitude toward the NBA age rule , taking a negative stand, because the young players may not be physically or mentally ready for the pros. The action he proposed was very specific. He specified dates and times of when the protest was going on. He used strong persuasive strategies and he argued for his solution well. He did a good job using evidence to support his solution and he talked about the positive effects of raising the NBA age rule by a few years. He motivated me to want to take action by mentioning how effective the boycott would  be, since the game is held on national TV, and that because the UNC game is one of the biggest games of our schedule. Will also did a good job of making the mood serious and motivating the audience by telling that the student body has a lot of power, by bringing the message closer to home. He connected with the audience by mentioning one of our very own star players at State who has declared signing up for the draft. The style of delivery was a style with urgency and a serious tone, with a strong delivery of opinion and fact, in order to motivate the audience to a specific action. Once again, I enjoyed listening to Wills speech and I thought he did a good job!!

Jason Sweeney

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Self Reflection for Call to Action- Tyler Lassiter I believe I made a good argument as to why there is much need for my topic. The actions I proposed to the audience were specific and they should have had a good idea on what to do and how to do it. When making my argument on why the audience should act I tried to explain how if abortion were illegal it could possibly benefit them and the people around them. I could have improved my arguments by searching for stories of parents who almost had abortions and their child they chose to have accomplished something great. I believe my comment on how one of the audience members or their loved ones could need a cure of an illness that would never be found if the child that was supposed to find the cure had been aborted. My language was not the best. I did not make very good eye contact or have a motivated voice like I could have. I do not think my style energized the audience as well as it could. Overall I thought my speech was good but could have been better if I showed more care about my topic and made better eye contact.  Posted by ttlassit ( Apr 27 2008, 08:21:49 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Self-Reflection Persuasive Speech-Doniece Bolds I think my arguments were a bit vague in some areas because I did wait until the last minute to really research my topic. I think I could have gone a bit deeper into why animal testing is unethical because ethics can be expanded into so many areas and I do not think I hit on the key issues of the unethical side of animal testing. From the feed back I received from the audience based on eye contact, I believed the audience understood what I was trying to say very well. I did receive an odd look every now ant then when I got tongue tied but that would only occur for a brief moment. I did see Caroline nod her head in approval at one point and it made me feel as if I was reaching the audience or that I had an affect on at least one person. Good eye contact with the audience was important in my case because it boosted my confidence and helped me feel like I was really getting my message out to the audience. I do not think I addressed opposing arguments well because I did not supply alot of evidence from the opposing side. Most of the evidence was more of opinion instead of fact but my argument about Iams Dog Chow, I believe was a good argument. The evidence created a mental illustration of the Iams Conpany removing muscles from a dog and then feeding the dog the dog chow in order for the muscles to grow back. The mental image was not a positive image and I believe it did touch on some peoples emotions from the looks I received from fellow classmates of disdain. I should have used more statistical data for the number of animals used in testing and other negative affects of testing. My weakness with using supporting evidence is that I tend to use only facts for evidence and not other forms such as statistics, quotes, testimony, etc. To be more effective, in the future I will try to implement more varities of examples throughout my speeches. I used a fallacy in one point where I was arguing that animal testing should be done away with then I said we should try and reduce the number of animals we use in testing. The topic of animal testing was hard for me to work with at some points because I was on the fence in some areas and I think that is what caused me to use fallacies in certain places. Overall, I think I should try to give myself more time to prepare for my speech so it can be as accurate as possible and that way the audience will not be confused by my message. Posted by debolds ( Apr 26 2008, 09:37:04 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Self-Reflection-Doniece Bolds I believe my action was very clear and concise. It was straight forward and very obvious to the audience what action I wanted to induce. I believe my action hit straight to the point. My topic was animal testing and my action was to either have the audience to stop buying products tested on animals or to write to their representatives asking for a special lable to be placed on items tested on animals. I do not think any confusion could amount from what I wanted from the audience. To persuade the audience, I provided examples such as the lotion being tested on lab rats and dog food being tested on dogs. With the negative affects occuring from the tests, I think it helped build my argument and illustrate to the audience the negative affects of animal testing on the community. I was rushing a bit so I think I could have elaborated more on some of my examplesl, in order to persuade my audiene more to join me in my efforts. Comments or phrases such as "would you want your pet to constantly be injected with harmful chemicals," and "would you want an animal to suffer so you can have a new brand of lipstick" may have really stuck out to the audience because it provided mental images. Most people in the audience owned pets as well so my statement really hit close to home and hopefully provided an emotional and sympathetic feeling from the audience towards animal testing. My weaknesses most likely occured due to the fact that I did not thoroughly practice my speech and therefore it was choppy in some places. This caused for me to be tongue tied in some areas or forget where I was in my notecards. Next time I will rehearse better so this will not happen and cause me to have negative ethos from the audience. Posted by debolds ( Apr 26 2008, 09:20:55 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Peer Review of Leslie by Doniece

Reviewer: Doniece

Person Reviewed: Leslie

Your introduction was great and your attention device really got my attention. Your provided gret reasons for why over population is harmful and the negative affects of over crowding. You used transitions between main ideas very well and they were very obvious when moving from one idea to the next. Your gestures aided in your speech and you used a good tone, volume, and eye contact with the audience. You provided a resolving action and reasons why it would benefit your cause which made me want to get involved in your cause. Also your statement, "What college student doesn't like sweets" helped you really connect with the audience and get them to pay more attention to what you were trying to say. You also provided great reasons for why your plans would be effective and help the community. Your conclusion was great and used the three R's effectively. In doing so you left me and most likey the entire audience with a feeling, positive or negative, that would make me want to get involved with your plan. Overall, yur speech flowed well and it was easy to follow . I think you did very well in presenting the information and providing a great resolvoing action to over crowding. I really took interest in your topic and I think you did great!

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Peer Review of Johnathan Betts by Doniece

Reviewer: Doniece Bolds

Person Recviewed: Johnathon Betts

Topic: Death Penalty

To begin with, your attention device was a little shaky at first, but you pulled it together and successfully got your point across. Next time try to be more direct with what your trying to say and use appropriate language when addressing your audience. Your transition to your introduction was great. You listed what was going to be discussed and succesfully illustrated your topics. Transitions from one main idea to the next wee very evident and clear. Your use of examples to support your claims were diverse and very good. You used statistics and hypothetical situations to create this illustration for your audience. Your posture was great and I just want to suggest that you try not to rock from side to side because it can be a bit distracting and cause the audience to lose focus. Your eye contact was food and you spoke in a great volume and tone. Throughout your paper you got a bit tongue tied probably due to nerves,and I was not quite sure of what you were saying or what your resolving action was, but in the end you pulled it together. To avoid this happening, try to pause and take a deep breath so you can relax and focus and what message your trying to relay to your audience. During your conclusion you should try practicing the three R's. Restating your attention device would have provided for a great ending and it willo give your audience something to think about after the speech has concluded. This will also leave them feeling some kind of emotion or want to take up an action which is great for a call to action speech.

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