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Andrea Salazar Blog #2

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Introduction Elections are an important part of democracy because they allow citizens to participate in choosing the people who will represent them and make decisions for their communities and countries. However, organizing an election involves much more than simply allowing people to vote. Many organizations and individuals work together to make sure the process is organized, transparent, and fair. These groups have different responsibilities, but they share an important goal: protecting the voting process and making sure citizens have the opportunity to express their opinions. Three important parts of the electoral process are election organizations and officials, political parties, and the media. Each one contributes in a different way. Election organizations help manage the voting process, political parties give voters different candidates and ideas to consider, and the media provides information about elections and political issues. Together, these groups help strengthen democracy...
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Jeff Mata - Post 2

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Over the span of these past few weeks, I have had the pleasure to take part of and witness my public speaking class talk about elections and also explain why elections are so important. This assignment has been great because it was related to a topic that I am interested in which is elections. This assignment also helped me gain a better understanding on how elections work and all the factors that come in play with elections. I learned so much interesting information from each groups presentations. I benefited greatly from this assignment because it expanded my knowledge in the area of elections. I enjoyed taking part in this assignment. There were four topics which is The Electorate and the Election Process, Education Policies, Immigration Policies and Economy. There were also four subtopics per topic. The four subtopics were American vs. world perspectives, local and national associations and organizations involved, history / overview of the topic, and interviews. Group one spoke abo...
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Lilly Perez: Blog #2

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Why Elections Matter: Group Presentations Reflections      In this blog post, I will write my personal opinion on the four group presentations on the main topics they were given: elections, educational policies, immigration, and the economy. Evaluating these class presentations provided an effective way to observe which strategies engage an audience and which ones detract from a message. By analyzing how each group designed their slides, incorporated media, and delivered their information, it becomes easy to identify key methods for presenting complex ideas clearly and professionally. Group 1: The Electorate and the Election Process        Group 1 began the series of presentations by discussing The Electorate and the Election Process, a topic essential to American democracy. However, early on, fundamental and logistical challenges delayed their execution. Only two members of the designated group were there to give the information, so they were left to ...
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Blog 2 Michael Acosta

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  Michael Acosta  Why Elections Matter: Reflections on Our Group Presentations Throughout our Public Speaking class, we had the opportunity to learn about the importance of elections and how they affect different aspects of our society. Each of the four groups focused on a different topic related to elections, including the election process, education policies, immigration policies, and the economy. Although each group discussed a different subject, they all demonstrated how elections influence the decisions that are made in our communities, states, and country. These presentations helped me better understand why voting is important and how the people we elect can affect our everyday lives. Group 1: The Electorate and the Election Process The first group focused on the electorate and the election process. This topic was important because it explained the basic purpose of elections and the role that voters play in choosing their representatives. Elections allow citizens to part...
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  Jake Villa - Post 1 These last few days we’ve been able to watch each of the groups present on a chapter discussing public speaking. I thought that it was an interesting way of teaching to not only reading the chapters but also having the information presented by my classmates and reading how they perceived the chapters also. Each group presented in a different way and they had both good and bad aspects to their presentations. Overall, watching each of the groups to me, that helped us gain a better sense of what public speaking is all about because it showed us so many aspects that are all parts of giving a speech. Group 1: We did chapters 1, 2, 3, 5. It had a chapter each on the topics; 'public speaking', 'gaining confidence', 'active listening', and 'how to be listened to'. I think the group introduced the most important concepts in a good way. One thing that i did find quite important with it all was how to give people confidence, pretty much everyo...
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Diaz Adriana Blog 1

  Reflecting on my public speaking presentation, I think the experience helped me understand more about how much preparation goes into giving a good speech. Before this presentation, I knew that you needed to have a topic and information to talk about, but I did not really think about all the steps that happen before actually presenting. Learning about developing a specific purpose, creating a thesis statement, brainstorming ideas, and making a working outline showed me that being organized can make a speech much easier to present. One of the main things I learned from this chapter was the importance of having a specific purpose. A specific purpose explains what I want my audience to learn, think, or do after listening to my speech. I learned that a speech should not just have a topic. It should also have a clear goal. For example, if my topic is social media, I need to decide what I actually want my audience to learn or think about social media. Having a specific purpose makes th...
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Jeff Mata - Post 1

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I have had the pleasure of being able take part of and witness a discussion of public speaking through my class's group assignments. I enjoyed every groups presentation because I am genuinely interested in learning about public speaking and I was able to learn at least one thing from each groups presentation. This assignment taught me a lot of things that is important for public speaking. Each group did a fantastic job and shared key information relating to public speaking. I believe my group did the best in presenting, but I learned the most from group one. Group one's presentation taught me the most out of all groups. Mainly because they talked about methods of how to have a good public speech. One of the methods that was mentioned was that when you give a public speech, you do not want to be talking to your audience the majority of the time, you want to be talking with them. This is major because it is a good way to keep your audience engaged and entertained. I also liked th...
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