Jeff Mata - Post 1

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 that they talked about speech anxiety and how to manage it and as well how to build confidence. Managing speech anxiety and building confidence is fundamental aspects of public speaking because many people struggle with speech anxiety and confidence.

I think group one could have improved their presentation by adding more pictures. Not adding pictures made the presentation a bit difficult to follow. I also feel that a bit more enthusiasm would have made their presentation better. Besides that, I believe they did a good job.

My group, which is group two, did amazing. We talked about developing a purpose or topic for a public speech, how to research a topic, and how to organize and outline a speech. For my section, I spoke about the three main types of speeches. The three main types of speeches are informative speech, persuasive speech, and special occasion speech. My group did the best because I feel like we did a good job in explaining the topics that we have been assigned.

In my honest opinion, I think my group did the best. All of us included pictures for our slides. Adding pictures that related to what we were presenting made our presentation better by making it easier to follow along. I feel that everyone showed interest in their chapters that was assigned and we showed our interest by having enthusiasm when we spoke. I believe we did everything well and there almost nothing that could have been improved. The only thing that could have possibly been improved was that our presentation was a bit long.

Group three talked about many interesting topics. Group three talked about beginning and ending your speech, using language effectively, integrating presentation media, and delivering your speech. I liked group three's presentation. I learned a lot from them such as when you first begin your speech, it's important to get your audience's attention. I also learned that language is fundamental in speech. When giving a speech you can must avoid using slang, you must minimize use of clichés, and euphemisms can prove useful if you're concerned you might offend your audience.

I feel that group three did great overall. They presented in a well manner that was easy to follow. Their presentation included a lot of colors which made the presentation visually appealing. One thing that could have been improved was the length of the presentation. I feel like they did the presentation in a short amount of time. Although the presentation was short, I think they explained everything well.

Group four covered informative speaking, persuasive speaking, understanding argument, distance speaking and media appearances, and special occasion and group presentations. I learned the less from group four. I did not learn as much because I spoke about informative speech and persuasive speech in my presentation, so that wasn't new to me. However, the other topics that they spoke about was a great learning experience for me. I discovered that distance speaking is when you speak virtually such as video conferences, graphical online presentations, and telephone meetings. I did nott know that distance speaking existed so that was something new to me.

Group four did an excellent job in presenting. They did everything good. Their presentation was enjoyable. I liked their energy during the presentation. I believe the only thing that could have made their presentations better is that a lot of the slides had too many words. It iss best when a presentation has a mix of words and pictures. They could have possibly summarized all the words into a shorter version, that way it would seem better and the presentation would've flown more easily.

Overall, this assignment taught me many fundamental aspects of public speaking. I enjoyed hearing everyone share their information. I also enjoyed participating in this assignment because of how I was able to share what I learned from the chapter I was assigned. This assignment has been very important for me in order to expand my knowledge of public speaking.. My favorite part about this assignment was learning key information from each groups presentations. I learned plenty of information relating to public speaking. I truly enjoyed taking part in this assignment.

Lastly, I also liked how the purpose of the assignment was to be able to learn things from public speaking while also being able to practice what you learned by presenting in front of the class. That was fantastic because we were able to not only learn about many things relating to public speaking, but we also had the opportunity to practice speaking in front of people. Both parts, which is learning about public speaking and also practicing public speaking, is the most effective way to get better at public speaking.



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