Week 2: Know your Audience

We spent some time last week getting to know each other. This week we will get to know each other as the audience we will be speaking to all term. What are some of the things we can do to make our speeches more inclusive. Who do you think the following presentations are being made to (Ellen DeGeneres), (Stephen Colbert), (Barack Obama)? Are there any assumptions you can make about the audience based on these presentations? What are the speaker's doing to include their audience?

Please analyze one of the above links and post your ideas to the blog. Let us all know how these speakers applied the concepts of knowing their audience to their speeches.

Week 1 - Clarity in Delivery

Welcome to Mrs. Miller's Public Speaking Class. I look forward to getting to know you all better as we give our introductory speeches.

This week we will also be discussing the basics of speaking in front of people. We will also discuss some basics of communication; clarity (Walter Cronkite), enunciation, (BBC anchorwoman) , and eye contact (Dave Ramsey). We will also analyze our own speaking style so we can improve it over the course of the term (Heynabonics).

Please analyze one of the above links and post it to the blog. Let us all know how these speakers applied the concepts of clarity, enunciation, and eye contact to their speeches.

By the beginning of next week you will be expected to present a short introductory speech to the class. Try to use what you've learned so far while you are presenting.