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Identifying the Public Speaking Basics
By now you are experts in identifying effective verbal and nonverbal communication. For this assignment watch one different informative speech from the NFA final round and comment on the content and delivery:
- How well was the speech written?
- Did the introduction grab your attention? How?
- Was the conclusion effective? Why or why not?
- Provide general comments on the delivery. How did the speaker sound? How was the eye contact? How were the gestures and body movements?
- How effective was the use of visual aids?
Here are the speeches again:
I chose Briana Willis’ speech. Her speech is about tromping. She organized her speech in such a way that it explains how Daniel Sayers experienced his discovery and his experiment and how it enabled him to become successful in defining tromping. Willis’s speech is unusual because it deals with archeology as well as the politics that is included in it, particularly for archeologists and researchers.