Response to Joey Tennyson’s “Persuasive Speech Evaluation”

I agree with Joey Tennyson in many of the aspects regarding his speech. First off, I agree with him pertaining his introduction. I vividly remember his introduction because it caught my eye with a very good hook. Using an actual example was very good. Another positive that I also agree with is his posture and eye contact. Unlike many others in the class, Joey had very good eye contact throughout the whole speech and his posture was very good. A negative side to Joey’s speech, which I agree with, was his volume. At times, I could not understand what Joey was saying. Talking a little louder and more clearly would have helped this. Another positive attribute to Joey’s speech was his eye contact. He was rarely looking at his note card and he was very confident in his delivery. You could tell that he knew a lot about the topic. Lastly, Joey had a lot of good information. There was a lot of good information provided, which really persuaded the audiences view on the topic. Also, the information seemed like it was very precise and it was presented well with other facts. Overall, Joey’s persuasive speech was very well organized. He showed great confidence in his speech. Although there were a couple negatives toward his speech, he made up for them with the positives. I was very persuaded when I listened to his speech.

Persuasive Speech

After watching my persuasive speech, I found many positives and a couple negatives. To start, I thought my introduction was very good. It thought that I was very catchy and had a strong hook. Having a hypothetical situation really enhanced my paper and got the readers eyes. Another positive attribute was my information. I thought I presented the speech with good information, and shared the top arguments involved with the topic. Throughout my speech, I had good constant posture. This showed that I was able to be confident in front of my audience. Also, my voice was very clear and loud throughout the presentation; the audience was able to hear me very well. With all this being said, there were a couple downfalls to my paper. One negative was my eye contact. Watching my speech, I saw that I was constantly looking down at the paper to read off of. By remembering, and practicing a little bit more, I could have avoided this. Another negative impact was talking a little fast at times. There may have been times where the audience may have not understood me due to how fast I was speaking. Lastly, there were a couple words in my speech, in which I had trouble pronouncing. If I would have learned how to pronounce these beforehand, I could have enhanced my speech. Overall, there were positives and some negatives that I had during my speech. Fixing the negatives will make my speech better next time, so I will receive a better grade.

Ethics and Medicine

There are many situations today in modern medicine, where ethics and medicine conflict. One conflict that is relevantly big is embryonic stem cell research. Stem cell research in the past decade has become very popular. Essentially, embryonic stems cells are cells derived from embryos and they can help in the use of medicine. Under President Bush, research of stem cells was illegal, and now President Obama has made it legal. I believe that stem cell research should be legal. I believe this because stem cells can save many lives, and will create medicine that is useful for humans. Although it can be a touchy subject, because some believe that the process of extracting the cells murders that person, I believe that they should be legal. In my opinion an embryo that is never develop will be a waste if it is not used for medicine. I believe that both sides are represented well, but I favor in the use of stem cells.

            A website that I found, which had both sides of the argument was www.allaboutpopularissues.org . In this website, they had many good arguments about both sides. The pro side in this website is the most compelling, because the positives that it mentions are very persuading. Although there are some decent arguments pertaining the negatives, since I am already more convinced on the positives it really made the most sense to me. Overall, embryonic stem cell research can be a very touchy subject. With looking at the negative and positive arguments, I felt that I was more for stem research rather than against.

Nick Janus: Speech Evaluation

I agree with Nick Janus on many of the aspects in his demonstration speech.  First off, Nick talks about his eye contact with the audience. I believe his eye contact was okay, but he was constantly looking down at his instructions or at his hands. What made up for his eye contact in the beginning was his good posture. He wasn’t moving his legs, and was keeping his hand nice and calm. Nick’s posture didn’t have some of the common flaws, which I saw in other speeches. Another aspect that I agree with Nick on is his introduction. It had a good hook, in which I was really intrigued. I agree that Nick’s visually aid wasn’t the best. When doing origami for a speech, it is hard for the audience to get very interested through out the whole presentation. It can be hard to see exactly what the presenter is doing with the paper. I suggest next time that you bring a bigger piece of paper, so the audience can see a bigger picture of the steps. One last thing that I agree with Nick on is that he spoke very fast. Next time, maybe practice a little longer, so you will feel more confident in front of people.  I disagree with Nick on a couple of things as well. One thing that I disagree with is I thought your volume was fine. I could clearly hear you through out the speech. Another aspect, in which I disagree with, is when you say to use a power point. I think this would be too much for an origami project and a bigger piece of paper would suffice. Overall, I thought your speech was good

Technorati Blog Post: Childhood Obesity

I am going to write on the blog post about Childhood obesity, which I wrote about in my informative paper.

The name of the blog that I am using is called The Chart. The motto is, “teens become severely obese adults”. The author of the blog is Leslie Wade. Leslie is a CNN Medical Producer. Leslie had has posted many blogs on “The Chart”. She roughly posts about one every week. This specific blog has been active since November 9, 2010. Leslie Wade tends to use a couple hyperlinks in her blogs that relate to the content that she is writing about. Also, Leslie tends to put other media, which again connects to other points in her blog.

            This blog relates to how obese teenagers will become severely obese adults. This relates to my paper because I talk about how adolescents that are overweight, will tend to become obese as adults. In Leslie Wade’s blogs, she is very informative and she is very strong on her point. In many occasions, she points out what we need to do to improve this problem. Not only is she like this just in this particular blog, but also in many of her other blogs. Overall, this blog directly relates to my informative paper about Childhood obesity

How to Juggle a Soccer Ball

After watching my demonstration speech on how to juggle a soccer ball, I had mix reactions towards it. I noticed that there were many positives and negatives. The positives in my speech really enhanced it to make it a fairly good speech. One positive point in my speech was my introduction. I felt that my introduction had a very good attention grabber and it really engaged the audience for the whole speech. Without a good introduction, you can lose the audience and that’s something I didn’t do. Another positive attribute to my speech was that I thoroughly explained each step of juggling pretty well. I believe that I spend enough time covering the steps, so that the audience will learn. Also, I was able to repeat my steps, which helped the audience remember all the steps. The last positive point, which really stood out to me was that my props were very affective. It helped engage the audience and I think they really enjoyed them. Although I had many positive points to my speech, there were also many negative ones. One negative was that throughout the speech, my hands were constantly moving. I’m not sure why I did this, but it wasn’t necessary. Another negative, which I noticed was that my conclusion, was rushed. I think this was because I got scared of the time limit, and for some reason thought I would go over. Because of rushing the conclusion, my speech was a little short, affecting my overall grade. If I were to practice my conclusion for a little longer, I could have avoided this. Overall, I noticed many positives and negatives in my speech. With a little more practice and organization I could have made my speech a lot better. I really learned from my mistakes of watching the speech, so I will do better next time and for future endeavors. You can see my speech at http://sharing.theflip.com/session/217ae78bd81b9de70d818f96f4167bae/video/23621971

Response to Nick Lund's " Demonstration Evaluation: How to Drive a Car with Manual Transmissions"

After watching the Youtube video, " How to drive a Car with Manual Transmission," in which Nick Lund critiqued, I would agree with him in many aspects. The video was done fairly professional and in that respect, enhanced it significantly. I agree with the positive attributes, which Nick pointed out in his blog. One positive attribute that I agree with is that the man in the video is very confident. He speaks very clear, and his eye contact at the camera is very good. Saying this, it kept me entertained. Another positive points about this video that I agree with Nick about is that the presenter does an excellent job of creating a real atmosphere when demonstrating his speech. Being in a vehicle, and showing the specific steps of manual shifting, helped me visual learn very easy. This enhanced the speech greatly and I felt like I would be able to drive a manual transmission pretty easily. Another positive attribute would be that the presenter explains the steps in great detail, which helps to understand more easily. There were many positive points to this speech, which made it good. Now, agreeing with Nick, I also believe there were some negative points. One would be that the presenter never repeats the steps to the audience. This would create the audience to forget some of the steps. Another negative aspect, would be that in the middle of the speech he started to bore me and I wasn't very interested anymore. After watching this video, I agree with Nick in most of his comments.