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.

Demonstration Speech: Josh teaches us how to make Kool Aid

Demonstration Speech: Josh teaches us how to make Kool Aid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KguwE3KSdz0

I watched a demonstration speech on YouTube, which was called “ Josh teaches us how to make Kool Aid”.  Although I already know how to make Kool Aid, it seemed like an interesting video to watch. Watching this video, I noticed some positive points and a few negative drawbacks.           

There were many positive points to this demonstration speech. For one, he was very engaging to his audience.  He got them involved and from my understanding they could easily relate to him. Another positive attribute to the presenter’s speech was that it was pretty organized. He came prepared with all the materials that were needed to make his Kool Aid and he thoroughly explained how to use the materials. One of the biggest positives that I noticed from the speech was that he was very confident. He rarely stumbled with words, and I could tell he knew how to make Kool Aid. The positive points in this demonstration speech helped enhance it a lot.

Even though there were positive points to this speech, there were also a couple drawbacks, which affected the speech. One drawback that I noticed was that the presenter was constantly looking at his note cards. Although it is fine to look a couple times throughout a speech, this presenter was looking constantly. Another drawback that I noticed was that he didn’t give good eye contact. Most of the time, he was looking down at his materials. It is good to give eye contact throughout the whole speech. One last downfall that I saw was he got off topic a couple times, and made some jokes that weren’t really necessary in the speech.

Overall, I thought this speech wasn’t bad. The presenter was enthusiastic about the speech and he did a fairly good job of demonstrating it. He just needs to work on a couple things to enhance his speech even more.

Response to Joey Tennyson's, "Organs for Sale?"

I disagree with Joey Tennyson's post, "Organs for Sale", found at http://jtennysonlsc100f09.blogspot.com/. His opinion on the topic is that people should be able to sell there organs. One of his main points on the issue is that people own their own organs, and they should have the right what to do with them. Obviously, I agree that people own their body parts, but there are just to many negatives to selling them. If people got the right to sell their organs, many would take it to an extreme, and overall could hurt themselves severely. Many poor people would start selling their organs just to receive money. It seems way to unethical to me, and would be looked at as a downfall to our country.

Another point on the issue that he stated, was that it would allow for more organs to be available. Yes, I agree that more would be available, but the issue of them not all being sufficient could lead to many problems. For example, if a person buys a organ for a lot of money and then it ends up not working, a huge lawsuit could happen, especially if the person dies from the surgery. This would cause a lot of issues that our country doesn't need right now. Overall, I disagree with Joey's opinion completely. In my opinion there are just to many downfalls of selling organs, and if we decided to, it would lead to many consequences that we just don't need.

2nd Post: Organs For Sale

I think that an individual should not have the right to sell their organs. It doesn't seem right to me that people can make money off their organs. Honestly, this would cause a lot of chaos in our society. First, I think it would create problems between the wealthy and the poor. Assuming organs would cost a lot of money, it would be difficult for poor people to buy them. This would create a market that would just be for wealthier people. Essentially, it could cause large problems with the poor people. Also, poor people would be selling more organs because they need the money compared to the middle and upper class.

Another big issue with allowing to sell organs is that people may severely hurt themselves after the specific surgery. Saying this, people will have a long recovering process, which would increase medical assistances in a lot of fields. Also, some people might rely on selling organs so much that it could possibly end up killing them in the long run.

Lastly, in my opinion, the market of selling organs would cause a lot of havoc. Organs would be for sale in many places and overall could create a lot of fraud, in which the law enforcement would get involved. For example, if people are selling organs that aren't healthy and won't benefit the buyer, there could be big lawsuits.

After reading the article, my opinion has not changed. My opinion hasn't changed because the author's points just don't really sway my decision. I believe that the negatives of selling organs still outweigh the positives. The negatives of causing problems with the poor, severely hurting the sellers, and the fraud are just not worth it.