Thanks for being such a great audience to our guest speakers. I hope their presentation--and our discussion afterwards--was helpful for you as you prepare to deliver your persuasive presentations.
Speeches begin Tuesday. Be sure to bring your outline to class because I'll be picking them up. Bring your drafts with your classmate comments as well; it's worth 5 points, so don't forget.
Let me know if you have any questions.
If you have two minutes, watch this video. I find it inspiring and think you may too.
Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.
Have a great weekend.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Watch xtranormal videos; Read chapter 15
I'm enjoying the videos you posted today. Hopefully, after today's class, you have a better idea of the characteristics of effective delivery and how to create a video using xtranormal. As you watch the videos, "like" the ones you enjoyed. The three videos with the most likes get bonus points.
For Thursday's class, read Chapter 15 in the textbook. The chapter discusses persuasive strategies. Be sure to take notes. On class Thursday, we'll be listening to a persuasive speech from communication students. As they present, I want you to apply what you read to their presentations. Your daily grade will be based on your notes.
After their speech, we will share our outlines and get feedback with our groups. This will be the last discussion you'll have during class before we begin the persuasive speeches.
We'll be starting our speeches on Tuesday, October 30 and need to be finished on November 1.
Have a great Wednesday!
For Thursday's class, read Chapter 15 in the textbook. The chapter discusses persuasive strategies. Be sure to take notes. On class Thursday, we'll be listening to a persuasive speech from communication students. As they present, I want you to apply what you read to their presentations. Your daily grade will be based on your notes.
After their speech, we will share our outlines and get feedback with our groups. This will be the last discussion you'll have during class before we begin the persuasive speeches.
We'll be starting our speeches on Tuesday, October 30 and need to be finished on November 1.
Have a great Wednesday!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Some reading and a draft Outline
I hope you were inspired today by Steve Jobs. I love his advice to keep looking for what you enjoy doing and not settling for someone else's dream. By the way, I love my job and working with you!
Wow. So today we learned that our lab has a two different versions of PowerPoint. Frustrating but informative. I hope the activity got you thinking about memorable word choices and how PowerPoint can be used in more visually engaging ways than just a heading, three bullet points, and come clip art. Be sure to visit our Facebook Group and vote for your favorite image (moving or static).
As you form your speech, remember: you'll have 4 minutes. That's it. Make each minute count. (I think Steve Jobs said this in his speech.)
For Tuesday, I want you to read Chapter 11 in your book. Focus on the section that discusses the characteristics of effective delivery. I want you to be comfortable with the topic in class on Tuesday.
I also want you to have a draft of your Outline. I'll be picking them up, so be sure to have another copy. I don't want to accidentally lose your only outline. My goal is to try to offer some feedback before class on Thursday, when your table can offer their advice.
Stay hungry; stay foolish. Have a great weekend!
Wow. So today we learned that our lab has a two different versions of PowerPoint. Frustrating but informative. I hope the activity got you thinking about memorable word choices and how PowerPoint can be used in more visually engaging ways than just a heading, three bullet points, and come clip art. Be sure to visit our Facebook Group and vote for your favorite image (moving or static).
As you form your speech, remember: you'll have 4 minutes. That's it. Make each minute count. (I think Steve Jobs said this in his speech.)
For Tuesday, I want you to read Chapter 11 in your book. Focus on the section that discusses the characteristics of effective delivery. I want you to be comfortable with the topic in class on Tuesday.
I also want you to have a draft of your Outline. I'll be picking them up, so be sure to have another copy. I don't want to accidentally lose your only outline. My goal is to try to offer some feedback before class on Thursday, when your table can offer their advice.
Stay hungry; stay foolish. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Topics selected, time to craft your speech
I enjoyed watching Army commercials with you all and hope you have a better grasp of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. One common way of using these persuasive strategies is to focus heavily on one, like we saw with the recruitment commercials. The Army primarily used Pathos. The Marines used Ethos. And the Sweden ad used Logos.
As you compose your persuasive speeches, consider what strategy outlined in the book will be most effective with your topic and with your audience. Remember, you are trying to convince members of the class to do what you are pitching to them. You have four minutes to give your pitch to the class. Your window is 3:30 to 4:00.
For Thursday, I want you to read Chapter 10 in your book. Focus on the section that discusses memorable word structure. This is something the rubric is looking for, so consider this section as you craft your speech. I also want you to skim Chapter 12.
Just FYI. Here are some important dates:
- Draft outline due October 23
- Final Outlines due October 30
- Speeches given from October 30 and November 1
As you compose your persuasive speeches, consider what strategy outlined in the book will be most effective with your topic and with your audience. Remember, you are trying to convince members of the class to do what you are pitching to them. You have four minutes to give your pitch to the class. Your window is 3:30 to 4:00.
For Thursday, I want you to read Chapter 10 in your book. Focus on the section that discusses memorable word structure. This is something the rubric is looking for, so consider this section as you craft your speech. I also want you to skim Chapter 12.
Just FYI. Here are some important dates:
- Draft outline due October 23
- Final Outlines due October 30
- Speeches given from October 30 and November 1
Friday, October 12, 2012
Post your topic, read a chapter
On Thursday we watched the last informative speech, discussed the persuasive strategies used by Graham Hill, talked about our next speech assignment, and watched our speeches and reflected on what we learned.
That's what I call a productive class period!
If you missed class, here's the link to the reflection questions.
This document has links to your speeches.
This weekend, I want you to think of a topic for your persuasive speech and post it on Facebook. You can change it later, but I want you to have a starting point.
I also want you to SKIM Chapter 6 in the textbook and READ Chapter 8; this chapter deals with introductions and conclusions, something that could really be strengthened in many of your speeches.
Have a great weekend!
That's what I call a productive class period!
If you missed class, here's the link to the reflection questions.
This document has links to your speeches.
This weekend, I want you to think of a topic for your persuasive speech and post it on Facebook. You can change it later, but I want you to have a starting point.
I also want you to SKIM Chapter 6 in the textbook and READ Chapter 8; this chapter deals with introductions and conclusions, something that could really be strengthened in many of your speeches.
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Let's get Persuasive
Your informative speeches showed a marked improvement from the first speeches you gave in class. Nice work. I heard some great introductions and attention getters and saw many of you skillfully incorporate images and videos with your speeches.
Now that your informative speeches are over, I want you to begin thinking about the next speech: your persuasive speech. To prep for this, I want you to read Chapter 14 in your book. In this speech you will be given four minutes to convince us to do something. As we watch your speeches, we will decide if it's something we want to do.
Here's how it will work. When you give your persuasive speech, we will "vote" on speeches that spark our interest. After all the speeches are over, you will turn in a list of your top five or ten speeches to me. I will then form new small groups, placing you in one of your top choices, and you, as a group, will attempt to accomplish your objective while taking videos and pictures to share with the class. More on that later.
A few things to keep in mind as you come up with ideas: campus activities are easier to accomplish, if your activity is off campus, tell us how you will arrange travel. Activities that can be accomplished during a class period tend work better than long, drawn out activities. Fundraising activities seem to be difficult for groups. Activities that involve personal changes (see the video below) can work better for people who don't live on campus.
Remember, you goal is to convince a few people to join you in your activity. You don't have to convince the whole class. Analyze your audience and target your demographic specifically if you'd like.
Think of some ideas. Bring questions to class on Thursday and we can talk through them.
If you want to prep for the daily write on Thursday, watch this video. Consider what techniques outlined in the book Graham Hill is using in his speech to persuade us to be a weekday vegetarian.
Have a great Wednesday.
Now that your informative speeches are over, I want you to begin thinking about the next speech: your persuasive speech. To prep for this, I want you to read Chapter 14 in your book. In this speech you will be given four minutes to convince us to do something. As we watch your speeches, we will decide if it's something we want to do.
Here's how it will work. When you give your persuasive speech, we will "vote" on speeches that spark our interest. After all the speeches are over, you will turn in a list of your top five or ten speeches to me. I will then form new small groups, placing you in one of your top choices, and you, as a group, will attempt to accomplish your objective while taking videos and pictures to share with the class. More on that later.
A few things to keep in mind as you come up with ideas: campus activities are easier to accomplish, if your activity is off campus, tell us how you will arrange travel. Activities that can be accomplished during a class period tend work better than long, drawn out activities. Fundraising activities seem to be difficult for groups. Activities that involve personal changes (see the video below) can work better for people who don't live on campus.
Remember, you goal is to convince a few people to join you in your activity. You don't have to convince the whole class. Analyze your audience and target your demographic specifically if you'd like.
Think of some ideas. Bring questions to class on Thursday and we can talk through them.
If you want to prep for the daily write on Thursday, watch this video. Consider what techniques outlined in the book Graham Hill is using in his speech to persuade us to be a weekday vegetarian.
Have a great Wednesday.
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