| Hi Pals! Hope your summer is going well--we are half way through our painful yet enlightening journey towards public address. Great job on those group speeches...no one was injured or arrested during the group speeches...haha...This week, please blog to us your most admired speaker, be it family friend, teacher, priest, group leader, celebrity, performer etc...Tell us who they are, why you think they are effective at speaking (or singing, performing, etc) and one way you can "borrow" what they do well to make yourself a better public speaker. Don't skip any part of this blog if you want full credit: Pictures are welcome, or links to pics. For extra credit, use a vocabulary word from the book chapter on informative speakingin your blog comment, and have a great week. |
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Blog #3: To Inform, or NOT to inform....
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Ryan Sack
I would like to say that my most admired speaker is my Pastor Rich. Rich is an excellant speaker, though the Lord helps him with all that he says. Rich knows what he's talking about, and doesn't seem to ever look down at a reference sheet. He looks at his audience while he talks and alwaays lures them in with stories and personal accounts. Rich is personal with his audience and knows them, and knows what they need to hear. In my personal opinion there is no better speaker than a person that is sharing God's love with others.
The best thing I can take from him, is to always get to know my audience so I can relate to them on a personal level while speaking.
i would have to say...my most admired speaker would be my younger brother pete. he seems to always know what to say when he give speeches. just recently he was the student speaker at his graduation from UC Davis, his speech rocked so hard, everyone in the building gave him a standing ovation. i even saw tears from some people. he spoke about life's journeys and about how our family overcame hardships, and applied it to how others could have shared the same type of hardships. his ability to read and adapt to the crowd is just so amazing. if i were to "borrow" something from him to make me a better public speaker, i would say his "can-do" attitude and his ability to read the audience. he doesn't let anything throw him off. he goes into a speech, guns blazing, then finishes off, leaving the crowd speechless.
http://aggiefamilypack.ucdavis.edu/0606/commencement.html
pat gregorio jr.
I have a two speakers to recognize. First, I must recognize my mother Marcela Iglesias. I realize the fact I'm bias but I none the less know her to be a great speaker. After overcoming a language barrier, she became the head of public affairs in California for a large very well known insurance company. Now a teacher, I know her skills with andragogy first hand. Inspiring you to become self-modivated while still adding a personal feel to every subject. Currently teaching Business Law at Sac city, a boring subject to many, I would recommend you take her class. However, I must warn you the subect matter is not easy and she will know dumb herself down for no one, yet her teaching style is audience based and welcoming. Secondly, I like the KGO talk show host Pete Wilson's Speaking style. It is direct and logical with with a emphasis on moderation for all subject matter.
The things I will borrow from both these speakers is practice, disipline, knowing your subject matter, and applying an ethical and moderate point of veiw on any subject.
Chris Margedant
I dont have admired speaker! But i know that anyone can be effective speaker if the speach he/she presents well prepared and connected to his/her life experience. When I listen to somebody's speech I always look for connection between what he/she says and his/her life experience. For instance, if someone umarried will give speech on how to construct happy marriage I wont listen to him/her..
One way that I can borrow to do my own speech better..In our class there're several good speakers and I would "borrow" their artistic skills.
Nina Zhigadlo
Suze Orman. She’s the financial advisor who makes regular appearances on the Oprah show. She’s effective because she uses every strategy in our book that enhances audience understanding. E.g. Finances can be complex, but Suze breaks down the information and explains the terminology and processes with a simple overview. She tells relevant stories that most people can relate to. This helps motivate her audience to continue listening to her. To help her audience recall all the information that she gives them, Suze reinforces all the key points and builds in redundancy into her speeches. She spends a lot of time making informational speeches so Suze has a lot of practice addressing the public. I think the simplest strategy to borrow from Suze is practice. Practice enables you to get comfortable with the idea of making speeches and allows you to incorporate and test out all the different strategies.
K.Vang
As far as most effective speakers are concerned, I would have to say that Martin Luther King Jr. would be the one whom I admire the most. In his speech, “I Have A Dream”, he effectively delivered his powerful speech with great elocution. His credibility as a speaker was evident by the way he captivated his audience’s attention. It is this quality that I would like to borrow most from him. I believe that I lack a sense of confidence that is necessary in order to gain the respect and motivation of an audience. Furthermore, Mr. King used analogies in his speech to allow the audience to relate to what he was presenting.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2870993036844006059&q=best+speech+ever&total=541&start=40&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=8
Ooopsie...Comment above posted by: Laarni :)
I don't have any real admired speakers. When i watch or listen a speaker speaks, i tend to listen what are they talking about it is real by their tone, gesture, facial expression and their posture. Moreover, mostly i watch for their emotion, feeling and context toward their speech.
Luan (Loon) Dang.
The speaker I admire most would be Syd Banks. I like his style as well as how he stays so relaxed. He speaks about the principles of human thought and how it controls our lives. He asks open-ended questions and never tells people what to think or feel. When he speaks it is only to inform and enlighten, not to lecture. He uses no notes and pays much attention to his audience. He knows what he is speaking about and brings humor when he can. I would like to take from him, the calmness he has with in. When he speaks it allows me to relax and open my mind to his words which I like.
Daniel P.
I admire my pastor Rich, who teaches the Bible with simplicity and always explains each passage of scripture thoroughly. I have known him for over 5 years now and each time he shares from the Bible, he really paints good pictures with his words. Also not only does he deliver sound messages, but somehow while he is speaking its as though you and him were chillin on a front patio, having fellowship about the Love of God. What I really have learned from his bible studies that I apply to the Sunday School class i teach is a motto that Rich taught me- "To simply teach the Bible simply." Since he emphasizes the Bible and studying the whole text verse-by-verse, I have leared from him to just let the bible mean what it says. And really that has helped me in this class to keep things simple and allow a subject to take its free-course!
I admire my pastor Rich, who teaches the Bible with simplicity and always explains each passage of scripture thoroughly. I have known him for over 5 years now and each time he shares from the Bible, he really paints good pictures with his words. Also not only does he deliver sound messages, but somehow while he is speaking its as though you and him were chillin on a front patio, having fellowship about the Love of God. What I really have learned from his bible studies that I apply to the Sunday School class i teach is a motto that Rich taught me- "To simply teach the Bible simply." Since he emphasizes the Bible and studying the whole text verse-by-verse, I have leared from him to just let the bible mean what it says. And really that has helped me in this class to keep things simple and allow a subject to take its free-course!
Chad Lobato
I admire my pastor Rich, who teaches the Bible with simplicity and always explains each passage of scripture thoroughly. I have known him for over 5 years now and each time he shares from the Bible, he really paints good pictures with his words. Also not only does he deliver sound messages, but somehow while he is speaking its as though you and him were chillin on a front patio, having fellowship about the Love of God. What I really have learned from his bible studies that I apply to the Sunday School class i teach is a motto that Rich taught me- "To simply teach the Bible simply." Since he emphasizes the Bible and studying the whole text verse-by-verse, I have leared from him to just let the bible mean what it says. And really that has helped me in this class to keep things simple and allow a subject to take its free-course!
Chad Lobato
I don't have admired speaker.But ....Last week, I listened many speakers to speak in the class.I really like to listen their speeches.They spoke very interesting topics. T tried to understand what they were talking about their topic through their words and their facial expression. I recognize that our class have many good speakers.
One thing, I can learn from good speakers that they speak very confident and attractive.Their speeches relate to their life experience.
Thuy Trinh
My most admired speaker is my former professor at UC Davis, Dr. G. She's a Biological Sciences lecturer and has an incredible ability to teach. Besides having a lecture hall of 450+ students every quarter, she does a good job at addressing students' questions on the fly. She has crisp explanations and an astounding knowledge of the subject matter. She also seems to only provide information that is pertinent to the course. She always seems to be calm and collective, and never struggling for the right words to say.
One quality that I can "borrow" from her is her confidence she displays during her lectures. I believe this ability stems from her incredible knowledge and expertise of the subject matter. As a tutor of biological sciences, I believe that I can gain this confidence by gaining a better understanding of the subject matter. I would not look very credible if I'm struggling to find an explanation for student's questions.
Jason F.
The person that i most admire in a strong and effective speaker is my recent Biology teacher. Her enthusiasm and effective delivery of many speeches to inform is so skillful-she definitely got game. Her speech are clear and precise, with information that are easy on the ears and very structured that allow the audience to easily follow her ideas. Things that i can definitely snatch from her andragogy is maintaining fluidity in a speech by connecting ideas in a logical way, keeping ideas short and concise, and inflection of words are crucial methods in making the speech more interesting.
BrYaN NgO
there had been great speeches given over time by great people and i must admit that it's a shame for me not to have a particular one in my life yet. i would like to say that people who made a difference in our society, such as Martin Luther King Jr., are one of the few who really moved me, and whenever i remember what they have done, it really does affect me in a very positive way.
there's a lot of good speakers in the class, one of the many reasons why i love staying even until late just to hear amazing ideas and thoughts, with a wide range of various techniques and ways of deliverance.
the best thing to learn from my fellow students, as well as great speakers, is knowing what the topic is, and carefully delivering it to the audience, and knowing how to balance it.
karen asuro
My Pastor Steve at Valley Hi Covenant Church is my most admired speaker. Pastor Steve projects well with his voice volumne while he speaks. Pastor Steve always looks up, and he rarely looks at his notes, or outline. God has given him a gift for speaking. The best speaker is one that is sharing god's love with others. He has a great gift of andragogy. I learn best from speakers of christ. Pastor Steve knows what is necessary for his audience. He even knows how to make the congregation laugh and pray while
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This person that I truly admired for being a great speaker is an instructor of a Nursing program at Delta College who I had last semester. I never failed to be present in her class because I just can't miss her lectures. She perfectly explained her lecture that it always made sense to me. There are so much things to learn and understand about nursing, but the way she teaches the class makes it so simple to keep everything in mind. Even though English is her second language and her accent is still there, she uses the perfect words to explain the subject matter. I am so fortunate to be her student since she is retiring soon. She had always been speaking to enhance understanding, to maintain interest, and to be remembered.
Comment at 1:56 am by Jaclyn A.
My most admired spreaker is my ex boss Keri Vidad. She was always prepared for what she was talking about and that made her seem smart. She always kept the crowd excited by making jokes and asking questiongs. She never says no to any idea and is willing to listen and talk to everyone. What i would want to take from her is her stage presence. She uses her body language to seem very calm and make the audience feel good her speach. It seems like everyone is enjoying listening to her.
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my favoritest of all favorite speakers has got to be professor George from CRC. whenever he teaches class he owns the room with a sort of charisma and eloquence that hypnotizes an audience so much that i wake up extra early just so that i may not miss even a minute of his class. Sitting through his lectures is like watching stand-up comedy. Its amusing to see him ocnnect his jokes to his sociology class and find it very relatable to our everday life. Even some of the things that he says that people might find culturally offensive if taken out of context are said in a way that is humorous enough that has our whole class saying "youre right....youre right..." Hes got that kind of chracter and attitude that says "RANDOM!!!" like its random to watch him put on his dancing shoes on (literally) and do f idfferent dances rangging from tap, jazz, african, and hiphop only to demonstrate how they are like a social construct of races. Its his creativeness that keeps his class on his toes. IT's that creativeness that i want to take with me to make me a better public speaker. -reyna
Hi all,
Yeah.. I totally procrastinated and I'm doing my blog the day it's due. I would have to say that there are a few people I most admire when it comes to public speaking, but if I had to pick a person who exibits all of the characteristics that I fail to display when I give a speech, it would be Dane Cook. He's a funny guy which is always entertaining in itself, but his mannerisms are (in my opinion) what helps him to hold a captive audience. He is extremely animated and high energy, moving about the stage and gesturing wildly. When he gives a narrative he also acts it out and by doing so gets me to laugh at jokes that I probably wouldn't normally consider funny. Some people may argue that his jokes suck, or that he is not funny, but I think most people would have to admit, he is never boring. Plus he totally analyzes his audience; he will praise women right before launching into a narrative on how crazy they can be.
Maureen Crowley
the person i admire the most of Sharon Her. She is the wife of my youth pastor at church. She's just so energetic and loves to speak her mind when she feels like it needs to be heard. She tells the truth when it comes down to it. She has great speaking skills which i can't help but notice. i love the way she talks. she knows how to explain everything clearly and she has a nice powerful and strong voice. what i can learn from Sharon is that you have to be a bold speaker in order for people to listen to you.
sheng her
The person that I admire the most is one of my English professor in high school. He is an excellent and skillful speaker. I never feel bored in his lecture. He tried to explain the material in different tones and gestures. He feels confident in his lecture that he never has to think about the right word to say. He really understands the material and uses jokes and games to present his speech to the audience.
One thing that I have learned from him is his andragogy. He presents the material with his personal opinion. He never follows any instructions before lecturing. I hope I can learn his andragogy and gain this confident to become a better speaker.
Wayne Tsang
My admired speaker would have to be Sarah Silverman. I don't know what it is about that gurl but when I here her speak I want to be just like her. She just seems so confident when she speaks and she doesnt hold back any thing. She always knows what to say and for that she is my most admired speaker.
The thing that I would take from Sarah is her confidence I wish I could be as confident as her.
Brittney Johnson
Until now, seriously, no one is my admired speaker. I would always imagine the most admired speaker to me should have strong persuative skills with evidences. He/she may speak with a gently tone and speeches are linkable with his/her own lives because I do not like to hear how much a person know but experienced. Also, another way to attract me to hear his/her speech is keep raising funny examples to fill the gap between view of points.
Bringing back to my own speech, I think I should share more own experiences, tell funny examples to keep my speech an entertainment and informative.
Vicky Hui
my genetic professor from CCSF is great! i admire him as a public speaker, because his lecture was always well organized, he made the class so interesting that kept all the students' attention focused on the subject. also, the way he speaks, loud and not so fast. so if i have to do a critiques like the one we do in our speech class, it is gonna be a very good one.
kenny
The speaker that I admire the most is/was Jackie "O". In case you are too young to know about the history of one of our most famous presidents, she was the wife of Pres. John F. Kennedy.
The poise and character that she expressed during the 60's was unheard of especially from a womans point of view when women struggled to have a voice. She was expected to have charachter and charisma even when the world around her had none and sometimes, the suspect was as close as her own husband.
One thing that I would like to borrow from Ms. "O" is/was her ability to maintain positive energy so that a point is delivered with sincerity to the audience. Age, race and creed mattered during the times that we knew her as Mrs. Kennedy, but her heart was most memorable whenever you listened to her speak.
Alicia
My most admired speaker? I would say… Pres. Ron Reagan. Not because I like politics, but I admired him for his unnatural talent to communicate effectively in a huge crowd of different background. I watch a few of his speeches during his presidency and thought he was great! He used analogy in his speech. He delivered his speech with eloquence; thereby, infliction of immediacy to his audience. Pres. Reagan’s charisma and ability to embrace a highly diverse audience made his every speech so powerful. If I could borrow one thing from his talent… that would be his charisma and his ability to address a very diverse audience without alienating some of his audience.
R. McCarty
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/allpolitics/0406/reagan.speeches.ap/frameset.exclude.html
i would have to say i dont have a fav. speaker, but who i do like listening to is mr PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH! thats right mr president. most of you might be wondering why him? well, when he makes his speaches that are shown on tv, he makes very funny speaches. he spoke loud and proud, but at the same time its like he speaking someone elses words and not know what he's talkin about or that might not be the case. it might just be that he doesnt make sense some times. ok fine, maybe i just like this guy because he makes me feel better about myself, that even mr president makes mistakes. bleh!
HER
my most admired speaker is my Pastor Chris. I admired him because he's very lively, energetic, and his teaching about the bible really ties in what's happening in our lives today. He's really passionate on what he is doing and that is preaching the word of god. He uses his sense of humor and makes sure that he's always prepared. Everytime i go to our bible study every friday it's like im watchin a comedian makin people entertain but he makes sure that he gets his point accross. In order for me to be a good speaker like him i would use humor but will make sure that the information that im giving to the audience is accurate and meaningful.
-Robert Hernandez
Traci Brooks
I feel that the most admirable speaker I know would have to be my friend Dre. He and I are the same age and both attend college so we've takin most of the same courses. He realized he possessed a hidden talent through his public speaking course... he was a great public speaker! I feel that he is extremely talented in this area, but what I admire the most would be the confidence that he has when he's addressing an audience. That would be the one thing that i hope would rub off on me. I HATE speaking in front of crowds of people I don't know; it would actually be on the top of my list of things that I hate to do. However I hope that through watching my friend I can learn not to hate it so much
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