The following video is from Chris Brons at Amarillo College. Chris gives an informative speech about Trinity Fellowship Church. I think Chris did a great job delivering his speech. In the beginning of his speech Chris used a quote that was interesting and helped gain the attention of his audience. He used this quote with [...]
The following video is an informative speech by Nannapat. Overall the presentation was good. However, I felt that the beginning of the speech was a little weak and could have used a stronger opening. Taking a vacation to a hospital is not a compelling idea to most people. Try using a bolder statement that would [...]
The following video is a self-introduction speech by Charly. Overall, I think Charly did a good job on her presentation. Her speech was well organized with a clear introduction and a brief description of her main talking points. In the body of her speech, she developed the main topics of her presentation with additional talking [...]
The following video by Kathleen is an informative speech. If you are puzzled by the title of this post then watch the video below and you will see what I’m talking about. I think you will find it pretty amusing or maybe not…
Right off the bat, I think you will notice that Kathleen did [...]
I couldn’t resist since today is April Fools Day! The following video by Katelyn is a humorous video of herself going through the discovery process that many of us go through as we see ourselves on video for the first time. Katelyn proves a point that I think we should all consider… That is, we [...]
I think all of us at some time in our lives have given a speech that we could have done better. Don’t beat yourself up about it. Learn from your mistakes and improve the next time. Remember this… If you think your speech was the worst speech ever, there is always someone else who has [...]
Practice Practice Practice!!! I can’t say it enough. If you practice you can avoid: embarrassing yourself, being nervous, using vocal fillers, reading from cue cards, looking goofy, sounding unintelligent, boring your audience, and more. Just watch the video below to see what I mean. Many thanks to Walla Walla Community College for posting this video. [...]
Sometimes the best way to get the attention of your audience when giving an informal presentation is to do something that your audience would not expect. The following presentation reminds me of a time when I gave a speech while I was holding an unusual looking object in my hand that kept the audience guessing [...]
When giving a speech or presentation it’s important to keep the attention of your audience, but if you sound like a robot you can forget it! I have sat through many business presentations where the content is good but the vocals are mind numbingly boring to my ears. If you don’t practice inflection or pitch [...]