This blog represents the collective scholarly efforts of the students and instructor of CAS 100A: Effective Speech (a.k.a. public speaking) at Penn State University in the Summer of 2011.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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Thought I would take the liberty of posting first (I love a good icebreaker). A commencement speech seems like a timely and appropriate way to kick things off. Here's Amy Poehler at this year's Harvard Class Day:
Whenever I stumble upon the phrase "public speaking" the most familiar example to me would be a motivational speech. This is the type of speech that either a captain, player or a coach would give to the team in order to prepare them for a big game, or even help the team bounce back during the game to save them from defeat. I found this to be the most familiar example to me because it has been the one example that I have encountered numerous times in the past couple years with sports. I was either on the receiving end of the speech listening to a coach or another player, or I was on the delivering end of the speech. Saying things such as "pick it up," "play hard," or even a simple "lets go" helped provide enough motivation for my team. I played soccer and before each half of all of our games, the starters would huddle up and talk to prepare us. Usually one person would step up and provide motivation to the team, and that person was always me. I will never truly know if my speeches worked. However, I knew that the boys were listening. One game we were able to turn things around in the second half for a comeback victory, and I like to believe that my motivational speech played a key role in that victory because I think it helped turn things around for the team.
Motivational Speech
ReplyDeleteWhenever I stumble upon the phrase "public speaking" the most familiar example to me would be a motivational speech. This is the type of speech that either a captain, player or a coach would give to the team in order to prepare them for a big game, or even help the team bounce back during the game to save them from defeat. I found this to be the most familiar example to me because it has been the one example that I have encountered numerous times in the past couple years with sports. I was either on the receiving end of the speech listening to a coach or another player, or I was on the delivering end of the speech. Saying things such as "pick it up," "play hard," or even a simple "lets go" helped provide enough motivation for my team. I played soccer and before each half of all of our games, the starters would huddle up and talk to prepare us. Usually one person would step up and provide motivation to the team, and that person was always me. I will never truly know if my speeches worked. However, I knew that the boys were listening. One game we were able to turn things around in the second half for a comeback victory, and I like to believe that my motivational speech played a key role in that victory because I think it helped turn things around for the team.
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