Today class was dedicated to "This I Believe" speeches. I personally found it very unique and conceptually creative.
Overall, the speeches went well. There were likes and dislikes Ben pointed out by the end of class which were mostly content-related but not so much about presenting skills.
I will use this post to discuss about communication and presenting skills of the class in general.
I noticed eye-contact from almost everyone in this class. This is a great feature because a lot people usually get nervous when giving speeches, and if they are nervous they usually look down to avoid eye contact. Fortunately our class had marvelous audience-interaction skills.
Another feature that I'd like to mention is, as Will has pointed out in class, random and unnecessary movements and actions during the speech. I could understand that it would feel uncomfortable to stand still and talk for a couple of minutes while maintaining eye-contact with the audience. In my opinion, a little bit of movements would not be so distracting and in fact they could be useful in this case. The movements could perhaps help the presenter maintain his/her calmness through out the speech. In addition, they could serve as illustrations, too. It is important, however, to note that it might only work in this particular scenario because the speeches are somewhat written in an informal and passionate voice. For professional speeches, such random and unnecessary movements are usually not recommended.
One more thing about speech-presenting I'd like to discuss and if anyone ever feels the same way feel free to comment. Perhaps it is just me, but have you ever tried to read the audience's facial expressions and guess what they are thinking while listening to your speech? I mean I could really tell if a person in the crowd is not paying attention immediately but to know what they currently think about the speech could be a challenging task.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
A Fresh Start
So, here we go late night blogging!
Honestly, I am not in my right mindset at the moment. However, I recognize the need to fulfill my obligation to this class simply because...I love it!
The title might sound uncertain and confusing as I have noticed. What fresh start? What is so new here? Well, it is with novelty for me to start blogging, again. I used to blog. A long lost time ago. Perhaps, it has been approximately 4 years ago, back when I was a freshmen in high school, that I was blogging. Now I am a freshmen in college. Things have altered in a variety of ways. Things in general differed over time in specific aspects pertaining to my pursuit of transforming and growing as an individual. With that being said, my personality may have changed, but my given characters never have, and possibly never will. So won't everyone else's.
I am making a statement, which is testified with justifications, here. Please feel free to test its validity and liability if you must.
Certain individuals' personalities may change over time due to unique life-changing experiences or given scenario. One might lose or gain his hopes, trust, confidence, credibility, pride, reputation, or love because of one single incident occurred in his lifetime. Such impact may have manipulated his personality in a particular way. However, his characters should not be effected in any possible directions.
For instance, my grandfather, who was diagnosed with cancer and cardiac conditions, lost his stable mentality due to the sickness(es), medications, and age. He would wake up in the hospital and start making noises. He would desire things that he, if conscious and normal, never would have asked for. So there I observed a change in his personality. He would be moody, stubborn, or even confusing. Nevertheless, one unique thing instilled in the characters of which he has been upholding has never been lost even in uncertainty and illnesses: his passionate love for my grandmother.
He would wake up one morning and ask for my grandmother. We as family members tried telling him she was away to the market and she would be back soon. He would not wait. He asked us to give him the phone so he could call her and tell her how much he loved her all these years. He wanted to show her his appreciation and admiration for the love and the family of which she has prized him. He wanted to simply say he loved her through the phone.
My grandmother died roughly 12 years before my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer. However, in his stage of uncertainty and confusion he had forgotten that, and in exchange, he upheld his character, which bears the love for his wife and family.
My grandfather past away 2 years ago when I was ready to depart for the States. He has always been an admirable grandfather, father, and husband. The character he held on to showed me how much he loved and cared for this family. I am glad it never changed.
(feel free to proofread this post)
Honestly, I am not in my right mindset at the moment. However, I recognize the need to fulfill my obligation to this class simply because...I love it!
The title might sound uncertain and confusing as I have noticed. What fresh start? What is so new here? Well, it is with novelty for me to start blogging, again. I used to blog. A long lost time ago. Perhaps, it has been approximately 4 years ago, back when I was a freshmen in high school, that I was blogging. Now I am a freshmen in college. Things have altered in a variety of ways. Things in general differed over time in specific aspects pertaining to my pursuit of transforming and growing as an individual. With that being said, my personality may have changed, but my given characters never have, and possibly never will. So won't everyone else's.
I am making a statement, which is testified with justifications, here. Please feel free to test its validity and liability if you must.
Certain individuals' personalities may change over time due to unique life-changing experiences or given scenario. One might lose or gain his hopes, trust, confidence, credibility, pride, reputation, or love because of one single incident occurred in his lifetime. Such impact may have manipulated his personality in a particular way. However, his characters should not be effected in any possible directions.
For instance, my grandfather, who was diagnosed with cancer and cardiac conditions, lost his stable mentality due to the sickness(es), medications, and age. He would wake up in the hospital and start making noises. He would desire things that he, if conscious and normal, never would have asked for. So there I observed a change in his personality. He would be moody, stubborn, or even confusing. Nevertheless, one unique thing instilled in the characters of which he has been upholding has never been lost even in uncertainty and illnesses: his passionate love for my grandmother.
He would wake up one morning and ask for my grandmother. We as family members tried telling him she was away to the market and she would be back soon. He would not wait. He asked us to give him the phone so he could call her and tell her how much he loved her all these years. He wanted to show her his appreciation and admiration for the love and the family of which she has prized him. He wanted to simply say he loved her through the phone.
My grandmother died roughly 12 years before my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer. However, in his stage of uncertainty and confusion he had forgotten that, and in exchange, he upheld his character, which bears the love for his wife and family.
My grandfather past away 2 years ago when I was ready to depart for the States. He has always been an admirable grandfather, father, and husband. The character he held on to showed me how much he loved and cared for this family. I am glad it never changed.
(feel free to proofread this post)
Friday, January 14, 2011
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