For this speech report, I went to a keynote speaker at IdeaFest. The keynote speaker I listened to was Dr. Lauren Freese. This speech took place on April 4 at 4 in the afternoon in the MUC Ballroom. The purpose of this speech was to inform listeners. The speaker’s goal was to teach listeners about the connection between food studies and art history. Dr. Freese accomplished this goal by showing various examples of paintings depicting food and restaurant or club settings. She used these paintings to explain how food played a role in explain the history and events going on at the give time. The introduction grabbed my attention because of the speaker’s voice. She was very upbeat and had good inflection while speaking. The main points of the speech …show more content…
For me the most interesting reason was the paintings were both complex and simple. The paintings were simple in what they depicted. However, they were complex when the audience thinks about what the paintings were truly saying. To transition from each piece, Dr. Freese used the painter’s name since he painted all the pieces that were used as examples. This proved to be an effective method. To keep the ideas fresh in the audience’s mind, Dr. Freese recapped her main points during her conclusion.
The most appealing element of the speaker’s delivery was her tone and inflection. The most distracting element of her delivery was her rate of speech. She tended to speak a little faster during certain parts of her speech which made it a bit hard to understand her. During these parts, it was easy to drift off and then be lost as to what Dr. Freese was explaining in her speech.
I also didn’t feel that the speaker used many gestures in her speech. She also didn’t move from the podium during her speech. Both of these elements made the speech a little dull to watch. The question and answer period wasn’t incredibly interesting simply because few people had questions for Dr. Freese. Overall, I felt that Dr. Freese did have good delivery for her speech and tried to keep it as interesting as
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In the narrative “Food Is Good” author Anthony Bourdain humorously details the beginning of his journey with food. Bourdain uses lively dialogue with an acerbic style that sets his writing apart from the norm. His story began during his childhood and told of the memories that reverberated into his adulthood, and consequently changed his life forever. Bourdain begins by detailing his first epiphany with food while on a cruise ship traveling to France. His first food experience was with Vichyssoise, a soup served cold.
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My thoughts on whose Susan Cain’s speech she was humorous, seemed sympathetic, and trustworthy. I believed and visualized her thoughts on being an introvert. She sounded passionate but not overdoing it, more subtle in a
She used humor occasionally but it wasn't usually relevant to the actual speech. There was no use of visual aids which was fine because it did not really require any. Moving on, she discussed the things that have worked for her like making schedules and being persistent. In doing so, she related it back on how one could use her examples in order to become more efficient. She used many hand gestures which helped us concentrate on her message more effectively.
Her slow yet concise way of speaking, coupled with easy to follow transitions allowed for a speech that was enjoyable to listen to. Her use of examples from her personal life allowed her audience to get a picture of who she was if they did not know, and allowed her to better relate to them by provided examples of how she is related to the college they are graduating from. Her reference to many modern political problems allowed her to bring up her important role as an activist and facilitated further understanding from the audience. While some areas of her speech were weak, such as the longer than needed pauses and her lack of consistent eye contact, to a few points where she didn’t speak clearly enough, the overall picture that was her speech was fairly strong. Looking at this speech, I hope to incorporate some aspects that I failed to include in my previous speeches. Some of these include her use of hand gestures to emphasize and exaggerate certain phrases and topics, and her combined use of appeals. While my initial thoughts going in were “This is boring” and “This is too slow”, it evolved into me wanting to hear more, and overall my defeat in the beginning turned into a victory at the
She quickly transitions to explaining how it was not only opportunity but also hard work that got her to where she was. In opening sentence she states, “I was just counseled not to be nervous, that’s almost impossible.” This was the first sentence of her speech, it opened it up with a bit of humor as the entire crowd she wass talking to laughed. The feedback she received from her audience almost gives her slight ease, she feels like she has their full attention. Being nominated to the highest court house in the nation must have really caused her excitement. As she is talking she sometimes slows down to a point where it seems she doesn’t want to lose track of what she is saying. This can be due to psychological noise she might have been experiencing while delivering her speech. The excitement of being nominated for the high ranking position would have made most people have wondering thoughts about the future that awaits
adequate. Hickam did use good transitions between his main points. The speech did expand my
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 3, 2016 - The Artisan’s Sanctuary is pleased to present a diverse body of dynamic artworks by Iowa City artist, Jonathan Sims. The exhibition, SNACK ATTACK, features over 50 paintings and both digital and animated lenticular prints depicting an array of transformed cartoon food. The work included in this energetic show will subsequently be collated and published as a hardbound catalogue. Sims’ current work explores the ubiquity of common food items found in popular Western culture through a humorous, satirical, and sometimes nonsensical lense. The brightly colored works on paper and panel jump off the surface with vibrating neon pigments and expressive gesture.
Now, Ellen DeGeneres does not live in fear because everything turned out for the better. She can still use ethos to prove to everyone that she is a down right awesome celebrity. She can use pathos to explain her life to us and to tell us it’s not easy to get where you want to go but you’ll eventually get there. Her speech was definitely effective because she caught my attention. She worded everything to make the graduates feel like they have lived her life with her. And she went from comedic to serious in a great way that changed the tone to a great speech.
Whitlow did an exemplary job of not only presenting his information, he did a great job of speaking ethically, establishing his credibility, and just by being passionate about the subject matter. As far as the classical metrics we use to judge a orator, such as eye contact, posture, body language, I feel that Dr. Whitlow did a great job demonstrating these skills as they added to the lecture. One thing I noticed was instead of scanning the audience; he made contact with a few audience members. He was careful not to fixate on one member for too long and was sure to have a good distribution of people to look at so it didn’t appear like he was only staring at one part of the auditorium. Not only did show that Dr. Whitlow was comfortable with his audience, it helped foster a connection, and it showed that he was prepared as preparation is associated with eye-contact (Chaney & Green, 2006).
After watching “The Brave New World of Medical Robots (Improved Version)” speech and evaluating it, I saw many things that a good speech needs as well as things that can be left out to enhance the speech. Overall I thought that the speech was very good and I probably would have given him an A. With that being said no one is perfect therefore we cannot do everything perfect I believe there are some things that he could improve on. His introduction was awesome! He grabbed my attention with the story of mechanical arms over a woman on a surgery table as the lead in to his speech. He used the story and distinctly told us the topic of his speech followed by the three main points he would discuss.
The speech lasted about three minutes and thirty seconds, was concise and informative. He used direct language to rally the people and to champion the common cause. Nye was nicely dressed, adorned in his blazer and signature bow tie, he stood still, but used his hands to make his points. He frequently looked up from his notes, and effortlessly connected with the audience, despite not delivering his speech
The speaker first grab her viewer’s attention by giving them questions and having self participation. Also, Amy uses humor to keep the audience focus on what is is talking about. She achieved this by her use of funny pictures and videos to break the ice for the viewers and to warm her crowd up. Cuddy also utilized technology in her speech. Her use of technology enhance her discussion by providing visuals to guide the audience in her topic. Together with the technology, Amy used an emotional personal story to keep the attention of the audience. This emotional story used the pathos side of a persuasive speech to use the audience emotion to keep them focus on the subject.
This speech did not make me nervous nor did it stress me out. I felt comfortable talking about color blindness because I had a good understanding of what it was, making it super easy to talk about. The informative speech stuck out in my mind because it was one of the speeches that I made really good eye contact, and I felt like I was saying very useful information unlike many of my other speeches. I am so glad we did an informative speech because it help me gain more confidence in my speaking abilities. I remember during the speech, I looked at the crowd and I actually saw them being attentive, and seeing my classmates like that made me feel like I was presenting my speech very well while being