PUBLIC SPEAKING

My result : 154 points My result improved! Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to prepare much more different topics, where we could be more and more creative with each presentation. However, I've realized in this course what things are must in the speeches ( theis, clear structure, using words-organisators). Some things I still need to practice, but I really like that I don't create the speeches according one pattern, I can play with different introductions, link everything variously. 

Lisa Nichols is a motivational speaker, on her YouTube channel she shares tips for prepearing great public speaches. This very video is dedicated to connecting the audience. In my opinion, attention-getters and the speech itself relate to getting way with the audience.  Lisa gives the tips according to our phsycological perception of a successful speaker. These tips can help to boost up your performance, to make you stand out. The advice shows you how you should feel and treat the audience to make them admire you.

For this week I had a challange to text a friend I don't communicate with any more. I chose my ex-best friend with whom we were super close in a childhood. And this is how, I hope, she saw it. I was at home and all of a sudden Nastya sent me an old picture of us from school when we were so small and adorable, I was touched. After we just started a basic conversation about current life, studying, plans. I was really nice to hear from her since so long, because I had no idea where she is now and what she does. We were chatting for about 20 minutes. This conversation gave me some really good vibes, so I was glad that sometimes "ghosts from the past" can bring some elation.

I’m not an aggressive person at all and I’ve never looked for conflict for a thrill. The only thing that can make me act is Injustice. This week I faced it. This week I was on the beach with my friends (talking of quarantine, I live with my friends and we keep the distance). We had a picnic and we noticed the family in 20 meters away from us. The mother and the father were sitting in chairs, and their child, a boy about the age of 5, was playing with the sand. I remember my friend said: “Is it...is it a hamster there?”, unfortunately, it WAS a hamster the boy was playing with in the sand. The boy, obviously, was not sensible enough, neither were his parents... He treated hamster violently, buried him in the sand, threw(don’t really want to remember it again). Sadly or not, my reaction in repressing situation is freezing, I don’t do anything, the mind turns off. However, in that moment I thought I NEED TO DO SOMETHING, TO SAY SOMETHING AT LEAST. I sat thinking for 10 minutes about...

Here are some comments on the speeches.

I liked the topic, I think it‘s a general information in a nutshell for all of us about informative speeches. The structure was clear enough, but in introduction Nastya said “...tell me why...” and gives no time to answer. In my opinion, if it was rhetorical question, it wasn’t necessary to appeal to the audience; but if it was an attempt of interaction and we were supposed to answer the question, it’s be better to give us some time to reply. In the conclusion I’d love the speaker to leave us with short phrase, like wish, like final point. I liked there were some examples, which illustrated the rules. Talking about vocal performance, the tempo was perfect for me, so was the volume. Unfortunately, some words were mispronounced ( I hate to correct anyone, but here are some mispronounced words “concrete”, “familiar”, “great”). The pitch and leaping intonation somewhere made speech hard to comprehend for me. There was use of gestures, facial expression, the physical side of presentati...