Speech Critique
On February 5, 2003, I went to the OMSI Museum to listen to a speech presented by the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). It was the ¡§kick off event¡¨ for their month of lectures on brain awareness. The speaker was Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D. from Stanford University. His speech was called, ¡§It¡¦s a jungle in there. What the wild kingdom can teach us about healthy brains.¡¨ My overall impression of the speech was that he did a great job with relating the stress to the brain. His transitions made everything go smoothly and powerfully. The concept of speech, may it be public or not, ¡§offers personal, professional, and public benefits for the individual.¡¨ Pg. 19„h. We can benefit from the knowledge gained by bringing it into our future job and relationships. It can increase our learning power and enable us to hold more information. In regards to this class SP 111, we focus on Public Speaking. The knowledge that this style of speech brings is confidence in ones self-worth, excellent communication skills that can ¡§increase your chances of getting a job and binding people into groups and propelling social movement and social change.¡¨ Pg. 19„h. A public speech needs to give/have a thesis, organizationa
The speaker, Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D. began his speech with an incredible, inviting introduction. He grabbed our attention from the very beginning by saying, ¡§How many of you have a history of cancer or high blood pressure in your family? Please don¡¦t be shy, raise your Hands.¡¨ According to our class book on "How to Organize your Speech Introduction", he wanted to ¡§command the attention of the audience with his first words" which drawled us in, wanting to know more. Pg. 58„h. He definitely had planned strategies for getting our attention; question, arouse, stimulate, etc. which the book describes as good ideas for getting the audiences attention.¡¨ Pg. 221„h. ¡§In the early 1900¡¦s what was the leading cause of death?¡¨ ¡§The Flu¡¨, he said. ¡§The flu killed back then and now, stress kills. Think about it, high blood pressure, stroke.¡¨ From that point on the audience was able to understand the concept of where he was going. He provided us with a clear thesis, leading him to ¡§clarify his topic and purpose of his speech" which the book says if your listeners are confused about your topic, you limit their ability to listen actively. Pg.58„h. He used a visual aid to preview his key ideas. Before he went forward into the body of the speech, he provided us with credibility/Ethos relating to his lab in Stanford and his studying in Austria. He appealed to the general audience with the amount of stress and fear that some of us may have with dying. That provided me with the idea that he was using some of the rhetor
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