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Evaluating a Speech (Objs. 1, 2 and 3)
Your Task. Search online for a speech that was delivered by a significant businessperson or a well-known political figure. Consider watching President Barack Obama’s 2013 inauguration speech or Steve Jobs’s “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University on YouTube. Write an e-mail to your instructor critiquing the speech in terms of the following:
Effectiveness of the introduction, body, and conclusion
Evidence of effective overall organization
Emphasis of two to four main points
Effectiveness of supporting facts (use of examples, statistics, quotations, and so forth)
Focus on audience needs and benefits
Overcoming Stage Fright (Obj. 4)
What makes you most nervous when making a presentation before class? Being afraid of becoming tongue-tied? Having all eyes on you? Messing up? Forgetting your ideas and looking unprofessional?
Your Task. Come up with ways to overcome these fears. Write an e-mail to your instructor, summarizing your suggestions.