Friday, August 31, 2012
post question #2
When looking for a speech topic, I find it incredibly hard to choose a topic that I can research and talk about for a whole 5 minutes. Worst of all is when I choose a topic that I dont care about or really have no interest in. I have done research speeches on many topics and talking about something you are not very passionate about in front of a group of people is almost always a way to set yourself up for dissapointment. Luckily from past experience Ive caught on to and learned that what makes a speech great is how the person themselves feels about the topic. I still have anxiety when talking in front of a group of people that I dont know, but believing in what you are presenting deffinitely helps in giving a succeful speech. I also agree that researching a topic you are interested in makes the process much easier and enjoyable. No one really calls someone to talk about something they have no care for but rather about something they can carry on a conversation or even a debate about.
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I totally agree with you. I used to dread English class because I knew that we would have to present on subjects that were very boring or something I didn’t really care about. But then there are times when I pick a subject and when I start trying to research it, I am like, wow, this is very hard to make a presentation that will last 3 minutes, much less 5. I do agree that you are kind of setting yourself up for disappointment in that case because you go up in front of the class, say everything in monotone and before you even get the chance to sit down everybody already forgot what you were talking about.
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