CALS 183 Communication Methods Lecture Six Outline, Tuesday February 18, Thursday February 20

Lecture A (CRN 12028) Tuesdays 2:30-3:45pm Flemming 101
Lecture B (CRN 91633) Thursdays 2:30-3:45pm Given E 131 (Carpenter Auditorium)

Return Present Yourself Quizzes.   Individual   Group   Average

Questions?

Introductions.  Please put away all electronic devices (lap tops, smart phones, iPods, iPads etc.) and take out something to write with and paper.

Assignments & Announcements:
  1. Contact your group members for the Group Critical Analysis presentation and Practice.
  2. Bring Flash Drive (2+ Gigs) to lab when you present.
  3. Check Syllabus speaking schedule for when you are reading and your lab role.
  4. Outside Speech Critique assignment.  UVM lecture calendar site.

Tips From TAs:

  1. Follow the Critique Sheets!
  2. Objectives must say how the audience will be changed: "I'm going to talk to you about rock climbing" is NOT an objective.  "After my presentation you will know the basics of rock climbing" is an objective.
  3. Restate must knows must be SPECIFIC.
  4. Have a STRONG ENDING separate from the restate must knows.
  5. PAUSE FOR EFFECT!
  6. DRESS - conservative & more formal than usual.
  7. It is YOUR responsibility to set up the technology - not the TAs.  Set up BEFORE lab starts.
  8. Lab Roles
  9. Everyone is expected to arrive early and stay the whole time - go to the bathroom before lab.
  10. Source any facts that are not common knowledge.
  11. Repeat questions asked at the end of your presentation.
LECTURE:

The single most important thing to do in preparing to speak: Practice in front of others and get feedback!

Informational Presentation suggested order of things to do:
   1. Mind Map first draft
   2. Research your topic
   3. Detailed outline
   4. Mind Map second draft
   5. Presentation outline (big font, one sheet)
   6. Practice at least three times in front of friends and get feedback
   7. GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION 
   8. View your presentation, read peer evaluations, reflect
   9. Write your reflection paper
  10. Assemble your reflection folder: Reflection Folder Checklist folder is due at the beginning of lab the following week.  Here's an example of the Contents of the Reflection Folder.

Group Critical Analysis Presentation Details: Symposium Format.
-Know the contact information for your group members
-Decide on a topic to find two ARTICLES on either sides of the issue
-Decide who in the group will do what

View and Critique Jill Bolte Taylor's "My Stroke of Insight" TED Talk.

Most famous speech of the 20th Century: Martin Luther King's, I Have A Dream.  Stylistic languages devices used.

Anysis of the Martin Luther King speech: Nancy Duarte