In Monday's lecture, Ames Hawkins talked about our responsibilities as audience members to listen to and make connections between the information being presented and what we as individuals think we already know. As Ames stressed, the level of interest in and connection to the material is not only affected by the way material is presented to an audience and but also by an audience member's willingness to consider new ideas.
I'm sure there's been a time in your life when you've had to deliver information to an audience and appreciated their active engagement.
When have you ever been required to present information to an audience in an innovative way, and how did you choose to do it? What was your goal and purpose? How did the audience respond? As the presenter of ideas and information, what did you learn from the experience?
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In high school i was required to take a speech class. i dreaded this. i absoulutley hated public speaking. not necessarily all public speaking, but the idea of throwing out information that i really had no idea about to people i completley did not know just made me really nervous. i myself do not want to listen to a speech delivered by some nervous jittery high school kid. i really needed this credit so i decided i had to get over this one way or another. i was really racking my brain on this one. what could i do? the first day of i had to stand in the front of the class and give an impropmtu speech about, i dont know, my favorite athlete or something. this was a disaster. the next day of class i decided to go talk with the speech teacher. i asked her if i could bring in props for my speeches. she agreed, she was very understanding about this "fear of public speaking". for my next speech i chose the topic of water skiing. a sport i had participated in all my life. i brought in a sololum ski, a rope, life jacket, and one of those inflateable kiddy pools, and demonstarted how to master a sololum course. wearing a goofy life vest and water skis in the middle of the class room really calmed me down. all of my peers had a good laugh about this and actually seemed decentley interested. i guess every one has there own way of telling a story or teaching new things to others, i found this was the best way for me.
-jonathan
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