I watched the videos and wish I had gotten more out of them that would help to prepare me for this blog. The first video was about techno music. I think the speaker did fine but I was not really pulled into his speech much. I think his intro fell flat (to me). Maybe because I don't have much of an interest in the topic but I found myself disinterested. Well spoken, good format and probably hit all the right points. He had a very specific conclussion.
The next speech was about Kodak Cameras. I liked her intro by taking a picture of the audience. This brought me into the speech and I was interested to hear more. I think the advatage this speech had was she was giving the speech one sentence at a time. This worked well for editing and made it look pretty smooth. I used to have a browning camera and liked the detail of the history of Kodak. Her conclussion was cleaver; she took a picture of the audience just like she did in the introduction.
The last speech was about kosher food. This was a more realistic class room speech. I think she did ok but she spoke way to fast. I became over saturated with information (to me). I still got a lot out of it. I liked the combination of poerpoint and an easil with poster board. The inro and conclussion went well together. I had jewish friends growing up and never paid much attention to the whole kosher thing. I found this speech entertainingly informative.
I really liked the Kodak speech as well. I thought that it was neat when the speaker took a picture for the introduction and during the conclusion. I agree with your opinions on the first speech. It is important for the introduction to be interesting, otherwise the audience loses interest, and sometimes even stops listening. Even if the information is good, it needs to grab the audience's attention. The third speech was ok, but I agree that the speaker should have slowed down. By speaking so fast, it was hard for me to absorb all the information she was giving in her speech. It was an entertaining speech, but it could have used a little more practice.
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