Concepts I found useful in chapter five is basically all the concepts dealing with analyzing the audience. That there needs to be a connection with the audience and the speaker to gain trust in what the speaker is revealing. Also that we need to have some kind of interesting stuff in our topic for the audience to even pay attention to the speech. Grabbing the audiences attention is hard, but with the right techniques it can work out for the better. Observing the audiences behavior is key. Even if it is silent in a room, it could mean they are dazing off in space or counting all the dots in the ceiling instead of listening. It may even give you more confidence if they are paying attention to you because it is as if they respect you in a way.
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The concepts I found in Chapter 5 that were helpful were developing credibility with your audience. I think the concepts dealing with analyzing the audience are very helpful too. It's good to have a connection with the audience because it keeps them interested and listening. I hope everyone has something interesting to talk about during their speeches! I like that you pointed out that "observing the audiences' behavior is key". I concur with your statement because you want to respond to your audience in order to keep their undivided attention. And yes! Definitely would give you more confidence if they are paying attention, much respect given.
ReplyDeleteI think that analyzing the audience is very important too. You draw out some good points about this topic. I agree that grabbing the audience’s attention is very challenging and to be able to keep them entertained we have to talk about something that interest them or find a technique to help us get their attention. I mean I admit to dozing off sometimes or staring off into somewhere if the topic that the speaker is talking about is boring or doesn’t grasp my attention. So in essence analyzing the audience is important if we want to send our message across to our audience.
ReplyDeleteHello Haightetek! You mentioned a key concept in your post here - a connection between the speaker and the audience. From watching the videos during the semester so far, how have the speakers accomplished this? What types of things will you do to connect with your audience while speaking? :)
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