Ch Ch Ch Changes (turn and face the strange)

(The sound on this is great - it is the remaster. Listen to the words)

Weds, April 1 - Review of requirements

Friday, April 3 - Continue the work on the memorized speech (no formal class)

Monday, April 6 - Upload the memorized speech

Weds, April  8  - Thinking about the inspirational speech (details for inspirational speech)

Friday, April 10  - NO SCHOOL

Monday, April 13 - Upload the inspirational speech (no formal class)

Weds, April 15 - Give the inspirational speech in class (group 1)

Friday, April 17 - Give the inspirational speech in class (group 2)

Monday, April 20 - Review of special occasion speeches

Weds, April 22 - Discussion of special occasion speeches

Friday, April 24 -Work on your own 

Monday, April 27 - Group 1 special occasion speech

Weds, April 29 - Group 2 special occasion speech

Obviously, this new schedule is subject to change. 

Check out these memory mastery videos. 

https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com/members/video-1/

https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com/members/video-2/

https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com/members/video-3/

I get the four one tomorrow but feel free to go to his site and sign up for the videos and the workbooks. Lots of his stuff is free. 

For Friday

For Friday, March 27, 2020: 

When you commit to something it really helps to understand it from all possible angles.  

Do a speech analysis of your chosen work. First look at it from the words part and then from the performance part. 

Use the same criteria as you did for your mid-term. Also, include the following: 

Take a look at the history of the moment. 

Why was this speech important at the time it was spoken? 

What about this speech do you think makes it resonate over time? 

Don't be sappy here, look at it as a real analyst. 

Inspirational Speech - getting started.

The Inspirational Speech (The memorized portion) 

This assignment is meant to help you learn to focus and challenge your brain.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn to identify a variety of speech tactics used in your chosen speech
• Learn to “hear” what a good speech sounds like by memorizing it
• Learn to apply what you have learned to your own speech organization for the next speech on inspiration. 

1. Choose a speech for the offerings below.

Here are some speeches to choose from. 

These are speeches by women (there are never enough). 

2. Do a puke about the speech you chose:

• What you do like about the speech?
• What words or phrases speak to you?
• What about the speech's time in history make it important to you?
• What is it about the speaker that appeals to you?

3. Watch this video about memorization.

4. For Monday, based on your puke write a rationalization about the speech you have chosen and the answers to these questions in a narrative (Imagine you are meeting with me at Starbucks and you are telling me about this speech and why you chose it.) This narrative should be about 500 words. Please send it by class time (8:00 a.m.) on Monday.

5. Monday we will have a Zoom class with Dr. Matt Corr who will talk with us about memorizing things. I will send you the link before our class.

Questions?
Have a good week.
Dr. C

Best practices for working remotely

Working remotely is part of the new business world. You'll likely be working online in some portion of your job no matter your profession. As we are navigating the next few weeks of online classes keep the following in mind: 

1. Get dressed - It matters to how you approach your work. PJs are nice but when you need to get down to business, put on some pants. 

2. Maintain your schedule - COME TO CLASS. What is true in person is still true online. Use the time you would be in class to "be in class" this will help you stay on track when we eventually come back to campus.  

3. Have the right tools 

• Download Zoom
• Learn to use the online SU library system
• Make sure your computer software is up to date
• Stay in contact with other students in the class
• Communicate with your professors often via chat, text, email, smoke signals, or in person at an off-campus location 

4. Communicate with your professors often - (It needs to be said twice.)

When submitting an assignment make sure you are giving your professors an update on how you are doing and how working remotely is working for you. For Crowley classes, send me a personal update every five days, to let me know how you are moving through the material in my class and in your other SU classes. 

Take a look at this list of best practices for online students from Northeastern University. There are many more good tips in here. Consider the next few weeks a new adventure. You will be learning new concepts and new things about yourself. Embrace the challenge. 

The Mid Term and Rhetorical Devices

The Mid-Term is due Monday, March 9 by midnight.
You will place the document in the Google Drive folder you have created for yourself and share it with me

1. You will read chapters one and two in Talk like TED and choose one of the sample talks for review.  
2. After you read the chapter and choose a talk (I would watch more than one) and write a critique of it based on what you have learned so far about public speaking. Use the blog, the book and the template to see how closely the speaker you have chosen uses the elements we have discussed so far. Include uses of rhetorical devices. 
3. Explain each of the elements that you notice and explain why you think it did or did not work for the speaker. You are entitled to your opinion just have evidence to back it up.

• How well does the speaker consider the audience? 
• How does ethos, pathos, and logos manifest in the speech? 
• How did the speaker use the basics of good speech organization?
• What is the difference between the speech purpose (the moral) and the thesis statement?
• What rhetorical devices did the speaker use? 

This part of the document should be 3-4 pages based on Times New Roman double space 12 point type which comes out to about 750-1000 words. 

Rhetorical devices

Rhetorical devices are the nuts and bolts of speech and writing; the parts that make a communication work. Separately, each part of is meaningless, but once put together they create a powerful effect on the listener/reader.

Rhetorical devices add spice to any speech. But remember that you don’t want to overdo it. Think of adding rhetorical devices to a speech the way you would add a fine spice to a meal: you want enough to enhance the flavor but not so much that it overpowers the taste. In most cases, one or two will suffice.


From Mental Floss

List of most common


And these are 10 different ones

And watch this great one