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Start/Stop/Continue for Speech 4

Start/Stop/Continue - Speech #4

Start: With this speech, I thought collectively my group did a great job.  There was a few interactions when talking where we could have been more smooth and that in turn would have made the dialogue more fluid. Also, because our presentation was more of a skit then a speech we had “lines” and some lines were forgotten but it is totally fine because we were able to improvise as a group and I thought we did the best job of any group in exchanging dialogue among group members. I think Taka and I could have maybe had more dialogue throughout the speech. But it was kind of hard to incorporate us. In actual shark tank pitches, the sharks aren't really talking that much because they are listening to what the presenters have to say and deciding whether they are going to invest or not. Sometimes some of the sharks don't even say anything throughout a whole sales pitch. 

Stop: This time around I don't think there was anything we have to stop. The speech went very well! We had a collective of brilliant minds with positive ideas and good speakers. We were able to come up with our speech very fast and worked on some of the video after class a few days. We all had a similar vision for how we thought the speech would come out and it came out great! 

Continue: The video was great! Shout out to Jake for doing most of that video by himself, that was hilarious! Ive watched it maybe five times and each time have laughed. Kyle did a lot of the prezi with the help of Taka and I. Taka and I decided when we were going to interrupt Jake and Kyle’s sales pitch in order to get some dialogue. Taka and I dressing up I thought was a good move on our part. We looked professional and it gave us a sort of powerful look when we were sitting down and talking. 

Moves: 

• Taka and I grabbed some of the same sized chairs from the communications lab in order to be sitting on the same level and in the same chair. All the sharks in the shark tank show sit in the same chair. We also did not want to create the illusion that one of us was more powerful then another based solely on how we were sitting in a chair. 
• Taka and I were dressed up to mimic an actual shark tank pitch and in order to look like serious business men 
• Taka and I did an opening monologue before the movie began in which we addressed the audience and welcomed to a special shark tank presentation and it also gave us time to shut off the lights and then start the movie. 
• Jake and Kyle walked in on a cue given by me so that they would walk in right when the last scene of the video ended and they opened the door 
• Our group knew that we were going to be the finale and we wanted to end all of our speeches on a good note so what we did is we created a really cool introductory movie that tied in pieces from previous speeches(i.e Spickle, Spackle, Sparkle) as well as some of our fellow classmates. We also tried to tie in other groups ideas and shark tank business pitches to get everyone involved. Which actually turned out to be pretty cool!
• Taka and I throughout the duration of the speech held notepads like the sharks do in the actual shark tank show and just pretended to write stuff down throughout the duration of the speech to insinuate that we were writing down notes about the company Ai. We also had some of our lines and cues on when to interrupt the speakers written down on the notepads which in my opinion was a solid utilization of the notepad 
• Taka and I went into a bidding war after the creators of Ai gave us their shpeel to try to make the shark tank pitch as authentic as it could be. Taka had more money then i did so we had to settle on an agreement because i knew deep down that i wasn't going to outbid the Japanese businessman 

Moves Acknowledged: 

1. I really liked Ben’s Tar off groups move and how they did the individual skits and they all played different roles and then ended it with the cheesy, “Thank you Tar Genie” line everytime 
2. Team Mccool had a few really good moves that i liked, they had the architectural plan in their slideshow that was really cool that had the whole layout of their business. They also had Steven putting on all the different hats in order to separate all the different characters he was playing 
3. Team Ling had the super dramatic video of Ling realizing that she lost her kid which was pretty cool and very authentic and relevant to their idea. 

Outline for Speech #4: Sharktank Pitch

Jake and ignatius are the representatives for the application “AI.” It is a dating site for people with common interest. Taka and myself are the sharks and we are big players in our field of choice. Kyle and Jake are coming to the shark tank and are looking for investors in their company. Taka and I are just some massive players in the game so we got a bunch of money that we may or may not throw at Kyle and Ignatius. We are going to ask them some questions and try to break them down and try to find some flaws in their plans and then determine whether we are going to invest big bucks or not. We have some funny ideas and it is going to be a good speech 

Start/Stop/Continue: Speech #3

Start/Stop/Continue:  Speech #3

Start:

• I did not incorporate a lot of pictures in my slides for this presentation which I think could have aided visually in the presentation. I didn't add pictures initially because i did not want to force any photos into slides but I still think I could have maybe incorporated another picture or two in some of the early slides.I did not use a picture in any slide until slide 5 or 6 
• I would like to start using more “Stage Area” and what I mean by this is start walking around more while speaking. Opposed to standing in one place for the whole duration of the speech. I think this strategy might be hard to implement due to the placement of the projector and the light could potentially be in your face the whole time you are pacing across the stage but, I think it would add another element to the speech that my presentation was maybe lacking 
• I would like to start looking up more at a middle point of the audience, I noticed when I watched myself present on video that I was looking down at a timer I had on one of the front desks. I think making better eye contact with the audience could help with my speech 

Stop: 

• I said “Uhh/Uhm” many times throughout the duration of my speech.I actually said it more times then I did in my previous speech. Ive had more nervous ticks in speeches as time has progressed. This is one aspect of my verbal presentations that  is the weakest in my opinion and can hopefully be resolved altogether by the next speech
• I would like to stop looking at the slideshow throughout the duration of my speech, unless maybe I am reading some statistics. I personally think looking at the slideshow throughout the presentation stalls your performance like looking at a notecard would and when you are constantly looking at your slideshow you are not looking at the audience because your head is turned which is less engaging 
• I would like to stop being so nervous because nervousness for me just results in nervous ticks which hinders the full potential of my speech 
• I have noticed that sometimes in my speech, my voice will go monotone which in my opinion causes the audience to lose interest in what you are talking about. Because how can the audience be interested in what you are saying if you don't even sound like you are interested in what you are saying how can you expect the audience to stay engaged in your presentation 

Continue:

• One of my strong suits while presenting has been that I am able to memorize a majority of my speech which in turn calls for very minimal glances at both a notecard and slideshow 
• Even though I am nervous a lot of the time I have been very good at keeping a poker face and hiding the nervousness or anxiety 
• My slideshow in presentation number two was very poorly put together in my opinion and this time around I thought my slideshow was a lot better. It had a lot of vibrant colors which I feel like was an attention grabber in itself 
• I have been able to include some comedy in all three of my speeches which has been an ice breaker and has helped me feel more comfortable while on stage 
• Ive been very good at using hand gestures in every performance thus far which I think is crucial while public speaking 
• I cited my sources verbally which I liked more than just showing everyone my work cited page at the end of the presentation and just ending on that. Because i told my audience who my sources were verbally I was able to end my presentation with a “Thank you for watching slide” 

Moves That I Liked:

1. I really liked Jake’s overly dramatic presentation I thought it was something different it definitely caught my attention and not only that it is something that has not yet been done in the class which made it memorable. The brutal images of dogs and cats was something straight out of a Sarah McLachlan animal commercial

2. Nick LaQuay had some moving pieces on his slideshow which was interesting he had  a galaxy backround and then used a nice array of colors that really popped when he put them on the dark backround. Also I really enjoyed nicks media at the end of his presentation; it was just a perspective measure for how big the universe actually is. I was really into that. I was kind of bummed when it was cut short due to time restraints it reminded me of Neil Degrasse Tyson’s show “Cosmos”

3. Linda did an overview which I really liked and was very clear and precise throughout the whole duration of her presentation. If I remember correctly, she also started her presentation with a question which was interesting. It reminded me of something you would see in a TED talk presentation 

Rough Draft for Speech #3: Why Animal Testing is Beneficial to the Human Race

• According to the Humane Society International Animal Testing is defined as the experimentation of animals which normally includes subjecting them to force feeding, forced inhalation, drug testing, lethal dosage testing, food and water deprivation, prolonged periods of physical restraint, the infliction of burns, the infliction of pain, Carbion Dioxide aphyixiation, neck breaking and sometimes decapitation 
• Now here is why this idea should continue to live and be practiced in our society...
• First off, Animal testing is due to many life saving treatments that have saved millions of human lives
• Some of which include Cancer, brain injuries, childhood leukemia, Multiple Sclerosis, and the technological advancements of pacemakers. 
• Some examples of this include experiments such as this one where dogs had their pancreases removed and which led directly to the discovery of insulin which is critical to this day to the treatment of diabetes
• The polio vaccine tested on animals reduced the global occurrence of polio from 350,000 cases in 1988 to 223 cases in 2012 
•  Secondly, humans and animals alike have extremely complex living systems this is important especially when testing drugs, the bodys reaction to drugs requires the testing subject to have a circulatory system and who else to test then chimpanzees who's DNA is 99% identical to human DNA. 
• Third, Humans are not the only ones who benefit from animal testing, Animals also benefit from the testing of other animals. If vaccines and remedies were not initially tested on a small population of animals many others would have died from diseases such as rabies, distemper, feline leukemia, and canine parvo virus to name a few.