Speech #2: Barack Obama speaks at the Brown Chapel A.M.E. church in Selma, Alabama on March 04, 2007 to commemorate black demonstrators who were met with violence as they led marches to demand civil rights in 1965.HCOM 100DiscussionChapter 13: Delivering Your PresentationObjective: To discuss the differences and similarities in the delivery of two speeches and to understand the importance of audience-centered delivery methods.Speech #1: “The Audacity of Hope”, Barack Obama’s Keynote Address and endorsement of John Kerry at the 2004 Democratic National Convention on July 28, 2004. 1. Describe your reaction to this speech.2. How would you describe the verbal delivery of his speech? What about the nonverbal delivery?3. How do you think the size of the audience influenced his delivery?4. What kinds of memorable word structures did he employ (i.e. cadence, parallelism, repetition, drama, etc.)?5. How do you think his delivery influenced the effectiveness of his speech? Speech #2: Barack Obama speaks at the Brown Chapel A.M.E. church in Selma, Alabama on March 04, 2007 to commemorate black demonstrators who were met with violence as they led marches to demand civil rights in 1965.1. Describe your reaction to this speech.2. How would you describe his verbal delivery? What about nonverbal?3. Based on the location of the speech and the topic, what do you think the audience expected from Obama? 4. How did the closer proximity of audience members and the smaller number of people influence his delivery?Questions about both speeches:What similarities did you notice about Obama’s delivery in both speeches?(i.e. gestures, eye contact, repetition, etc.).Can you think of any restrictions that might have influenced his delivery in either speech (i.e. topic, political status, representation)? In your own experience giving a speech or presentation, what kinds of restrictions may exist that might influence your delivery?If you were sitting in the audience during both speeches, which one would have affected you more? Why?HCOM 100DiscussionChapter 13: Delivering Your PresentationWhat if Obama kept the content of his speeches as is but switched his delivery so that he spoke at a slower rate during the first speech and increased his volume and pitch in the second speech? How would that have influenced the effectiveness/perception of the audience?After today’s class, what will you consider when evaluating your own presentation? How will this activity/example affect you? Even though there has been conflicting research on the importance of content vs. delivery as far back as Aristotle’s rhetoric, it is evident that the concept of delivery is important in evaluating speeches and our own presentations. Instead of viewing speech delivery mechanically, we can evaluate it by its appropriateness to the speaker's content, to his intent, to his personality, and to his listeners' readiness to respond to his
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