Effective Speakers vs. Ineffective Speakers

       Behaviors that I see exhibited by effective speakers would be that they look around the room. They make eye contact, and they're not always just looking down. Also that they speak loudly and clearly enough for everyone to her. They also try to involve their audience. Effective speakers try to get their interest and keep them intrigued. I like when they move around and use their bodies and hands to explain and act out what they are talking about. Some may not like gestures but I feel it keeps the audience’s attention and its more interesting to watch.

     Some behaviors that I've seen from ineffective speakers would be when someone speaks too softly and you cannot hear them. When the speaker doesn't make eye contact or rarely looks at the audience. I believe dress is important as well. If they look too sloppy and not put together it's hard to focus on what they are talking about or hard to take them seriously. Also if they are dressed to provocative or wacky colors etc. it can be distracting. If they never try to include or interact with the audience i think that isn't effective. When a person is not prepared, doesn’t stay on topic, or jumps around and looses their point, that is ineffective as well. The main thing is you need to intrigue your audience, make the audience think you have something that they really would like to know or need to know. Not just something they HAVE to listen too.

My speech on Anne Boleyn

          I have chosen to do my speech on Anne Boleyn. I choose her because I don't know much about her life as one of the Queens of England. I have heard some of the stories of her marriage to the infamous King Henry the VIII. But I really didn't know her as a person. I want to learn more of her life, her struggles and her impact on history.
   My Thesis statement is :   Although Anne Boleyn's life had meaning and other attributes; the most interesting parts of her life are the rumors and facts of her death.

My Participation in my Group

              In my group I feel that I participated and contributed many things. I set up the documents so we could post our papers. I keep everyone in the loop of this set up and tried to get them all on the document so they could post and change things. Some did, some did not. I also made sure that all the tasked assigned were completed correctly. Another group member and I really worked together on monitoring that the assignments were done and on time. There were a few things when we started the projects that the others missed. So I pointed out and supplied the documents that we needed to have to know what was expected.  But this was understandable, there was a lot of information in the folders so some things can get missed. 

           One thing I could improve on is taking more leadership. But in this project I felt we had one member that was a much better leader and had more assertive skill then I had. It's hard for me to call someone out if they are not doing the work. I usually just do the work myself instead of holding others accountable. The leader we chose was tactful and addressed if there was someone not contributing.  She made sure everyone was working and helping in the project. So, I could work on my leadership skills. I could try to improve them so in other cases I can take on that role. I feel I've learned how to be more assertive but yet not rude or demanding by talking with the leader we had. So I just need  to remember these skills when I have to be the leader in another situation.

    

Credible Source Of Research

  My group has decided to research the Blind Community. I have been searching many sites and articles for all the general information. My sub-topic that I will be focusing on the most is: The Historical Cultural/Conflict of the blind community. I have a found a great specific website that focuses on the history of the blind.                                      

 This website is: http://www.deafblindinfo.org/history/community It not only gives me the history but links other articles to refer too. This website noted all the best references for all the information I need. I will have no issues with finding the required 4 source citations if not more. I believe it’s a creditable source they have so many references and articles to back up their information and provide more. One of the thing I see on the website and I really want to talk and focus on would be the rights that were passed to help the blind. Another is the organizations that have been created to help this community excel.