EPTI have five index cards and somehow I am suppose to remember five pages of outline. I hope tomorrow goes by fast and isn't to painful.
Speech is tomorrow
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
I have five index cards and somehow I am suppose to remember five pages of outline. I hope tomorrow goes by fast and isn't to painful. | ||
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Frits
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My theory would be: Noone knows if it's the video games that make people violent or that violent people just play violent video games, and no causation means nowhere to put the blame. Is there even a correlation between violent people and violent video games? Im kinda curious what kind of research and arguments you're gonna present. | ||
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triangle
United States3803 Posts
1. If at all possible, don't use index cards. Index cards suck. They are absolute presentation disasters, screw up eye contact, screw up gestures, etc. 2. Don't memorize your speech word for word. Memorize an outline of the speech (which is 20x easier). Know "what is the point I am trying to make" for every paragraph, and speak naturally towards proving that point. If you can't do this, then unfortunately your speech is probably unclear/ doesn't make sense. 3. CONFIDENCE. If you don't have it, fake it. Don't correct yourself if you make a verbal slip, just keep going. Always always always convince yourself that you are confident. 4. Memorize the first sentence down COLD. This will help you get into the flow of your speech, if the first sentence is totally automatic. 5. You can do this for the last sentence too, although It's less important. 6. Practice in front of a mirror (or, if possible, a video camera). Yeah, it's lame. But it also is invaluable at noticing visual tics that you make. 7. CONFIDENCE (again!) 8. Have fun. This sounds hard, but I love giving speeches and I think I'm pretty successful because I look like I enjoy speaking. If you start enjoying yourself, you sound way more natural. | ||
micronesia
United States24781 Posts
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Frits
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I did a presentation about internet memes for my dutch class when I was still in high school last year. Yeah I actually explained to my class what a lolcat is. I didnt even use index cards, not because I didnt need them but I just didnt prepare for it at all because dutch class is gay. So I guess my advice would be: a) Just don't do shit and hope you're a natural or b) have some really good subject with outstanding data and reasoning. | ||
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ahrara_
Afghanistan1715 Posts
On October 07 2008 08:57 triangle wrote: As someone who does speech and debate, I sympathize with you being nervous. Here's what I would advise: 1. If at all possible, don't use index cards. Index cards suck. They are absolute presentation disasters, screw up eye contact, screw up gestures, etc. 2. Don't memorize your speech word for word. Memorize an outline of the speech (which is 20x easier). Know "what is the point I am trying to make" for every paragraph, and speak naturally towards proving that point. If you can't do this, then unfortunately your speech is probably unclear/ doesn't make sense. 3. CONFIDENCE. If you don't have it, fake it. Don't correct yourself if you make a verbal slip, just keep going. Always always always convince yourself that you are confident. 4. Memorize the first sentence down COLD. This will help you get into the flow of your speech, if the first sentence is totally automatic. 5. You can do this for the last sentence too, although It's less important. 6. Practice in front of a mirror (or, if possible, a video camera). Yeah, it's lame. But it also is invaluable at noticing visual tics that you make. 7. CONFIDENCE (again!) 8. Have fun. This sounds hard, but I love giving speeches and I think I'm pretty successful because I look like I enjoy speaking. If you start enjoying yourself, you sound way more natural. Sup! Also a forensics competitor here. I think triangle's advice is good, but is probably a little overwhelming for someone without as much experience. If you have 5 pages worth of outline, that's a little too much. How long is your speech? Try breaking it down to just 5 points -- you should be able to put it all on one index card. Don't stress about remembering every tiny little fact that you want to bring up, trust in your own ability to converse about a topic you seem to know a lot about. The best thing you can do is rehearse. Practice in front of friends if you can bring yourself to do it, on your own if not. The two things you should focus on is projecting your voice and structure. By structure, I mean try to limit the number of times you go off on a tangent. The best way to deal with butterflies is to tell yourself that everybody is just as scared as you are. Chill out, coz nobody is going to judge you on your speech. | ||
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Ozarugold
2716 Posts
WWFBHD What would Firebathero do? | ||
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micronesia
United States24781 Posts
On October 07 2008 09:16 ahrara_ wrote: The best way to deal with butterflies is to tell yourself that everybody is just as scared as you are. Chill out, coz nobody is going to judge you on your speech. Or you can just picture the crotchmaster naked. | ||
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ahrara_
Afghanistan1715 Posts
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BanZu
United States3329 Posts
Anyway, you're never as nervous up there giving the speech as you are right before. | ||
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Jizz
Australia224 Posts
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Insane Lane
United States397 Posts
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thoraxe
United States1449 Posts
I guess you could stop the video before Jack fights Kutaragi, kind of bloody, its at the 2:14 mark. | ||
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d(O.o)a
Canada5066 Posts
On October 07 2008 08:57 triangle wrote: As someone who does speech and debate, I sympathize with you being nervous. Here's what I would advise: 1. If at all possible, don't use index cards. Index cards suck. They are absolute presentation disasters, screw up eye contact, screw up gestures, etc. 2. Don't memorize your speech word for word. Memorize an outline of the speech (which is 20x easier). Know "what is the point I am trying to make" for every paragraph, and speak naturally towards proving that point. If you can't do this, then unfortunately your speech is probably unclear/ doesn't make sense. 3. CONFIDENCE. If you don't have it, fake it. Don't correct yourself if you make a verbal slip, just keep going. Always always always convince yourself that you are confident. 4. Memorize the first sentence down COLD. This will help you get into the flow of your speech, if the first sentence is totally automatic. 5. You can do this for the last sentence too, although It's less important. 6. Practice in front of a mirror (or, if possible, a video camera). Yeah, it's lame. But it also is invaluable at noticing visual tics that you make. 7. CONFIDENCE (again!) 8. Have fun. This sounds hard, but I love giving speeches and I think I'm pretty successful because I look like I enjoy speaking. If you start enjoying yourself, you sound way more natural. These are very good tips. | ||
GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
+1 for the tips. If you follow these tips, I'm sure that you'll do great on your speech. Confidence is probably the biggest one, because if you know everything down cold and have confidence, the rest of the tips comes along easily. | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
less expectations, and less time to get nervous you should be glad whenever you get the chance | ||
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