Dress Guidelines

For my million dollar speech I will of course be wearing a suit. I think that wearing a suit for any presentation makes you look and sound more credible in our society. As for women I think that they look most professional in a business skirt, dress, or slacks.

ACCEPTABLE

NOT ACCEPTABLE

ACCEPTABLE

NOT ACCEPTABLE

Quote #3

"You don't bring the best of your abilities to this class."    - Rob Larson

I think that is quite the assumption because I know that I try very hard in this class.  I think if Rob gave us more speeches that actually took preparation instead of what seem like random homework assignments that are on the internet and speeches that can easily be made up on the spot then it would be easier to separate those who actually put effort into what they do and those who are just good at making stuff up on the top of their head.

Group Qualities

What qualities do you possess that make you a good member of a group? 

•                                 What qualities do you possess that make you a good leader of a group? 

•                                 When you become part of a group, do you generally prefer leadership or not?

1. I think that some qualities that I have are that I enjoy both talking and listening so I can start to get the rest of the group comfortable and then listen to others.

2. I make a good group leader because I have no problem talking to people and taking charge but still taking in others view points and ideas.

3. I usually prefer leadership because I enjoy having responsibility.

Non-Verbal Communication

With my best friend Tyler if we are ever trying to tell each other something all we need is to make eye contact and we can tell the other where to look, whats going on, and if it is a good or a bad thing. some of the things that I do when I am annoyed are avoiding all eye contact with everyone and just looking down at the ground and rubbing my forehead and sometimes start tapping my foot.  Some advantages to non verbal communication are that you can decipher how some one else is feeling and then adjust what you are doing to accommodate for it and some dis advantages of it are that if you are trying to conceal your emotions many times people can still tell how you are feeling and such.

Intros - Conclusions

Intros

1. Hi my name is Nick and I love music and this video demonstrates that.
2. So I am a big fan of music and this song really stood out to me.
3. I found this video and I thought that it was a really good song and an awesome video as well.

Conclusions

1. I hope that you enjoyed the video as much as I did.
2. I hope to live my life like this video and no matter how old I am always have fun.
3. I hope that you all can take something from this video just like I did.

Ten Grand In Just One Weekend!?!

Ok so I just so happened to stumble upon ten thousand dollars on my way home yesterday but apparently I have to spend it within the next forty eight hours.  At first I thought it would be easy and I would just invest it but where's the fun in that?  So I decided that I would spend every last cent of it on what I've always wanted to do.

Schedule for the next forty eight hours of my life:

6:00am - Wake up ( I can sleep when I'm poor again)

7:00am - Leave for the airport to catch my flight to CA $9500

8:30am - Plane leaves for CA

10:30am (Pacific time) - Plane lands

11:00am - Rent a car and drive to the nearest outdoor/climbing store and buy
everything that I will need to make it to the top of Cathedral Peak $8500

1:00pm - Start to climb Cathedral Peak

6:00pm - Get off the route and head to the coast

10:00pm - Find a bar and buy a round for everyone $8200

1:00am - Walk the beach and find a place to sleep for the night

6:00am - Wake up.

7:00am - Find a surf shop and buy a board and gear $7900

8:00am - Get into the water and start surfing

12:00pm - Go to grill to grab a bite to eat and pay for everyone in the restaurant $7600

1:00pm - Find a skydiving company and go sky diving $7400

3:00pm - Rent a boat and a fishing guide to take me deep sea fishing $6900

6:00pm - Go to a bar and grill and buy everyone drinks and dinner $6000

10:00pm - Drive to the airport for my plane to Las Vegas $5700

11:30pm - Take off for vegas

1:30am - Get to Vegas

2:00am - Find a nice casino and gamble for a while $5000

5:59am - Put $5000 on red and hope for the best!! $????

Great Conversation!

I feel like I have a lot of great conversations because I have a lot of conversations in general.  I enjoy talking and talking to strangers.  I have had one conversation that stuck out more than others though.  This conversation was with my good friend Chelsea about how I think that nice guys always finish last.  The conversation just flowed and was very natural.

Quote #2

If you wait by the river long enough, your enemies will float on by. - Rob Larson - Confucius

Rob quoted this quote in class on Friday 3/23/12 and I thought that it was worthy of going on to my blog because people were asking him to give them a straight answer and that was his answer. It was pretty funny in my opinion because he just blatantly disregarded their request.

So I have to pick my ten favorite things to do.... Hmm... well this is going to be pretty tough because I love to do a lot of things!! The list underneath is in no specific order other than what just pops into my head while thinking of what I love to do.

1. Climbing

2. Hanging out with friends

3. Kayaking

4. Biking

5. Watersports

6. Volleyball

7. Camping

8. Softball

9. Spending time with family

10. Anything to do with music

We Are Young cover by Clinton Cave Music

Outline:

1. What the video is of

2. Where I found it

3. PLAY VIDEO

4. Share why this video describes me

5. After watching this video I hope you can better see my personality and whatnot!

Euripides Iph....

       So everyone knows that photo booth takes pictures in a mirrored image so thats why everything is backwards haha. But anyway I went to the school play "Iph...." I found it pretty interesting even though I didn't know much about the background of the story.  The main characters are all strong actors and the chorus is also entertaining. The set was also very interesting and I could easily see that a lot of work had been put into it.  The only part of the show that I didn't thoroughly enjoy was the background music. Some of the time it just didn't seem fitting what so ever. Other than that it was a great play and I am glad I went.

Assignment About That Stuff...

Read Units 15 &16: “Support, Style, Organization, and Presentation” (pages 326-388).

Define the following terms in your own words. Do not use textbook definitions, but imagine how you would describe these terms to other students.

1. Thesis: Your main point or idea

2. Narratives: A story told by someone

3. Analogies: A way to compare things

4. Testimony: A personal story

5. Presentation aids: Things that help you give a presentation such as power point or poster board

6. Models: Type of presentation aid

7. Motivated Sequence: The way to arrange your speech so your audience likes it

8. Orientation: A way to almost persuade the audience in the direction you are thinking at the beginning of your speech so they can follow your speech better 

9. Closure: To make sure in your conclusion  that your audience knows that your speech is over

Name 3 examples of presentation aids.

1.Map
2.Powerpoint
3.Posterboard

Name 6 patterns that are involved with Public Speaking.
1.Temporal 
2.Spatial
3.Topical
4.Problem-Solution
5.Cause-Effect
6.Motivated

What is the difference between a conclusion and closure? Conclusion is an entire part of your speech in which you summarize, motivate, then provide closure. Closure is making sure that your audience knows that your speech is over.

Find an article in a magazine or newspaper and summarize it in 4 sentences below.
1. Article Title: Surfing: A History
2. Summary: Surfing started in Hawaii but when the westerners came disease killed many natives. In the early 1900's surfing again began to flourish.  After the movies "Endless Summer" and "Gidget" surfing became more mainstream. Now surfing is a huge industry now and is still growing.


Based on your own performance, and your observations of others in class, please describe five ways in which you will make a conscious improvement during your final. 
1. Make sure that my speech is not too long
2. Use music in the background
3. Use the space I have up there better
4. Make sure not to let audience get bored
5. Make sure that my conclusion has closure

Quote #1

" It is not my job to remember your name; it is your job to make me never forget it."
 
            -Rob Larson


       This quote stood out to me more so than others because I have a problem with remembering people's name.  If everyone lived their life by this quote then I think that life would be much more exciting because then people would be doing all sorts of strange, cool, exciting, and odd things to get people to remember our names.

Me, Myself, and I

Who are we? Who are you? Who am I? How do I know I am me? How do I know you are you? In reality I think that we don't actually know who anyone is and that we are just conditioned to think that we do.  I know that I am a being. Or do I just think that I know that? Since day one I have been told that I am a human being. How do I know that you aren't just feeding me lies?  I can't read your thoughts if you even have any at all.  How do I actually know that you are capable of deeper thought and not just a program or something like that?  I think that this is where faith comes into play.  you just have to have faith that we are who we are and that other are too.  We will never be able to know for sure who people are or who you yourself is so the best we can do is to just believe.  Believe in something.  It doesn't have to be what others believe in but believe in something.  By believing in something it gives you something to think about instead of just drifting through life without a purpose.

3D Printing - Not So Great After All.....

         After watching Lisa Harouni give her speech on 3D printing I have decided I do not like the idea of this technology.  It seems really fun and cool at first but what are the potential dangers of this....? In high school my we had a 3D printer for part of the year to test it out and the program used to create the data that Lisa was talking about was extremely easy to use. Maybe a little too easy. It would have taken me no more than an hour to design a knife and print it and I had only used the program a few times. Now if I could have made a knife, in school with little training mind you, imagine what a trained person could make. Who is to stop a terrorist group from buying a printer and making their own weapons? Whats after pens, lamps, and kidneys? Knives? Guns? Grenades? Bombs? Weapons of mass destruction? Do we want this kind of technology to be on everyone's desk like Lisa suggests? I think not.

Ethos, Pathos, Logos:

-Ethos is the ethical appeal of the speech giver to the audience.  I plan on incorporating this into my speech by just being honest with everyone and very open to show people I am being sincere.

-Pathos is the emotional aspect and being able to get your audience to connect with you emotionally.  I will incorporate this into my speech by playing the music in the background to help people stay focused.

-Logos is the basic act of using simple reasoning. If I see that people are starting to get bored or they aren't laughing at my jokes then I will change it up and go for a new approach.

Day of a Lifetime

If I had one day to do whatever I wanted I would take my longboard and skate to a place to go rock climbing and just spend the day in the sun with friends and then later in the night we would start a fire and just eat and camp there for the night.