Sunday, May 13, 2012
Week 15, Question 3
I think I have learned most in this class that the audience is a lot less judgmental than the speaker thinks. As a speaker we are our own worst critics. The listeners are human and they understand. I have really enjoyed the vast variety of students in the class and I have learned so much from all the speeches and presentations. My favorite things to learn was the audience adaptation section and I also think that is probably the most important in everyday life. Regardless of the event, I believe the audience factor needs to be considered. When you think about it, we make many audience adaptations in life on a daily basis. If we go to a 'nice' restaurant, we dress differently than normal. If we are seeing grandparents, or other 'respectable' people whom we may hide our normal selves from, we dress and act different :). For an interview, or when addressing a person of some authority, we act and speak different.. I feel like audience adaptation is basically everywhere. If you have a planned argument with a best friend or boyfriend, and it plays out a little differently than expected.. you make changes in your counter attack.. hahaha..I hope everyone had as great of a semester as I did, regardless of any struggles. I am sure we are all a little better than we were when we started.
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I have to agree with you!! I was always nervous before giving a speech because I thought you guys were going to be criticizing every word I said and every move I made. Oh was I wrong, every time I looked at someone in the audience I always found a friendly smile or a reassuring nod. Because you guys were so supportive I was able to be more open and more spontaneous. I also agree with you that learning to adapt to your audience is something that we can apply on any situation in our daily life, being successful at persuading depends at lot on knowing what arguments to use given the audience you are talking to.
ReplyDeleteWe are totally our own worst critics! It is human nature to be much more aware and conscious of ourselves than what others might perceive. It is these instincts that give most people the grief of presenting in front of an audience. Frantic thoughts of, “can they tell that I am nervous, am I sweating, can they see my sweat, am I going to mess up.” I liked how the book actually gave us suggestions and some specific skills that we could employ to alleviate these problematic thoughts. Furthermore, you are correct to have realized that the audience is not judgmental.
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