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Welcome back to my blog for my speech class. Today I want to take a deep dive into our big group project for SPC 2608. If you have ever taken a college class you already know that group projects can be a massive rollercoaster. You have different personalities and different schedules trying to mesh together to create one cohesive presentation. But I have to say I am honestly really proud of what Group 3 pulled off. Our overarching theme was Elections Matter and our specific focus as a group was the economy. When we decided our topic was going to be Economy I was intimidated but excited because economy is such a vast topic. Usually when people talk about the economy they use all these confusing terms and numbers that feel completely disconnected from everyday life. But as an LPN who works as a one to one school nurse and does PRN shifts in hospice care while also tackling a nursing bridge program at Miami Dade College I quickly realized the economy is literally everything and that we can...
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Post #2 Katherine Avila

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🗳️ Elections Matter: More Than Just Politics! Public Speaking Vlog #2 | My Experience, What I Learned, and Everything in Between! 🇺🇸✨ Another Project, Another Experience! 🎤 And just like that, another project is officially done in my Public Speaking class! This time, we worked on a project called "Elections Matter," and honestly, it was a pretty interesting experience. When you hear the word elections , you probably think about voting, political parties, or presidential candidates. But what about the economy, education, and immigration? These are all topics that affect our everyday lives, whether we pay attention to politics or not. For this project, our class was divided into four groups, each covering a different topic: The Electorate and the Election Process 🗳️ Education Policies 📚 Economy 💸 Immigration Policies 🌎 My group was assigned the Economy , and although preparing for another group presentation meant more research, organizing, and practicing, I actually en...
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Post #1 Krysten Carrera

                                                Becoming a better speaker and listener     Before starting this class I thought public speaking was pretty simple. I figured it mostly came down to practicing your lines and not freezing up in front of the room. Watching everyone present throughout the semester showed me how much more goes into it. Giving a good speech takes a lot of planning, clear thinking, and paying attention to things I had never really considered before. Each presentation covered a distinct part of the overall process, and seeing them all back to back helped me realize that effective communication is a skill you have to build step by step. One of the first ideas that stuck with me was how we handle being nervous. Public speaking scares a lot of people and I definitely get anxious thinking about it. The present...
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Post #1 Karely Mayor

My Thoughts on Presentations  The group presentations were a different experience than what I expected. I usually do not love speaking in front of a whole class because I can get nervous and start thinking too much about what everyone is thinking. Being able to watch other students before it was my turn helped me understand what the assignment was about. I also got to see different ways that people presented their information. Group 1 When I watched Group 1, I was still getting used to the idea of having to do a presentation. Since they went early, I paid attention to how they explained their topics and how they moved through their information. Something I noticed was that every person seemed to have their own way of presenting. Some people spoke more naturally while others seemed a little uncomfortable. It showed me that you do not have to present exactly like someone else. I also liked that the presentation gave me a chance to learn something without having to do all the reading ...
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Post #1 Kassandra Vazquez

  Reflection on Public Speaking Presentations Watching all of the presentations throughout this class gave me a much better understanding of public speaking than I expected. At first, I thought most of the chapters would probably repeat the same basic idea of just speaking clearly in front of people. As the presentations went on, I realized there is actually a lot more involved in public speaking. Every chapter focused on a different part of the process, and together they showed how much preparation, awareness, and practice goes into giving a good speech. One of the first things that stood out to me was how important confidence is. Public speaking can make a lot of people nervous, and I think almost everyone can relate to that in some way. The presentation about building confidence reminded me that being nervous does not automatically mean someone is bad at speaking. A person can prepare, practice, and still feel nervous. What matters is learning how to manage those nerves instead ...
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Post #1 Kierra Peterson

 Before doing this assignment I was very nervous at the fact that I had to turn my camera on and speak in front of the class. I have never been good at speaking in public let alone when I know that everyone's attention will be on me. But on the hand I thought that I would be okay because I knew that giving a good presentation was about speaking clearly and knowing your information, but boy was I wrong. After reading chapter 12 and hearing my group 3 mates summaries of chapters 9, 10, and 11, and hearing the other groups elaborate more on the chapters they read I realized that there is a lot more that goes into keeping your audience interested and having a phenomenal presentation.  A presentation has to be planned from top to bottom, beginning to end. The way a speaker starts, the words they choose, and the way they finish can affect how the audience reacts and remembers the presentation. I truly found a lot of the information that I heard from all of the groups extremely helpf...
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Post #1 Katherine Avila

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What I Learned From Our Public Speaking Presentations 🎤💻 After watching all of our group presentations, I can definitely say that I look at public speaking a little differently now. 😅 This assignment was not just about presenting information from a textbook. It also gave us the chance to watch each other speak, see different presentation styles, and learn from the chapters that other groups were responsible for. Our class was divided into different groups, and each group was assigned a different set of chapters. Every group created one large PowerPoint using Google’s presentation tools, and the chapters were divided among the group members. Usually, about two people worked together on one chapter and created around four slides for their section. Then, each group presented everything virtually through Zoom by sharing their screen.                                            ...
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