Diana Ema's Blog Post #1
Dear Professor Sinkoff, I had a great time taking part in and attending each presentation. I was a member of group 1, which completed Chapters 1,2,3,4, and 5. Chapter 1 was about the evolving art of public speaking, which was one of my favorite chapters because it talks about how to become a better speaker and how to effectively connect with the audience. Chapter 2 talked about “building your confidence.” I consider myself to be rather confident, yet I get anxious when I have to speak Infront of a big group of people. I liked how this chapter provided concrete examples of how to develop speaking confidence. Chapter 3 talked about listening and how individuals should be listening to, understanding, interpreting, evaluating, remembering, and responding to speakers’ messages. Effective listening techniques were also covered in Chapter 3, which I found to be incredibly helpful since it helped me realize that, as someone who is often distracted, being ready for distractions...