Reflecting on Public Speaking!

Um...well, this past week's class session was great (except for perhaps my little tyraid on the importance of being punctual to class!!!)....here's one more digression in that regard...class starts at 3:30PM sharp! BE ON TIME!

Regardless, I hope you all enjoying talking about and practicing public speaking and presenting through the various class activities we undertook on Tuesday. If nothing else, I hope you came away with two key points:
1) Becoming a good and effective public speaker takes effort, time and lots of practice (so take every opportunity you can get to speak in public).
2) Being a strong effective public speaker will be KEY to your success in whatever industry you have chosen to work within!

For this week's blog, I ask that you thoughtfully reflect on the following:

• What have you learned about public speaking that you didn't know before and how do you plan to incorporate this new knowledge into your presenting and public speaking efforts?
• What do you think it means to speak with confidence? What might you do moving forward to ensure that you are presenting and speaking in front others in a more confident manner?
• What is your biggest fear as it relates to puiblic speaking? What strategies do you use to overcome this fear when speaking front of others? If you have never found public speaking to be daunting, why do you think that is? What would be your advice to others who struggle with public speaking?
• What was your favorite activity in class? Why?

What's Your Style?

In class this week we spent time reading and discussing the idea of multi-tasking. What were your overall thoughts about this topic? Has your view about your ability to multi-tasking changed? Why?

We also spent time discussing the topic of learning styles. Hopefully, I was able to emphasize that there's no such thing as a "good" learning style or a "bad" learning style. Success can come with many different learning styles. There is no "right" approach to learning. We all have our own particular way of learning new information. The important thing to be aware of is the nature of your learning style. If you are aware of how your brain best learns, you have a better chance of studying in a way that will pay off when it's time to take an exam or retain a new design method.

What is your preferred learning style? Why do you believe this to be so? Based on the various strategies we discussed in class this week, what are some things you may do differently when trying to learn something new? Are there times when you feel you have to use a different learning style then the one that you prefer? Please give an example.

Since I have posted this blog assignment so late in the week...it is not due UNTIL 3:29PM on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

Have a great weekend!