Speech Tip#1

I have been enjoying your first round of posts - keep it up. You will notice a bit later on this week that I will start commenting on your posts. You can comment back on your blog if you'd like by also leaving a "comment", but you are still responsible for 3 posts to your personal blog answering questions, and 3 comments on different blogs during any given discussion week (1 comment on 3 different blogs).

I have been received a few questions about the Interactive Video Website/Speech Buddy Website. This is a tool that comes with your book. Connected to your shrink wrapped book, there should have been a card or a piece of paper that has a code. You will follow the directions of that piece of paper to sign up for the Speech Buddy Website (also called Interactive Videos). Once you do that you can log in and watch the videos required for the discussion weeks.

Speech Tip #1
Now is the time you should be reading over all of the assignments in the course. By Friday, February 6th @ 10am, you should email me your topics for all of your speeches. I will respond with a confirmation email.

Of course as you know, the first step of writing a speech, or an essay for that matter, is to pick a topic. You should then start researching your topic immediately. Most students taking Public Speaking, online or otherwise, tend to think that speech writing is something they can do in a few hours. What most will find is that it takes quite a bit longer than that. I will set intermediate deadlines - the first being THIS FRIDAY with your speech topic. Next week will be completing research and sending me your three main points for your speech.

For each speech I will write a series of "Speech Tips" and post them. Please make sure you pay close attention to these speech tips, as they will help you quite a bit.

Chapter Notes
In the middle of every week that we have a reading assignment, I will post Chapter notes to the "Handouts Page". Please go to that page and download the notes. Of course these notes are not a replacement for reading the chapters, they should be used in conjunction with each chapter you are reading. If you rely on the notes alone, there will be quite a bit of pertinent information you will miss in the chapters. The information you read in the chapters will help in your success in this course.