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In what ways might becoming a more effective and confident speaker affect your life? How could it impact your performance in classes? Help you in your career? Enable you to make a difference in your community?
Name one person whom you believe to be an effective public speaker. What are the main characteristics that make him or her effective?
What kinds of public speaking situations are you exposed to on a daily basis? What kind of feedback do you provide to the speaker? How might this feedback affect the speaker’s message?
Consider your public speaking class as an audience. In what ways is the group alike? In what ways is it diverse?
Have you ever gotten the sense that a speaker was not being totally honest with his or her audience? What made you think that the speaker was behaving unethically?