Although I am a communication major, I find myself lacking in this area of watching speakers other than classmates. I am now intrigued to begin a new hobby, of looking for both speakers online and live to listen to. ☺ But on another note, when I think of the best speaker I have heard, I would have to go with Martin Luther King Jr. He is a legend and although there have been many speakers since him; he is traced in my memory as one of the best. He really knew how to capture an audience with his voice control and his gestures. Martin Luther King Jr. was someone who knew how to make everyone in his audience relate to his words and feel his words from the inside out. He captured your attention and held it to the end with his passion for what he was saying. Our current President, Barack Obama, is another amazing speaker. He knows how to convey a message and grab his audience.
The worst speaker I have heard would probably be some of my classmates’ speeches. I feel bad for saying this about my peers, but some of their speeches were drawn out and boring. There was one girl who had no passion in her speech, actually no feeling whatsoever in her speech and she just rambled so fast you could not hear or take in what she was saying. She basically got up to the front, read her speech from her paper as fast as possible and than sat down. Another student went up and had a glazed look in his eye the entire time and spoke about nothing. Although these students were the worst speakers I have heard, I give them credit for getting up in front of the class. I am aware they were only speaking because they had to, but I just wish they would have put a little more effort in trying to capture their audience.
Glad you’ve found yourself a new hobby, listening to other speakers other then classmates! Yes, I agree Martin Luther King Jr. was a very great, encourager and motivating speaker. I can only imagine what it would have been like to see him in person, the videos of his speeches are very powerful and touching. “He captured your attention and held it to the end with his passion for what he was saying.” (NeneD) Yes, he sure did know how to relay out his message and let his passion shine through his words. Yes our president is another great speaker and knows his audience and how to grab the attention. I do understand what you mean, when speaking of worst speakers. “I just wish they’d put a little more effort in trying to capture their audience.” (NeneD) Yeah, sadly some students don’t seem like they care and the speech really drags out and bores the audience. It also gives a negative vibe off of them as, the student that gave very minimal effort to pass.
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