MCOM150PubSpeaking

  Over the next 16 weeks, we will be working to make you the best listener, organizer of thoughts, and the best speaker you can be.  We also will be getting some help from our friends at  TED talks .  (Note the order.) Here are some of the ways we will work on this: 1. Discover your authentic voice 2. Develop your curiosity about the world 3. Practice your creative practice every day 4. Sharpen your listening skills 5. Identify how to best develop these skills in demonstrating your self-expression orally. Okay, no matter what you speaking about (or writing about) you need to start with these things in mind: Audience Occasion Purpose  Think about the basics of journalism. It is all the same. Think about it in in this order: What is the "problem"? (Purpose of the speech) Who is hearing the speech (Audience and their specific needs) Why are we speaking? (The occasion of the speech the exigency and context) Where/When (Logistics - where does this speech take place?)...

  You have heard this all before Free write Pre-write Writing to learn In a Crowley class, you will call it  Puking on the page What does it mean when I ask you to "puke on the page?"   It means that you write. You write to have a conversation with yourself. You write to figure out what it is that you understand. You write to refine your ideas. You write for no one but yourself.    TOOLS FOR PUKING   1. A notebook that no one looks at or in but you. 2. A pen that you trust (and other pens or pencils nearby)   This is my pen. There are many like it but this one is mine. I want you to make your own writing and creativity creed. Take this seriously as this   Gunnery Sergeant Hartman  from the movie  Full Metal Jacket  TOOLS FOR PUKING   1. A notebook that no one looks at or in but you. 2. A pen that you trust (and other pens or pencils nearby)   Puking must take place on paper and not on a computer. You can re-write (whi...