Journal 9

Watching the TED Talk by Anne Cuddy was really interesting and very helpful for me to watch as I prepare to deliver my finalized lone wolf speech. Prior to watching the video I had done power posing before and knew a little bit about it, but not nearly as much as what she explained. Cuddy … [Read more…]

Journal 8

The final round of peer review certainly went better than I expected it to. However, after watching my video back, there are definitely still a few things that I can work on improving before the final delivery of my speech. This includes things like making more eye contact with the audience by only referring to … [Read more…]

Reflection on Second Peer Review

The final round of peer review certainly went better than I expected it to. However, after watching my video back, there are definitely still a few things that I can work on improving before the final delivery of my speech. This includes things like making more eye contact with the audience by only referring to … [Read more…]

Reflection on First Peer Review

The first two rounds of peer review were very helpful while working through the first few drafts of my Lone Wolf Speech. I received positive feedback from both groups about the organization and style of my speech, and I would agree that this is one thing that is working well so far. I think my … [Read more…]

Final Outline

INTRO Being in college as an “in between” time  Having uncertainty  Warning underclassroom & sharing my experience  Not considering a professional identity during college  Not knowing what it meant  Not knowing how it would help me  Entering the workplace  Going into life as a senior in college  Feeling better after finding out connection between student … [Read more…]

Outline Version Two

College as an in between period  Expectations put on us but we’re still unsure  Things don’t get easier  Not knowing about professional identity/thinking it’s important throughout college  Working in 2022 Feeling clueless preparing for post college life  Finding out that being a student plays a role  My hope for now  ——————————————————————————————————— Treat every interaction as … [Read more…]

Outline Version One

As I’m sure we’ve all experienced to some extent, being in college is an interesting “in between” period of life. Entering college as a new adult, we are often expected to know exactly what our career path will look like – yet many of us are still unsure.  For the underclassmen in the room I … [Read more…]

Journal 7

The first two rounds of peer review were very helpful while working through the first few drafts of my Lone Wolf Speech. I received positive feedback from both groups about the organization and style of my speech, and I would agree that this is one thing that is working well so far. I think my … [Read more…]

Journal 6

This chapter was really helpful to read as we begin to move forward with our lone wolf speeches. I found it interesting when the author discussed how relational connections between a speaker and their audience are often established through some sort of identification process. They go on to explain that this can be done by … [Read more…]

Journal 5

This chapter was packed with tons of useful information, the majority of which I hadn’t known previously. Firstly, I found it interesting that communication as a field of study isn’t universally defined or consistently taught. Although it’s hard to come up with a fitting definition of communication, I had still assumed that all communication studies … [Read more…]