Speech Buddy Evaluation

After examining and completing the post on humor. Post three strengths and three improvements in the strategies used in delivering a practice speech for the entertainment speech in this blog post comments.

Humor, Vocal Qualities and Nonverbal Communication

Please post a link to a speaker presenting a humorous speech or using humor in their delivery of their speech. What kinds of vocal and/or nonverbal strategies are they incorporating in their speech delivery. Highlight them and discuss how they enhance the humor being delivered in the message. And, followup on three strategies that you plan to use in your upcoming speech. This post should be a minimum of 150 and is due by Friday, Sept. 24 at 5pm.

Entertainment Speech. Are you funny?

Anyone be funny. Yes, really. It isn't what you say but how you say. There are five techniques to humor that we will apply in our first speech. It will be your task in the first speech to use a minimum of three of the five techniques one time.

The Five Techniques to Humor:
1. Using Yourself
2. Using Others
3. Pulling the Peg/Changing the Switch
4. Building Bridges
5. Element of Surprise


Check out this clips? Do you see the five techniques of humor here? Post a few examples of the techniques being applied here by Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 at the start class.

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What's Your EQ?

What is your EQ? This post follows up our class discussion on Emotional Intelligence Please review this article entitled "Teaching Emotional Intelligence In The Business School Curriculum" by Frank Bellizzi, Quinnipiac University. Then, check out this self test. Please create a post that makes application to our class discussions, assigned readings,and the results of your self test. The blog post should share your top two "personal" EQ improvements. What needs to be improved to develop your emotional intelligence? Share with us your personal strategies and/or plans to put them into action. Blog comment is due by Friday, Sept 17 at the start of class.

Emotional Intelligence

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We're Back!!!

Great to see everyone again! To follow up on our discussion of listening. Everyone must come up with a strategy that they will practice when daydreaming or
"thought speed" begins to happen...You must give me a detail plan of your strategy and identify some moments that you know it will likely occur (hopefully, not in my class!). The most must be 150 minimum and is due on Tuesday, Sept 14th.