Week of February 15-21

Reminder: Our weeks run from Sunday at 12:01am to Saturday at 11:59pm.

Here is what is on the Schedule and Participation Pages for this week:

*Read Chapter 9
*Participation in the Discussion
*Start working on Paper#1 - Speech Critique Assignment
*Assignment #1 is due by Friday, February 27th @ 11:59pm.

Discussion:
Answer one in each of your three posts, at least 12 hour apart:

1). Have you ever been influenced by a speaker? Think of the best speaker you've ever heard. What was it about that speaker that made his or her communication memorable? Think of the worst speaker you've ever heard. What do you remember about his or her message?

2). Consider a well-known speaker, for example, the current President of the United States. What is the speaker's strongest characteristics as a speaker? Is it credibility, attractiveness, power or all three? In what ways could the speaker build ethos in these areas?

3). Pick one concept from the assigned reading that you found useful or interesting and discuss it. (Choose a topic that has not already been covered in this weeks discussion).

Remember: Post 3 responses to your colleagues blogs within the time period of Sunday 12:01am to Saturday 11:59pm. Please make sure that you are commenting on THIS WEEKS discussion, and NOT a previous weeks post.