Shanon is still a quiet unicorn along with a soft spoken voice but has been working on her vocal skills and most importantly volume throughout her communications course. She feels that she has improved and does more confident speaking in front of the classroom as well as in public.She no longer feels that she’s at her worst while doing class presentations but as a way to improve her communication skills.

Although she is currently unemployed and has no other means to practice or improve her communication skills among a large group of people, she will always remember the tips that she learned from the communications course.

I think the most important characteristics of public speaking are eye contact, a strong stance and just knowing the material that you have to present like that back of your hand. If you know the material well then you will feel more confident in presenting it. Maintaining eye contact with everyone in the classroom shows that you are speaking directly to them and that you care. And a strong stance displays confidence in the speaker, it shows a professional physical delivery throughout the course of your presentation.

An observation that I noticed about public speaking is that it isnt as hard as I thought it was. Also a personal observation that I noticed is that I like to incorporate some humor in my speeches, I mean after all the classroom is a judge free zone right? And I think that adding a bit of humor helps me ease up a little too. I will definitely remember the characteristics I listed in the future for any further presentations in other courses but I will definitely work on volume for a long time.