Jackson is currently an undergraduate student at Baruch College. Jackson has good interpersonal skills, but is not so great in giving public presentations. He does not have much experience with public speaking aside from a handful of presentations for classes in the past. Jackson tends to start off strong while giving presentations, but starts stuttering and repeating the same statements later on in the speech. Jackson has a neutral feeling towards public speaking. While it’s not his favorite thing to do, it’s not something he hates either.
In class, Jackson is an active listener. He likes to listen to other’s inputs to the discussion first before participating. Sometimes Jackson participates a lot because he is interested in the topic being discussed. Other times he won’t really participate much because he doesn’t really have much to say on the matter. Jackson has good speech communications skills in personal situations but needs refinement in professional situations. While interacting with others, Jackson tends to use body language to get his message across. He also utilizes repetition, where he will repeat the same idea twice or more in a different way to ensure that the other party understands him.
In terms of oral communications, he is the best when the situation is not high in pressure; i.e. social gathering with friends. Jackson is at his worse when there is a on the table. Such a situation would be a job interview. Jackson starts to get anxious which causes him to stutter and lose track of his thoughts. Overall, Jackson enjoys speaking and wishes to further his communications skills for his professional career and for his own personal benefit.