the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[Eaglez]

Damn, bro. You and the latina chicks. Wasn't that ladyfriend nurse from Texas livin' la viva loca too?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Damn, bro. You and the latina chicks. Wasn't that ladyfriend nurse from Texas livin' la viva loca too?

Indeed. I don't know what it is but they are my weakness.

Man, I haven't thought about her in awhile. I wonder what she's up to. I still have that birthday tape she made me.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Ok you creative sonsabitches, I need your help.

I have to give a 4 minute speech in public speaking next week. I need a topic. Help me come up with one. It is classified as an "entertainment speech". Not in the hollywood entertainment sense, but just something that is entertaining. I need some ideas. Help a brother out.

[MDS]

Art Mills: A study in idiocy.

[Father Demon]

The Morality of Ghoul Pools.

[Geowhizzer]

The history of Silly Putty.

[Geowhizzer]

Man tasers wife's Grandma.

[Sgt PSN]

Man tasers wife's Grandma.

"She yelped, because getting Tased hurts"

[rjs246]

Ok you creative sonsabitches, I need your help.

I have to give a 4 minute speech in public speaking next week. I need a topic. Help me come up with one. It is classified as an "entertainment speech". Not in the hollywood entertainment sense, but just something that is entertaining. I need some ideas. Help a brother out.

Just talk about legalization of marijuana. There's plenty of interesting information, it will keep the audience's attention and no matter what you're thoughts on the subject are you can easily make a valid point.

It's a no-brainer.

[NGM]

Ok you creative sonsabitches, I need your help.

I have to give a 4 minute speech in public speaking next week. I need a topic. Help me come up with one. It is classified as an "entertainment speech". Not in the hollywood entertainment sense, but just something that is entertaining. I need some ideas. Help a brother out.

Do something on cars, you're all about them and that makes giving the speech that much easier.  Also, since you know the stuff, you won't have to memorize it which is the killer of all speeches. 

[Father Demon]

Ok you creative sonsabitches, I need your help.

I have to give a 4 minute speech in public speaking next week. I need a topic. Help me come up with one. It is classified as an "entertainment speech". Not in the hollywood entertainment sense, but just something that is entertaining. I need some ideas. Help a brother out.

Just talk about legalization of marijuana. There's plenty of interesting information, it will keep the audience's attention and no matter what you're thoughts on the subject are you can easily make a valid point.

It's a no-brainer.

Truth.

In public speaking in my freshman year, we had to do a speech on something interesting.  I chose the legalization of marijuana, and detailed my youth spent smoking it up, looking for grass, and all the bad stuff that happened because it was underground and illegal.  The class was mesmorized, and my prof gave me an A because it was so personal and must have been so hard for me to talk about.

The ringer is, I've never smoked a J in my life.  Seen it, smelled it, but never touched or smoked it.

[Sgt PSN]

Do something on cars, you're all about them and that makes giving the speech that much easier.  Also, since you know the stuff, you won't have to memorize it which is the killer of all speeches. 

Doing the speech on something he likes and is familiar with = good idea.

Writing a speech and memorizing it = bad idea.

Unless you are going to be reading your speech from a piece of paper or teleprompter, never memorize your speech.  The reason for that is because if you memorize it and then get up infront of a group of people, chances are you'll be a little nervous will probably talk faster which means you won't fulfull the time requirement for your speech.  

Also, should something happen in the audience that is distracting, say a person sneezes or coughs or something.  That may break your concentration and if you forget exactly where you are at in your speech then you may look like an ass while you're standing up in front of everyone trying to find the sentence you left off at.  

Instead, make notes of your speech in an outline format.  Make note of the specific points of interest you want to hit on, in the order that you want to talk about them.  Memorize the format of the speech but not the speech itself.  

Then practice infront of a mirror or some friends/family members and time yourself on a stop watch and just speak from your own knowledge of the subject and work on keeping within the format you set. 

That way, when you get up infront of the group and start talking, you can adjust your speech on the fly if need be to accomodate for the allowed time. 

I speak in front of groups between 150-300 people every week.  I give the same speech every week.  And every week it comes out a little bit different.  But the info I am presenting remains the same each and every week. 

I've recieved some pretty extensive training in public speaking so if you have any questions about it just hit me up with a message and ask away.  And this isn't training I recieved from some crusty old Marine either.  My public speaking skills were taught to me by civilian professionals with experience speaking in public, corporate and political arenas.     

[Geowhizzer]

I agree with Sarge.  I give a lecture at least 12 times per week (2 days X 6 classes), usually about 20-25 minutes each.

My 'teleprompter' is my powerpoint presentation to keep me on task.  Depending on what you have at your disposal, you'll want at least a rough sketch of what you want to say, and you may feel more personally comfortable with your speech.

Some tips from the classroom:

- Put something in there of a personal nature (an anecdote, or something) that deals with your topic.  Make sure it relates, though.
- Have a common focus throughout, and keep your speech on the topic.
- Make it something of a personal interest.  They'll know if you are personally interested in the topic.

[Quasimoto]

Tell everyone about your night with the Peruvian girl

[MDS]

Show this clip of Howard Eskins in 1988:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBpnKltPdKQ

Homerun.