In Lesson 10, when it came time to delivering the commercial based on the moods I had selected, I am unsure if I was successful in differentiating the different moods in a sufficient way. At varying times throughout each iteration of the commercial, I felt as though I shifted moods, being angry when I wanted to be excited, afraid when I wanted to be angry, etc. While these issues were minor, they still affected my effectiveness in delivery. Reflecting on my deliveries, I feel they more or less conveyed a similar amount of intensity, which should have been more varied in their delivery.
In Lesson 11, I chose to deliver an informative speech on 'how to prepare and present an informative speech.' Here, I wanted to try to use as much extemporaneous speech as possible without being too informal in my delivery. I believe I started to experience a bit more habituation in this segment, as I started to get more comfortable with the delivery of the words themselves. I chose a very approachable, authoritative delivery style for this presentation, my plan of action I developed (as per DECIDE) was to be authoritative without being too overbearing; this is why I chose to keep myself as open as possible and mild in delivery without forcing the information down the audience's throats.
If I were to adapt my Lesson 11 speech, "How to prepare and present an informative speech," into a persuasive appeal speech (perhaps "Why you should use an informative speech for your subject"), I would organize and deliver it in dramatically different way. Looking at the DECIDE model, I would definitely start by reevaluating the speech through the first three steps in the model. First, I would define my communication goal - this time, instead of telling people how to do an informative speech, my goal would be to convince people that an informative speech is the best way to go. Secondly, I would evaluate my receiver and the situation - the receiver presumably does not know which kind of speech they should use for their presentation, and my job is to tell them that informative speeches are ideal. Thirdly, I would create my message - "informative speeches are the most effective way to provide information on your subject in a public speaking format."
When actually adapting my essay, I would make many changes to the content of the speech itself. First, I would change the introduction to affirm the situation the audience is in (e.g. needing to pick a format for their speech). Then, I would tell them that informative speeches "furnish compelling or effective information, and nearly all professions necessitate information on some facts given or presented at some point at the time of their performances in their respective workloads." The speech would be organized not by how to give an informative essay, but WHY to give one; subjects would be organized by various persuasive points, such as "informative speeches allow you to convey as much information as possible to an audience." My delivery would be a bit more confident and assertive, as I am not accepting automatically that my audience knows what they want to do - my motivation is to convince them. I must be enthusiastic about informative speeches in the actual presentation in order to make them believe me. As for the conclusion, I would go back to the initial problem of needing to give a speech, then revisiting the major points that make informative speeches so compelling. These are the major steps I would take to change my level of communication from an informative lens to a persuasive one.
