Students will explore their communication skills and
behaviors to maximize their ability to communicate in
academic, professional, and personal arenas. Students will
investigate their role as communicators through
performance-based assessments including, but not limited
to, classroom presentations, online blogging, group
activities, and real-world simulations. Students will engage
in various computer and technology applications, adding
new dimensions and considerations to their communication
experiences. Topics to be discussed include communicating
in the actual versus virtual world, impression management,
conflict resolution, interpersonal dynamics, and various oral
and written communication skills.
Course Resources:
Opening Day Handout
Vision Assignment
Speech #1: Introductory Presentations
Introduction Speech handout
Presentation Rubric
Presentation Criteria
Article: You Don't Have to Be Perfect to be Effective as a
Speaker: Monica L. Wofford
Speech #2: Moral of the Story Speech
"And the Moral of the Story Is..." handout
Article: When Using Stories, Capitalize on
Perspectives - Vincent Kituku
Speech #3: Informative Speech
Informative Speech handout & syllabus
The Trophy Model handout
Visual Aid Handout
Speech #4: Demonstrative Speech
Demonstrative Speech handout
Speech #5: Persuasive Speech
THE PERSUASIVE PLANNER 2009
Monroe's Motivated Sequence Overview
Monroe Example & Commentary
Aristotle's Appeals handout
Monroe's Motivated Sequence outline
PowerPoint guidelines
Board of Directors Speech handout
Commencement Assignment
Commencement Criteria
Speaker Evaluation - audience
Communication
PRCA-24 assessment - online survey
PRCA-24 assessment - pdf version
PRCA-24 - reflection
Communication Differences handout
Communication Norms handout
behaviors to maximize their ability to communicate in
academic, professional, and personal arenas. Students will
investigate their role as communicators through
performance-based assessments including, but not limited
to, classroom presentations, online blogging, group
activities, and real-world simulations. Students will engage
in various computer and technology applications, adding
new dimensions and considerations to their communication
experiences. Topics to be discussed include communicating
in the actual versus virtual world, impression management,
conflict resolution, interpersonal dynamics, and various oral
and written communication skills.
Course Resources:
Opening Day Handout
Vision Assignment
Speech #1: Introductory Presentations
Introduction Speech handout
Presentation Rubric
Presentation Criteria
Article: You Don't Have to Be Perfect to be Effective as a
Speaker: Monica L. Wofford
Speech #2: Moral of the Story Speech
"And the Moral of the Story Is..." handout
Article: When Using Stories, Capitalize on
Perspectives - Vincent Kituku
Speech #3: Informative Speech
Informative Speech handout & syllabus
The Trophy Model handout
Visual Aid Handout
Speech #4: Demonstrative Speech
Demonstrative Speech handout
Speech #5: Persuasive Speech
THE PERSUASIVE PLANNER 2009
Monroe's Motivated Sequence Overview
Monroe Example & Commentary
Aristotle's Appeals handout
Monroe's Motivated Sequence outline
PowerPoint guidelines
Board of Directors Speech handout
Commencement Assignment
Commencement Criteria
Speaker Evaluation - audience
Communication
PRCA-24 assessment - online survey
PRCA-24 assessment - pdf version
PRCA-24 - reflection
Communication Differences handout
Communication Norms handout
2007 Commencement Addresses:
Robert D. Ballard - Connecticut College
Martin Espada - Hampshire College
Mary Higgins Clark - Quinnipiac Univ.
Robert Pinsky - Lake Forest College
Tekla Dennison Miller - Cazenovia Coll.
Frank McCourt - Syracuse University
2006 Commencement Addresses:
Billy Joel - Syracuse University
Anderson Cooper - Yale University
Lance Armstrong - Tufts University
Barack Obama - Univ. of Massachusetts
2005 Commencement Addresses:
Tom Hanks - Vassar College
Eric Schlosser - DePauw University
Estelle Parsons - Connecticut College
Stephen King - University of Maine
John Lithgow - Harvard University
Barack Obama - Knox College
Sela Ward - Univ. of Alabama
David Foster Wallace - Kenyon College
Howard Zinn - Spelman College
Marian Wright Edelman - Colgate
Anna Quindlen - Barnard College
Bradley Whitford - UW-Madison - 2004
Robert D. Ballard - Connecticut College
Martin Espada - Hampshire College
Mary Higgins Clark - Quinnipiac Univ.
Robert Pinsky - Lake Forest College
Tekla Dennison Miller - Cazenovia Coll.
Frank McCourt - Syracuse University
2006 Commencement Addresses:
Billy Joel - Syracuse University
Anderson Cooper - Yale University
Lance Armstrong - Tufts University
Barack Obama - Univ. of Massachusetts
2005 Commencement Addresses:
Tom Hanks - Vassar College
Eric Schlosser - DePauw University
Estelle Parsons - Connecticut College
Stephen King - University of Maine
John Lithgow - Harvard University
Barack Obama - Knox College
Sela Ward - Univ. of Alabama
David Foster Wallace - Kenyon College
Howard Zinn - Spelman College
Marian Wright Edelman - Colgate
Anna Quindlen - Barnard College
Bradley Whitford - UW-Madison - 2004
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| An orator [person] who speaks well" - Quintilian A.D. 95 |
Ronald Reagan - 1986 Challenger Address
George Bush - 2003 Columbia Address
Mario Cuomo - 1984 Democratic
Convention
Jesse Jackson - 1988 Democratic
Convention
Mary Fisher - 1992 Republican Convention
Elizabeth Glaser - 1992 Democratic
Convention
Robert Kennedy - 1968 - Remarks on the
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
George W. Bush - 9/11 Address to the
Nation
George Bush - 2003 Columbia Address
Mario Cuomo - 1984 Democratic
Convention
Jesse Jackson - 1988 Democratic
Convention
Mary Fisher - 1992 Republican Convention
Elizabeth Glaser - 1992 Democratic
Convention
Robert Kennedy - 1968 - Remarks on the
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
George W. Bush - 9/11 Address to the
Nation