SPCH 277N Week 5 Discussion; Grabbing and Maintaining Attention

RequiredResources Read/reviewthefollowingresourcesforthisactivity: • Textbook:reviewChapter3,6,7 • Lesson • Minimumof1video • Minimumof1scholarlysource(inadditiontothetextbook/lesson) InitialPostInstructions Fortheinitialpost,addressthefollowing: • Whyisknowingyouraudienceanimportantpartofcapturingandmaintainingtheirattention? • Whatcultural considerationsdoyouneedtotakeintoaccountforyourparticularaudience/topic? • Howareyougoingto keepthe audience'sattentionthroughoutthe speech? • Find at least one example on YouTube, TEDx, or other video repositories of goodattention-gettingexamples.PosttheURLand explainhowthe videoisagoodmodelfor capturingtheaudience'sattention.Thevideocan beonanytopicbutmustbeappropriateforsharing. • Makesureto include ascholarly sourcetosupportyourpoints. In place of the textbook citation, you will need to integrate and cite the video you selected aswell as ascholarlysource. Follow-UpPostInstructions Respondtoatleastonepeerortheinstructor.Furtherthedialoguebyprovidingmoreinformation and clarification. WritingRequirements • Minimumof2posts (1initial &1 follow-up) • Minimumof2sourcescited(videoandanoutside scholarlysource) • APAformatforin-textcitationsandlistofreferences Grading ThisactivitywillbegradedusingtheDiscussionGradingRubric.Pleasereviewthefollowinglink:Link(webpage):DiscussionGuidelines CourseOutcomes(CO):5,6DueDates • Recommendedcompletiondateforinitialpost:By11:59p.m.MTonWednesday • DueDateforallposts:By11:59p.m.MTonSunday • Postsmustbeonseparatedays