SPCH 277N Week 5 Discussion; Grabbing and Maintaining Attention

Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, address the following: • Why is knowing your audience an important part of capturing and maintaining their attention? • What cultural considerations do you need to take into account for your particular audience/topic? • How are you going to keep the audience's attention throughout the speech? • Find at least one example on YouTube, TEDx, or other video repositories of good attention-getting examples. Post the URL and explain how the video is a good model for capturing the audience's attention. The video can be on any topic but must be appropriate for sharing. • Make sure to include a scholarly source to support your points. In place of the textbook citation, you will need to integrate and cite the video you selected as well as a scholarly source. Follow-Up Post Instructions Respond to at least one peer or the instructor. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification. Writing Requirements • Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up) • Minimum of 2 sources cited (video and an outside scholarly source) • APA format for in-text citations and list of references