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  April 23, 2021 - Public Speaking Period 9  Crystal Liang and Grace Lin  Chapter 16 Presentation  Crystal's Notes:   Topic: Finalizing Top 3 Debate Topics and Chapter 16 Presentation Notes for the day Chapter 16 Presentation  Persuasion Definition  Creating, reinforcing or changing someone’s beliefs and actions  Useful for all career paths  Ethics of persuasion  NOT the same as manipulating and misleading people Support your argument with factual evidence and statistics  Make sure that it respects people’s freedom of speech  Reasonable logic before emotional appealment  Psychology of Persuasion Be ambitious and excited so that the audience will be more convinced Read the audience: understand how they think and whether you can change their mind   Persuasion as a Mental Dialogue  Understand how the two sides of an argument might respond to each other Have this dialogue take place in your mind as a persuasive speech to better understand your audience Target Audience  The people in th

April 20, 2021: Public Speaking Period 9 Rashen Gunawardana & Brooke Zhou  Topics: Chapter 15 Presentation 4/20/2021 and Impromptu Debates Label: Chapter Presentation & Debate  Notes:  Chapter 15 Presentation   Today we started class with a presentation about Chapter 15 of “The Art of Public Speaking”, by Omor Khan, Nathan Selwa, Philip Dulas, and Nicholas Storniolo. The topic of their presentation was “Speaking to Inform”.  Informative Speech is designed to convey knowledge and understanding; it occurs in everyday settings and is a valuable life skill. Grouped into four categories: Speeches about objects   Speeches about processes Speeches about events Speeches about concepts Regardless of your category, your speech structure should include a specific purpose, a central idea, and main points Purposes = specific statements that dictate the structure of your speech  To educate the audience about Joe Biden’s career path Central idea = usually a one-sentence summary of what yo