Answer the discussion questions below with a one to two paragraph response per question. Write the question you are answering above your response. Paragraphs should be separate and distinct. A paragraph should have five sentences and include textbook information.
From the book Read Chapters 6-10 in A Concise Guide to Public Speaking, S. Beebe & S. Beebe, 5th Edition

For the purpose of this discussion board identify a leader who demonstrates qualities or values that you believe are effective or admire. When asked to relate the question to a leader, use the leader you have chosen

Why do you think being audience-centered in a speech is important? As it relates to your chosen leader, analyze how the demographic, psychological, and situational factors might make a difference. Address all three factors. This may take several paragraphs.

As it relates to your chosen leader, assuming your audience is the average working student college classroom, how would you customize your speech to your audience?

Develop a general purpose and a specific purpose for a speech on your chosen leader. What might your main points be? These do not have to be in paragraph form. I recommend a list format.

Now navigate to the internet and locate one source regarding your chosen leader (if you have trouble finding information on your leader, you can find information on the qualities of a good leader and apply them to your leader.) Cite the source in MLA format. Then evaluate the source based on the six internet evaluation methods in your textbook.

Finally, support for a speech makes it come alive, identify an example of a definition, an analogy, and a statistic. Provide your example. Then for EACH example explain what you would need to do in your speech to use this material effectively (or explain why it is already effective). List and explanation format is acceptable for this discussion.

The speech can be customized as being a personal promotion of Idiosyncrasies of the writer's line of thoughts.

Explanation: It is an expository views and elaborate comprehensive compilation of philosophical thinkings.

it is natural to stand at the beginning of a research project and feel overwhelmed by the amount of published research that exists in databases, literature reviews, and reference pages. at the same time, each new research project brings the hope of discovering something new. overwhelming though a project may be, starting at the foothills of a new thread of research is a great privilege, and is best approached as an opportunity to learn rather than a drudgery. as a researcher/writer, you have the chance to dive more deeply into less frequently encountered pools of knowledge.

depending on the topic or scope of your research, it is also natural to spend many days and weeks - and in some cases months and years - searching. no matter how great or small the scope of research is, the serious researcher needs to reserve adequate time to perform a thorough survey of published articles. for an undergraduate course project, finding five or six sources might seem like plenty of material to review, but graduate-level writing projects typically involve up to 20 sources minimum.

note that the main point here is not to say that it is only the number of research articles matters most, but rather that having a broad spectrum of papers to choose from you choose your topic for at least the following two reasons: 1) a larger pool of sources provides you with a broader perspective of the topics within your scope of research and 2) along the way you will find many topics within your field that you do not want to write about! so, one particularly effective way of viewing research is not finding the absolute minimum sources to "get by", but rather to find a variety of sources that you can an artist uses negative space to "carve" shapes out of a dark guide you toward topics that are more directly relevant to your topic.

the good news is that as you research you may find that some of your sources that were published in the same decade or so will cite and reference each other.

one of the joys and privileges of research is being able to follow your curiosity; if you are truly curious about your topic, and authentically driven to find out as much as you can, then even the articles you don't find interesting will be useful for a future project, and no energy will be wasted.