This Class

There are quite a few things that I did like about this class. The first thing that I like was the way that the postings worked. Do not confuse what I am saying, I did not like the postings. I liked the way that they were set up. I liked that we were given two questions to respond to and for the third we were given freedom to talk about any ideas that we found interesting from the chapter. I liked that we got to respond to the posts made by our classmates and we got to choose which ones to respond to. By allowing us to choose whose postings we responded to we got to give feedback to each classmate. I also appreciated the way the professor set up her blog. Whenever I needed to know what to do for that week I just went to her blog. It was all lined out for us. There are two things I think need some improvement in this class. First I think that the list of movies that you can do the concept application paper on needs to be updated. Im not saying put newer movies on the list, just maybe a few different types of movies. Goodfellas? Tombstone? I almost was going to do my paper on Goodfellas and see how you graded it! I decided not to do that in case you did not think it was funny and failed me. Also I think that we should be allowed to post every nine hours. There have been a few times where I put up my first post knowing I was only going to be able to write two for that week. That was not cool. I know I should have started them earlier in the week, but cut the procrastinators some slack!! I did like the class and I appreciated how quickly you responded to any questions/concerns that I had during the semester.

Delivery Again

The concept that I think that we should spend more time on in this class is delivery. As I wrote in the post prior to this one I believe that Delivery is a very important concept. I think we need to learn more about this concept in all communication courses. I see it every semester in all of my classes that require any type of class discussion or presentation. A person writes a good speech or does a great job on a powerpoint, but can not deliver when it comes time to present it. This does not happen so much in communication courses, but it does happen quite often in my business classes. Some people can do a great job on a project, but when it comes time to tell people what they did they stumble over words. THey spend so much time doing research and failed to take any time to practive there delivery. On the other side of the spectrum, there have been times where I have not been fully prepared to give a speech or presentation. But with a great delivery of a descent project I have been able to turn a C project into a quick B+. I think about all of the great speakers that we are taught about, and I think about the words that they said. Then I think was it the words that they were speaking or the way that they said them. I came to the conclusion that it is both, but if it was not for them being able to use good delivery we would not being talking about them.

Delivery

The concept that I found the most interesting in this class is the concept of Delivery. Delivery is the way that someone presents an idea to you. I read about this in chapter one and I have been referencing it in my papers and my posts throughout the semester. I like it because the way a message or idea is delivered has such a large influence on how I view the message or idea that is being presented to me. In order to convince me to do things someone has to have a good delivery of the idea. I have got a buddy that is always talking about starting a business. He is always very excited when he talks about his idea, but he only talks about it when he is high. Since he delivers his message high I take him less serious than I would if he delivered his idea sober. Another friend of mine is big on the delivery of his ideas. He planned a road trip to Reno and convinced me to go by the way he delivered the idea. He really sold it. The trip was planned, all I needed to bring was cash. If he had presented the idea without any enthusiasm I would have stayed home. In hindsight I should have stayed home!! Delivery is a very important concept that I think is relevent to every day life.