Most recent public comments by Adrian Rojas-Baez https://nowcomment.com/users/29028 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76773?scroll_to=745370 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76773?scroll_to=745370 His tone of voice very clear and nice, but it gets to the point where if he reads with that tone for the whole story, it's going to be very difficult for people to keep paying attention to what he is reading. Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:46:54 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76773?scroll_to=745369 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76773?scroll_to=745369 What I can learn from Baldwin's reading is to always make sure that I add life to my reading. Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:46:36 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76773?scroll_to=745368 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76773?scroll_to=745368 To be honest James reading was boring and monotone. It lacked life, it lacked spirit. It took me a lot of effort to even continue listening to his reading. Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:46:20 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76768?scroll_to=745367 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76768?scroll_to=745367 Adichie has this strategy where she gives the audience context before she reads her excerpts. This helps her a good amount because it works as a great hook. It's like if she were give us the appetizer, and we’re left with that feeling of wanting the full meal. Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:28:37 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76768?scroll_to=745366 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76768?scroll_to=745366 Adichie also involved her audience and made the audience be apart of the speech. Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:28:10 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76768?scroll_to=745365 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76768?scroll_to=745365 Adichie tone of voice is very pleasant and eloquent. Even though her voice isn’t Dramatic, she still was able to catch the attention of the audience, in this case me. Not only did she catch my attention because of her incredibly charming writing, but her voice was fit for the type of writing she had in store for us. Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:27:22 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76695?scroll_to=745352 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76695?scroll_to=745352 To keep your audience engaged in what you are presenting, you have to keep your slides nice and short. Your slides need to have the least amount of words possible. For instance, instead of having paragraphs you should have bullet points that show your key ideas of that certain slide you are presenting. You should also have some picture in your slides. Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:10:51 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76695?scroll_to=745351 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76695?scroll_to=745351 Always dress in an appropriate manner for a presentation so people can take your content and yourself in a serious manner. Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:10:25 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76695?scroll_to=745349 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76695?scroll_to=745349 You should be prepared with your presentation so you won't have to deal with trying to remember things and also so you won't rely so much on the screen. Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:09:25 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76698?scroll_to=744652 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76698?scroll_to=744652 I think two major keys , which was the use of language and to get on a even ground with the audience, from the four Chris Anderson presented are the most important. Language is important because you never really know the level of understanding your audience has. So you always have to understand your audience first. The second point which was get on an even ground with the audience is also important because how can you start implanting your idea in someone else's mind if you don't understand the audience. To achieve this it is always important to use metaphors to give the audience a better understanding of your idea. Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:52:32 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76698?scroll_to=744651 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76698?scroll_to=744651 Ideas are what make our world our world. “Our world” is composed of many different ideas, but in the long run those ideas are all connected to each other. These ideas give us our own perspective on what we believe in or in other words give the structure to our world. Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:52:02 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76698?scroll_to=744649 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76698?scroll_to=744649 Something that really caught my attention from the video is that there is no established formula to give a good speech. There is no proper way to give a speech because the point is to transmits one's idea to others people's mind, make them see what you see. Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:51:32 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76767?scroll_to=744242 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76767?scroll_to=744242 His volume differed from what people would typically enjoy hearing. I liked his volume because although it was a bit monotone, he would raise his voice in the key parts of the text. This was useful because it helped me understand the text thanks to this strategy. Thu, 27 Apr 2017 12:11:24 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76767?scroll_to=744241 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76767?scroll_to=744241 Anthony Hopkins makes pauses in every new idea or sentence. He also doesn’t pace himself in the reading. Not pacing himself gave it a more devilish tone to the reading. I feel like if he were to read it in a different, it wouldn't have that tone. Thu, 27 Apr 2017 12:10:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76767?scroll_to=744222 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76767?scroll_to=744222 The voice of the Anthony Hopkins sounds very mysterious and he also seems like if he was tired and like if he didn’t want to do it. He makes it seem like a speech that you would say when you’re about to murder someone while you have them tied down in a chair while they sob for one final time. Thu, 27 Apr 2017 12:07:29 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76175?scroll_to=735872 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76175?scroll_to=735872 I disagree because I don't see this money being used to make jobs. Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:40:55 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76175?scroll_to=735867 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76175?scroll_to=735867 Shakespeare made my right side of the brain hurt, but at the end of the day it grew stronger. Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:35:26 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76175?scroll_to=735861 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76175?scroll_to=735861 I agree that Shakespeare changed my mind on not to give up when I have a challenge. Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:32:08 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76173?scroll_to=735854 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76173?scroll_to=735854 Shakespeare is a more reliable source of how things were back then because he wrote from a working man's point of view. We can compare how he thought to a common working class person of today. Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:28:20 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76173?scroll_to=735836 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76173?scroll_to=735836 I Agree with this because as she had mentioned in her video, in the Elizabethan era Christianity was strong. This caused a lot of discrimination. Nowadays not everyone thinks that Muslims are terrorist, but we can still see the residue of this idea in today's world. Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:17:06 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76173?scroll_to=735828 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76173?scroll_to=735828 I agree because it is like looking at someone's brain and scrutinize Shakespeare's brain on how things were at that time. Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:10:40 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76174?scroll_to=735816 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76174?scroll_to=735816 It does matter because it is interesting to learn why the person would write it. Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:00:18 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76174?scroll_to=735814 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76174?scroll_to=735814 I disagree with this because the argument is that he was just a tool because if a Duke did something of this sort, it was seemed as something embarrassing. Why can't the common person be successful? Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:55:40 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76174?scroll_to=735810 https://nowcomment.com/documents/76174?scroll_to=735810 I agree because he created these terms that to us now sound normal,but in their english it sounded strange and unusual. Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:49:08 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/71944?scroll_to=688063 https://nowcomment.com/documents/71944?scroll_to=688063 Your reputation should only matter to you for the things that really are important to you, and things that actually matter. Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:51:16 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/71944?scroll_to=688045 https://nowcomment.com/documents/71944?scroll_to=688045 I know people that have low self-esteem and they don't care what people think of them. Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:22:09 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/71944?scroll_to=688011 https://nowcomment.com/documents/71944?scroll_to=688011 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:45:28 -0500