Assignment $2$: The Context of a Speech $($Nonverbal Communication$)(15\%)$

This assessment is related to the following course learning requirements:

$$ CLR$1$: Explain the role speaking publicly $($oratory$)$ has played in human society

$$ CLR$2$: Align individual and cultural perceptions with the concept of storytelling

$$ CLR$3$: Differentiate between rhetorical devices

Choose one of the three topics you considered for Assignment One. Choose the presentation method. This could take any number of forms:

$-$A TED$-$type talk

$-$A motivational speech

$-$An instructional speech or webinar

$-$A performance

$-$A presentation

$-$Something else unique to your own topic$/$area of mastery

Outline the structure of a five$-$minute presentation focusing on the context of the presentation on your chosen topic. Use one to two pages and organise your paper using headings, subheadings, and bullet points where appropriate.

For this assignment, you will focus on the nonverbal elements.

$$ What is your main topic and supporting sub$-$topics?

$$ What persona will you create: who are you, what is your background, and why are you presenting on this topic?

$$ What authority do you have to present this topic? What sources will you use to enhance your knowledge and credibility $($include these in your References section$).$

$$ What will you wear? Why?

$$ Where you will present? To whom?

$$ What visual aids will you use? Where will you get them and how will you use them?

$$ How will you enter and exit your presentation space?

$$ What approach will you take: humour, anecdotes, serious business address?

$*$Note: Do not include your speech content $($what you would say$)$; that comes in Assignment #$4.$

Refer to lessons on "Persona," "Nonverbal Communication" and "Visual Aids" for more information on important elements.

$*$Please ensure you properly cite the information you take from other sources, using the APA citation guide. All assignments must refer, at minimum, to the course notes, the course readings, and at least one external supporting source. Assignments without references will receive a mark of $0.$