This document outlines the tasks and expectations for individual speech presentations, including topic approval, thesis statement preparation, and the development of an outline. Students are also instructed to conduct conflict analysis as part of their assignments, focusing on observing real-world conflicts and applying course concepts. Additional guidance is provided for improving speech delivery and addressing personal speaking challenges.

1. Part – 2
Individual Speech Presentation: Draft
From last week: Email your instructor early in the week to
obtain speech topic approval if you have not already done so.
Continue researching your topic and create a good thesis
statement. Write at least three sentences for the main ideas
concerning your topic.
This week, update your thesis statement and your main idea
sentences, create at least two subtopics for each of the three
main points, and add to your research notes. Use these items to
write a first draft for your outline. Do the outline tutorial
exercises provided in the lecture. Spend time learning about
outlining and solving your topic organization, sequence, and
outline problems. Your outline is not due this week. You will
complete working on this outline next week. Nothing is due in
the Dropbox yet for your speech.
PowerPoint presentations with recorded narration are due in
Week 6. Begin practicing the use of your microphone with your
computer and the PowerPoint narration feature. See the
iConnect tab and the Presentation tab under Course Home for
the tutorials on how to use these features.
Note: Notify your instructor now if you do not understand how
to create an outline. If you are having great difficulty creating a
draft of your outline, e-mail specific questions to your
instructor. You may wish to ask for a personal phone call.
Written Assignment: Team Collaborative Outline Exercise
The following is a list of ideas that were brainstormed in a
meeting with your company employees. The company needs to
include all these ideas in an all-company presentation, but the
list is very disorganized right now. What would be the best way
to sort these ideas into some sequence of main points with
subpoints?
With your assigned team, unscramble the following statements
to create a logical outline for an upcoming business

2. presentation. Use standard outline format as described in your
textbook.
1. Ensure that the language is used correctly.
2. Speaker credibility influences how listeners feel about the
speaker.
3. Character is the quality of being honest, trustworthy, and
showing goodwill.
4. Deliver the speech with confidence.
5. Credibility is an extremely important factor in determining
speaker effectiveness.
6. Connect the audience to the topic.
7. Practice your delivery.
8. Verbally cite personal subject knowledge.
9. Present error free written materials.
10. Credibility has three primary characteristics: the three Cs.
11. Ensure that typographical errors are eliminated.
12. Charisma is the quality of being assertive, confident, and
enthusiastic.
13. Speaker credibility influences the listener's ability to learn
or to believe.
14. Demonstrate expertise.
15. Verbally cite expert sources.
16. Connect yourself to the topic.
17. Plan your delivery.
18. Ensure that facts are correct.
19. Competence is the quality of being an expert and intelligent.
20. Connect with the audience on a personal level.
21. Establish common ground.
22. Credibility is established in four ways.
Part - 1
Topic Selection for Individual Speech Presentation
Review this week's lecture. Think about a communication topic
that you would like to learn more about. Look at the Table of
Contents in your textbook for more ideas. E-mail your

3. instructor early in the week to obtain speech topic approval for
an informative or persuasive speech. Research your topic and
create a good thesis statement. Write at least three sentences for
the main ideas concerning your topic. You will continue with
this next week. Nothing is due yet in the Dropbox for your
speech. Presentations are due in Week 6.
Note: Notify your instructor now by e-mail if you do not
understand how to choose a speech topic.
Assignment: Conflict Analysis
Conflict Analysis Part 1: Observe an instance that you are not
personally involved with where conflict is present (you will
need to be a bit of a covert operator to accomplish this). Answer
the following:
In several detailed paragraphs, describe the conflict scene.
1a. Who was involved in the conflict? What was the relationship
between the participants prior to the conflict? Did it appear as if
the relationship between the participants had any impact on how
either person responded to the conflict?
1b. When and where did it take place? Was it formal or
informal? Planned or unplanned? What impact did the location
and time have on the outcome?
1c. What transpired? (be specific)
Many times when we face conflict, there is a surface-level
problem and an underlying problem. The surface-level problem
acts only as a symptom of the real problem. Consider both.
1d. What was the surface problem?
1e. What was the underlying problem or the real problem? If
this is unclear, what might you speculate the real problem to
be?
There are many conflict management strategies that can be
employed when dealing with conflict. Consider which were
present in this conflict.
1f. Which conflict management strategies were employed by
each of the participants? Did the conflict management strategies
change during the course of the conversation? How do you
know?

4. 1g. What was the outcome? Was there a winner? A loser? Did
there appear to be an impact on the relationship? If so, what was
that impact?
1h. Looking back, describe at least two variables that could be
changed in this scene to alter the outcome.
Conflict Analysis Part 2: Much of the learning in this course
requires you to draw conclusions about your experiences and
observations based on the concepts we have read about and
discussed. Taking this into consideration:
2a., 2b. List two specific things you learned about conflict as a
result of this exercise. Reference material from the text,
threaded discussions, lecture, terminal course objectives, and so
forth. Answers that demonstrate application of the course
material and effective critical thinking will earn the
greatest amount of points.
Your submission should be approximately one page in length:
one paragraph per item for 1a.–1h., and 2a. and 2b.
Parth Vyas
Speech
Problem: when making a speech while before, a big crowd of
people, I find it difficult to make a statement without knuckling
my figures and it is at the same time, accompaniment by body
swinging. Many are times when communicating a message
through speech; my problem has been a bother to the audience.
Such actions, finger knuckling and body swinging have
diminished my courage during speech presentation (Barker,
2013).
Goal: In order to overcome such speech problem, I will try to
stand on a stable ground which enables me not to swing the
body sideways. Putting my legs apart within a limited interval
enables me gain the best stability for comfort standing.

5. Additionally, I will put my palms at the back where the
audience is not able to see to avoid the finger knuckling. Such
posture enables me concentrate with the speech presentation
that the body movements. I will pretend to be handless by
nature hence I will achieve the confidence to make the speech
without finger knuckling. I will also make a knot with my
figures in order to hind them and avoid knuckling (Barker,
2013).
Achieving goal: I will have achieved this goal when I am
making a speech without making unnecessary body movements.
During problem solving in a group, am always keen at listening
to the problems people have during speech presentation. This
makes me helpful to some people with the same problems that I
had.
Problem: When speaking to my friends, my eyes sway from side
to side. This is a serious problem during my communication.
The passage of the message to the listeners has been a problem.
Some have been complaining not getting to understand to whom
the message is being passed. According to people, the eye intact
is extremely essential during making of speech to the audience
or passing information. It determines the persons whom the
message is being directed.
Goal: To maintain my eye contact to my friends, I will always
take time to synthesis the statement in my mind before speaking
it. I will also pretend that the objects before me are all my
friends hence a confidential eye conduct to them. I will try to
put my head in straight and focus them to the exact position
where the friends are standing. Maintaining the eye conduct to a
certain place will be my daily practice to achieve my goal
(Condrill, & Bough, 1999).
Achieving goal: I will have achieved my goal by when I am
maintaining my eye contact with my friends most of the time I
make a speech.
Problem: When reading the minutes in a meeting, I have a
common problem of repeating the same word in two or three
times.

6. Goal: I have tried a lot to overcome the problem by doing
various activities such as, reading newspapers during my leisure
time. This has helped me make my English language fluent and
attain a flow reading system. I also try to open my eyes wider to
see the words in a clear manner .Though the problem has been
associated with short eye sight, I will buy spectacles to cater for
the problem and for the achievement of my goal (Condrill, &
Bough, 1999).
Achieve goal: I will have achieved the goal when I will read
several words in a fluent manner without any choking in my
throat. Punctuating a sentence while reading information to a
listening audience, I will have achieved my goal.
References
Barker, A. (2013). Improve Your Communication Skills.
London: Kogan Page.
Condrill, J., & Bough, B. (1999). 101 ways to improve your
communication skills instantly. Alexandria, Va: GoalMinds.