Jane Goodall Speaking Critique :: essays research papers

On February 2, 2002, Dr. Jane Goodall appeared at Clemson University to speak to the students and public. I volition movement to evaluate her performance as a public speaker. Specifically, I will begin by describing the setting and consultation for the event. I will then cite the ways in which Dr. Goodall would be described as an effective public speaker in the context of the textbook, Excellence in Public Speaking. I will then analyze the aspects of her performance that the textbook might come considered lacking. Finally, I will devote a few words to my personal opinion of the lastingness of Dr. Goodalls presentation.Naturally, a speaker of Dr. Goodalls prominence was expected to draw quite a crowd. She was speaking at the Brooks center, which, although large, was not expected to have the necessary capacity for all the people who wanted to attend the event. Clemson students got first chance at the tickets, and when the box office opened at 630, the office already extended ha lf a mile down the sidewalk. I was fortunate/foresighted enough to pay a Clemson freshman to start stand up in line for me at 400, so my seat was perfectly centered in the auditorium, seven rows from the front.The hour-long presentation was ultimately concerned with rallying reward for the Jane Goodall Institute and its Roots and Shoots program. Not surprisingly, the audience was comprised almost exclusively of admirers of Dr. Goodalls work. Due to the shortage of seating in the Brooks center, the live audience consisted in general of Clemson students and professors. Apparently there was overflow seating in other buildings the people who couldnt fit in the Brooks center were provided with a closed-circuit television system broadcast of the presentation.Dr. Goodalls attention-getter was easily the most unique Ive seen. She walked onto the stage, silently organized her notes, then held her head back and began hooting like a chimpanzee (having worked with chimps for about forty ye ars, she does an uncannily accurate impression). She then smiled beatifically and announced, thats chimpanzee for Hello. Not a soul in the audience doubted her word.Essentially, in one action, she got the audiences attention, introduced herself, and established credibility (though given her reputation, credibility did not really need to be established). Dr. Goodall quickly segued into a personal story about how she couldnt have achieved anything without the unwavering support of her mother, establishing an emotional rapport with the audience almost saying Its okay, Im not better than you, you could just as easily be as remarkable a person as you seem to think I am.