Re: Topic 5: RE--Audience Analysis -- Rockhurst OC 3300 Business Communication Forum

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 12:07:03 08/30/02 Fri
Author: Terry Welsh
Subject: Re: Topic 5: RE--Audience Analysis
In reply to: Ken Harley 's message, "Topic 5: RE--Audience Analysis" on 12:46:25 08/29/02 Thu

>Picture this:
>
>You have been asked to teach a half-day seminar on
>'describing your job' to several groups of children at
>a local school. How would you change your message so
>that each age level of children would enjoy and
>remember your presentation?
>
>To be successful at understanding your audience, you
>need to do an audience analysis on the groups of
>children and adults you will be speaking to during
>that half-day. Then strategize on what you should do
>in your speech that will help your audience to be able
>to listen and learn from you during the presentation.
>
>Describe in the next few sentences--how you would
>explain your job when giving a half-day presentation
>to the following age-groups:
>
>
>5-year-olds--
>
>9-year-olds--
>
>High school freshman--
>
>High school seniors--
>
>Your own peers in your Rockhurst University class--
If I was taliking to a group of 5 year olds, I would focus on eye contact, but include visual graphics. 5 year olds are still innocent enough to where they seem to hinge on every word that you say, but if you don't acknowledge their reaction, they would be the quickest to lose interest in your message because they have a shorter attention span.
For 9 year olds, keep the visual aids, and include audience participation. At this age it seems kids look at everything as a competition, and they are alwasy eager to be the first to answer.
For high school Freshmen, I would point out that they have crossed an important theshhold in their lives. They are no longer grade-schoolers, and are becoming young adults. It's time for them to look at life a little differently.
For high school Seniors, it seems that the speaker at every commencement exercise emphasizes how the graduating class is "going forth....". There may be a reason for this, because at this age, you try to point out that all through their education process, their teachers have tried to develop their "field of vision", and this is an ongoing process throughout their lives. It will be important for them to continue to grow and learn.
As for my peers at Rockhurst University, I know that we are all trying to achieve that goal of obtaining a college degree. So far, we've accomplished things in life. That's why trying to go to school with everything else going on in our lives, is like the act on the old Ed Sullivan Show where the guy had about ten plates spinning on top of the sticks. Every time another plate is added, we have to back and refresh the spin on one or more plates.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Re: Topic 5: RE--Audience Analysis -- Kathy Oskison, 12:50:35 09/01/02 Sun

Re: Topic 5: RE--Audience Analysis -- Terry Welsh, 10:18:51 09/03/02 Tue