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This time I was curious about sharing my thoughts and ideas with a new group of people I work with. It was 8th challenge, but anyway.  We were discussing how should we prepare for upcoming winter holidays and I was not only listening to people, but also brought my thoughts. As a result they decided to try and to use my offers and took my opinion into account. 

As the second task I had to write a conclusion for the following text. How to Communicate Effectively      Establishing and developing effective communication is important in order to be heard and change your environment according to your own thoughts. No one will guess what you want or what you think if you don’t tell them, and nothing is going to change if you do not propose a change. The purpose of my speech is to discuss three important skills that will help you communicate effectively. Such skills are not to be afraid of speaking, express exactly what you mean to say, and listen while you are not speaking.      The first aspect to communicate effectively is not to be afraid of speaking. Anytime you need to say something, go ahead and do it. Most of the times people are afraid of speaking because they are not sure if it is the right thing to say or the right moment to say it. Be sure, say what you want to say, and do not regret it. If you speak ...

As soon as the speech does not end with the introduction there is the body and the counclusion ahead for us to talk about. Let's continue with the body, the main part of the speech, full of content and ideas. I've chosen speech 3 to analyse https://www.ted.com/talks/ramsey_musallam_3_rules_to_spark_learning?referrer=playlist-tv_special_ted_talks_educatio 1.It all starts with the introduction and the attention-getter. A. Have you ever found yourself at the restaurant spacing out just doing this? (asking a question)  B. Telling a story about the expirement he had and about the student who sent him a video of her own expirement.  Questions and curiosity like Mandy's are magnets. (a link)  We can provoke real questions and through them boost both children and ourselves. (a link) The student's questions are the seeds of real learning (I think this is a thesis) 1.The story of how surgeon calmed down him before the operation. A. His curiosity and hard quest...

We are about to start creating our speeches and it's logical, that we start with nothing else but introduction. Lots of people know that right introduction can invole the audience to what you talk about or can make them understand that there is nothing to listen to, so that's why there are some ways out to make your introduction valuable and interesting: Asking questions Making references  Making a startling statement Giving a quotation Telling a story Now, let's see what techinques people use the following videos: “How will we survive when the population hits 10 billion?” by Charles C. Mann  at TED2018  https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_c_mann_how_will_we_survive_when_the_population_hits_10_billion  Here the speaker starts with a question and then gives his comment to it, slightly moving to his main point. ''Still Standing” by Ramona J. Smith at the 2018 Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking  https://www.youtube.com/watch...