Blog Question # 1 for Wednesday

In Monday's lecture, Ames Hawkins talked about our responsibilities as audience members to listen to and make connections between the information being presented and what we as individuals think we already know. As Ames stressed, the level of interest in and connection to the material is not only affected by the way material is presented to an audience but also by an audience member's willingness to consider new ideas.

I'm sure there's been a time in your life when you've had to deliver information to an audience and appreciated their active engagement.When have you ever been required to present information to an audience in an innovative way, and how did you choose to do it? What was your goal and purpose? How did the audience respond? As the presenter of ideas and information, what did you learn from the experience?

For many of you, this may have been anything from explaining your position on a moral, political, philosophical, or religious stance. Have you had to persuade a class about an issue, your parents or caretakers on an issue? Did you have to collect information to convince someone that you should be at Columbia?

You must have at least three paragraphs of response to this with no less than five sentences in each paragraph. Paragraphs break when new ideas arrive, so keep this in mind. They need transitions. Also, you must click the above button that says ABC with a check mark to spell check. We must start going over the minor errors so that the whole thing is cohesive.

-Flynn