In response to Greg's post, I would have to agree with Greg’s opinion. Stock is a very important part of someone’s life. Without investing, almost everyone will not be able to retire when they reach the appropriate age. People must invest if they hope to reach financial stability and eventually retire. The big problem is, as Greg points out, most people do not know the first step in making an appropriate investment. I happen to be one of those individuals. Investing in stock is not an easy process, and requires a lot of knowledge. The video states that you should not trust your money just someone who claims that they “know” how the stock market works. I agree with Greg, in that you should invest your money with a stockbroker. They know enough to make smart decisions on where to invest your money.
The video also states that someone who decides to invest should know what their budget looks like. It would not be smart to invest all of your money in the stock market in hopes to “win big.” This a bad idea, because the chances of a person making a lot of money right away is not really going to happen. Investments take time, so it would be smart not to put your entire life savings into some aggressive stock that will not make a profit for the next 2 years. I agree with Greg, in that before investing into the stock market, people need to know their budget.
There are a lot of great points that are made in the video. Having investment goals and a well drawn out budget are key steps in investing in stock. Greg states that, in the video, the speaker talks with a “monotone” style of voice. Because of the tone of voice the listeners could lose interest. I would have to agree. I almost lost interest in the speech, because of the tone in his voice. Overall, the video was very informative.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Obesity Speech
This speaker does a great job with his speech on obesity. He starts off by grabbing the audiences attention with some horrible, but true, statistics on obesity. He clearly states his intention of his speech and asks the audience some questions as to "why" are people not taking care of themselves. After his introduction, the speaker follows his speech with statistical facts of the early 1990's and compares them to current statistics. He uses percents to compare his statistical analysis. I really like how the speaker compares fast food items to portion sizes. He compares 4 slices of pizza from Pizza Hut, which totals 1700 calories, and how that much food can sustain a younger adult for the entire day. Phrases such as, “tip the scale” are used to describe food. This helps portray, to the audience, how huge the portion sizes are. The speaker, not only blames food for obesity, but also the lack of physical activity and the increase in the amount of time spent on playing video games. He does a great job by backing up his arguments with scholarly statistics. Health related diseases are also used in his speech to show that obesity is doing more damage than just “ruining someone’s physical appearance.” Finally, the speaker uses statistics to describe death in relation to obesity.
I like how he saved the death statistics for the closing argument in his speech. By saving them until the end, the speaker was able to grab the audience’s attention and drive home his argument with statistics involving death. Death applies to everyone. By including a number of statistics that pertain to everyone, The speaker was able to keep the audience interested until the very end. Best of all, the speaker relates his own personal success story to the audience to show everyone that he has committed to a change and that there is no reason why everyone can’t start their success story.
There are very few points that the speaker could do to improve on his speech. Overall, the speech was excellent! His voice was the same tone the entire speech. He also stumbled over a few words, but it wasn’t enough to take away from his presentation. His eye contact was great, and he spoke at a reasonable speed. The speaker did an amazing job on his speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPm9ZrJLJww
I like how he saved the death statistics for the closing argument in his speech. By saving them until the end, the speaker was able to grab the audience’s attention and drive home his argument with statistics involving death. Death applies to everyone. By including a number of statistics that pertain to everyone, The speaker was able to keep the audience interested until the very end. Best of all, the speaker relates his own personal success story to the audience to show everyone that he has committed to a change and that there is no reason why everyone can’t start their success story.
There are very few points that the speaker could do to improve on his speech. Overall, the speech was excellent! His voice was the same tone the entire speech. He also stumbled over a few words, but it wasn’t enough to take away from his presentation. His eye contact was great, and he spoke at a reasonable speed. The speaker did an amazing job on his speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPm9ZrJLJww
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