TU tuesday guest speaker

Poise: I thought that the guest speaker: Kristi Gustafson Barlette was completely confident in her speaking. She seemed relaxed, she knew what she was going to say and she wasn't nervous. She told us that she had once spoke in front of at least one thousand people at a SPAC concert. After that speaking to a couple of sophomores should be no big deal. She made good eye contact and was not afraid of the audience, which caused us to pay attention. She also demonstrated her confidence when two of the people in the class were talking and Kristi was not afraid to let them know that she thought that was rude. That let us know that she was serious and she wanted us to hear and to make use of what she had to say.

Clarity: Kristi spoke well and clearly. She was loud enough to hear and did not stumble on her words. I did not realize in any part of the presentation that she was using unnecessary words. She being a journalist, I do not think that she would do these things anyway. The way she talked and to vocabulary she used flowed nicely. I remember thinking that she talks like some might write. It seemed that everything she had to say was planned out, or get the point a crossed.

Volume: All throughout the presentation her volume was loud and clear. I don't think that there was a point when I couldn't hear her. Her volume me filled the whole room and kept us engaged.

Information: The responses she provided to the question we asked was relevant and helpful. It provided a insight into what writing in the "real world" is like. She had plenty of details to support her opinion and in some cases stories. Like the "Its gotta be HUGE" guy story about Tony Fucillo, provided a lot of good examples to what happens when you upset someone with your writing.

Organization: Kristi was very organized. She never went off topic, or said things that didn't need to be said. I sometimes found it neat how organized her speaking was and as I said before I thought it almost sounded like writing.

Lastly I participated well in the class discussion. I asked five questions I think, and they weren't simple questions either. My questions made her think and discuss what her answer was. Some of the other classmates also did well in asking questions. Some only asked one or two, other asked many. Some didn't ask questions at all, which was unfortunate for them.
I do think that you should have her back to talk next year. She showed us what some of the positives and negatives of writing was. As well as gave us some insight into the whole college challenge, which some of us are slowly nearing.