memory

Examples of memory in the following topics:

• Speaking from Memory

  • Good orators of the past were expected to deliver their speeches from memory without notes or other aids.
  • When speaking from memory, you do not need to think about what is coming next or how to express an idea as you would in extemporaneous speaking; therefore, you can give more attention to the audience.
  • Today, we generally admire and stress extemporaneous speaking in our society, but many of the great speeches in history were delivered all or partially from memory.
  • One of the main problems of delivering a speech from memory is sounding rehearsed, or like you are reading.
  • Demonstrate how to deliver a speech from memory so that you appear natural and relatable to the audience

• The Remembering Stage

  • The result--memory--allows the person to record information about people, objects and events for later recall.
  • Memory is essential throughout the listening process.
  • We depend on our memory to fill in the blanks when we're listening and to let us place what we're hearing at the moment in the context of what we've heard before.
  • Using information immediately after receiving it enhances information retention and lessens the forgetting curve, or the rate at which we no longer retain information in our memory.
  • Because everyone has different memories, the speaker and the listener may attach different meanings to the same statement.

• Make Messages Easy to Remember

  • Encoding (or registration), storage, and recollection comprise the three main stages in the formation and retrieval of memory.
  • Memory refers to the process by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved.
  • From an information processing perspective, there are three main stages in the formation and retrieval of memory:
  • If you could simply transfer your memory modules to the brains of your audience, speaking would be obsolete.
  • Like electronic memory sticks, human beings employ storage methods to permanently record thoughts and memories.

• Improve Listener Engagement, Comprehension, and Memory

  • Improving engagement, comprehension, and memory of your presentation can be accomplished by using sensory enhancements, or visual aids.
  • Sensory enhancements are also a powerful way of enhancing the memory of your audience.
  • Discuss how sensory enhancements can improve listener engagement, comprehension, and memory

• Speeches for Special Occasions

  • For example, an individual might give a speech at a wake or memorial for an audience of friends and families who knew the person being memorialized.
  • However, they may use a pathos intended to make the audience reflective, as in a speech given at a memorial service.
  • For example, when someone gives a speech at a wedding and shares a specific memory, thus informing the audience of that particular incident and possibly articulating its importance in relation to the newlyweds.

• Commemorative Speeches: Dedications and Eulogies

  • Dedications and eulogies are two types of commemorative speeches that memorialize people and/or events.
  • Commemorative speeches are those that celebrate and honor the memory of someone or something.
  • If you consider various memorial holidays and observances throughout the year, such a Memorial Day in the United States, many people commemorate the occasion by remembering fallen veterans.
  • Eulogies may include memories and anecdotes of that person's life.

• The Importance of Stories

  • Berger says human life is narratively rooted, humans construct their lives and shape their world into homes in terms of these groundings and memories.

• The Speaking Outline

  • Unlike the rough draft outline, which includes short notes on structure, the speaking outline covers both the main points and aids the speaker's memory on certain topics.
  • Speaking outlines can be used to prepare and rehearse speeches, as well as serve as memory aids during the presentation.

• The Importance of Preparation

  • Preparing and understanding your visual aids is essential to improving the engagement, understanding, and memory of your audience.
  • Appropriate preparation of your visual aids is essential in making sure that they are effective in helping to improve the engagement, memory, and comprehension of your audience.

• The Responding Stage

  • The responding stage is the stage of the listening process wherein the listener provides verbal and/or nonverbal reactions based on short- or long-term memory.