DUE ON 9/21 - Discussion Board / Amy Cuddy
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PART I:
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TASK :
Actively Watch "Body Language" by Amy Cuddy
This means take MANY NOTES in your notebook as you watch/listen to her talk! Think about the evaluation questions and prepare to respond in Published Writing Format!
Evaluate: How would you evaluate Cuddy as a speaker?
Examine at least three skills (skills you learned in this class) she implements in her presentation. Discuss how these particular skills enhance her speech.
Choose ONE main argument Cuddy makes in her speech. "Body Language" and discuss it. Why is it so important? Explain it's significance ? How does it govern how we think and feel about others? how do they govern how we feel about ourselves?
Analysis: What have you learned from examining this speech? Power, Possibility, Confidence? Body Mind Connection?
Compare a main point (separate from the one you made before) Cuddy makes about social interactions and judgments to that of a real life example. In this case I would like you to evaluate non verbals in the world. Provide an example from Cuddy and then connect it to an example from the outside world! For Example; something you learned about , read about or previously experienced.
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PART II:
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Monday, 9/21
Justin Bourren
Frank Gatto
Adeena
Victoria Kender
Amanda Lakharam
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Adeena Siddiqui
DeleteCuddly is an extremely articulate and powerful speaker, she is very influential and has such a powerful presence from the moment she steps into the room and starts orating. Cuddly’s use of comical visuals places an element of lightness in her speech and her positive intimidating demeanor. One skill she uses that aided her into enhancing her speech was eye contact and observation of the audience. When she begins her speech she immediately begins speaking about body expression and their translation into the human mind. She starts to look out at the audience and gives examples of poses that we may exhibit such as, crossing our legs, wrapping our ankles, or holding our arms in a certain manner. These examples that Cuddly provided were actual body poses that she saw out in the audience, proving that she is keeping good eye contact. Engaging the audience more and adding that level of attraction, enhancing her speech. Another skill that Cuddly introduces is the use of jokes, by providing the audience visuals rather than just verbal speech. This enhances the engaging quality between the speaker, Cuddly, and the audience and the speech she is presenting. A third skill she uses is stating facts, by providing studies that were conducted and their results. This adds an enhancement of credibility present within the speech.
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DeleteNice work Adeena,, Credibility is KEY!
DeleteRyan Lynch
DeleteThe way you look and come off to people is a huge part of how people look at you. Amy Cuddy shows us that people react to people the opposite of what people are acting like to them. She shows that both humans and animals alike act this way. The more you take risk, the more you show that you are confidence. It’s huge to come off and act confident, this helps people trust you and have confidence in you. Just by the way you look can shape how someone thinks of you. First impressions are huge for people to believe and trust in you.
When someone acts like they are more important then you, that is the most important times to be confident. Job interviews, speeches for school, and in debates. People tend to get nervous and lose their confidence. Amy tells us that learn this skill can help anyone for the rest of your life and get you places that you can’t get to by acting nervous. Facing your fears is so important, being scared is ok and apart of the journey. “Fake it til you make it”, Amy Cuddy says. She’s saying that it’s ok if you are faking and you are acting like someone you’re not. As you continue to fake it more and more, all of a sudden you won’t be faking anymore.
Amy Cuddy knows what it’s like to be that kid. She was in a car accident during college and she lost a little of her IQ points. She struggled to get through college and she felt like giving up. She powered through and graduated college. Later in life one of her students came to her with the same problem that she had; she was scared to talk in front of the class. What did Amy tell her? To fake it and push through and that’s exactly what that student did and she killed it. Amy Cuddy is an amazing speaker and this is easily my favorite speech I’ve watched in this class so far. I hope I can fake til I make it too.
Amy Cuddy, a brilliant woman, gave an informative speech on the topic of body language. She displayed features that meet the expectation of great public speaker. Cuddy displays what she’s found through research by giving statistics to further her main point. A study from Tufts University which showed the views of their patients through their body language. Amy Cuddy also got the audience involved; she grabbed the attention of the crowd for a quick survey and exercise that led into her presentation, which is also another skill needed for a great public speaker. Any data relayed or images displayed through the presentation, help gives a better visual while she speaks.
ReplyDeleteThrough her speech, Amy Cuddy explains the hidden power that body language happens to hold. She displays that a more strong and open pose, can result in a confidence boost. While people that show off a more closed off or small pose, can result in a rise of anxiety. Another detail regarding the confident poses is how Cuddy explains that gender also happens to be a factor with the poses. She displays the fact that body language can raise the hormones needed to raise confidence and power, leading to a powerful speech.
I thought that Amy Cuddy spoke with such power; she has a way with her words and her body language which made me invested in what she had to say. Her entire speech delved into the science of body language and how others may perceive one another. Evaluating non-verbals can lead to an understanding where ideas can be founded in order to allow anxious or closed off people to become more open and confident with their own ideas and beliefs. For instance, I had a job interview about two years ago. While waiting to be called in for my meeting, I sat very closed in and rubbing my arms. I began to become more nervous as my anxiety rose, my confidence was almost nothing. I had a second interview the following week, I sat a little more open, but not relaxed. I had a better understanding of what was going on and because of that, I aced my interview. What happened to me back on my first job interview, was similar to Amy Cuddy’s main point.
Hi Michael, I really liked how you described your personal experience to what Cuddly's main point was. It was very interesting to read the transition from being almost to no confident to a bit more relaxed, to the point where you aced the interview. I liked how you mentioned the gender example that Cuddly provided and how different genders could exhibit a bodily expression that can be negatively or positively interpreted.
DeleteThe first unknown response to your post was from me Adeena Siddiqui, unfortunately my name is not popping up when I publish anything on the blog.
DeleteGreat to hear you did well on the second interview! Bravo!
DeleteA main topic that Cuddly focused on in her speech are power poses and how crucial they are to raising the level of confidence of an individual(s). To relate to this, she speaks about expressions of nonverbal power and dominance and how when someone poses with their arms stretched out, expanding, taking up space, or generally opening up it shows the power one feels chronically or within the moment. However, Cuddly mentions the opposite of nonverbal power and dominance, this provides a contrast between the two expressions to aid in understanding the significance of power nonverbal. With this, Cuddly speaks about when we are feeling powerless and we do exactly the opposite of power dominance expressions. We close up, wrap ourselves, and make ourselves small in order not to bump into the person next to us. She continues this concept of nonverbal power and speaks about how when she walks into a classroom and she sees the MBAs they exude this level of confidence and power. While other students who walk in are already physically exhausted, and are hunched over in their chair, and are too timid when raising their hand. With these types of bodily expressions that we display, clearly does govern how others think about us and how we think about ourselves. When you feel powerful you tend to have that unapologetic confidence and do these bodily expressions compared from when you felt powerless.
ReplyDeleteCuddly makes a statement about a certain social interaction, social threat, and how that can be intimidating and overbearing to most people. She describes a scenario at which you are going in for a job interview and the interviewer is giving you death set eye contact. They keep giving you this eye contact for five minutes or as long as the interview lasts. This creates a social threat and Cuddly describes it as some interpreting this as worse than being heckled. A personal experience that I can relate this to is when I went to publicly debate in senior year of high school. I was present within the debate club and had/have a passion for expressing and speaking about my opinion and standpoints about the arguments or topics presented at hand. When I was in my club at school it was very simple for me to argue. However, when my club went on to do a public debate it represents this social threat that Cuddly is speaking about. I remember when my partner and I were in the third round against our con case. We were up against debaters who showed this nonverbal power with how straight and tall they stood and the level of eye contact they made. This made me back down quite easily and could not wait for the debate to end. However, this social threat experience inspired me to be more confident and assuring in my words of choice. Which relates to what I learned from this speech, which is to fake it till you become it. Keep going to those debate meetings, and keep orating, and keep reassuring yourself that you are capable. Then you do become capable and confident enough to speak in front of others.
*My response was too long so I had to post as two separate responses -Adeena*
Hi Adeena,
DeleteI am very inspired by your story, you make me want to practice more to become comfortable and confident enough to speak in front of others. I really like how you relate that to Cuddy's view of social threats.
Great! If your response is long..certainly break it up into two separate responses. Adeena, remind me to inform the class to do this on Monday! Great Work !
DeleteVictoria Kender
ReplyDeleteI would evaluate Cuddy as a speaker that she is very well organized and speaks very clearly so the audience can hear her all the way in the back. She uses her body language in a positive way that leads the audience interesting and not bored. She has amazing skills that she uses throughout her speech and that is how she gives multiple visuals, her eye contact is good with the audience, and she hooked the audience’s attention at the beginning of her speech. These skills enhance her speech by making the audience more interesting and keep being engaged.
One main argument that Cuddy used throughout her speech was how a body language comes off as judgments that determine our life. If our body language is sluggish and haunched then we won’t get hired for that job or be able to go on a date. But, if our body is straight up and we are standing tall, then we will get hired for a job, someone will ask us on a date. Our body language affects our life and it can either be good or bad depending on how we present ourselves. So, body language is very important as it can shape your future in a good way, or shape it in a bad way all depending on our body language. Our body language governs how we feel because our bodies change our minds, this is the idea of “fake it till you make it.” Our body language also governs how other people feel because we can change other people’s views on our body positions. We communicate with our bodies, not just our words.
From watching her speech, I learned how powerful people are more confident, dominant, and take more risks. Our body language also changes the mind of how we react to certain things. I learned that being powerful gives you more opportunities than when you feel powerless. Cuddy explaining on how people feel powerless states, “We wrap ourselves up. We make ourselves small and we don't want to bump into a person next to us. Both animals and humans do the same thing.” Cuddy words gave an impact on me that I am going to try and use them the best way I can. Cuddy talks about constantly judging ourselves and how our body language constantly affects our outcomes of life. I am comparing this to the way we give speeches in a class, although it may seem easy for others, other students are challenged with the fact of speaking in front of an audience. The audience could figure out who likes to speak in front of an audience and who doesn’t, all due to their body language and posture.
Hello Victoria,
DeleteI agree with you that Cuddy words make you want to try and use body language to improve how other and yourself perceive you.
Well Done ! I agree.. we communicate in an unspoken language!
DeleteHi Victoria! I agree with you about Cuddy being a very organized speaker. I also think she did a great job of catching my attention and keeping it throughout her whole speech. Great job.
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Patrick Murphy
ReplyDeleteThe first thing I would like to state is that as a speaker, Cuddy is great at it. She does not lose focus and is able consistently move one to the next segment of her speech. Next, she knows how to effectively use hooks. Instantaneity, in the intro on a speech about the importance of body language she engages with the crowd by talking about there body language causing them to look around to see others exactly as she described, or straightening up their back trying to correct their posture. Next when she presents her statistics, she uses visuals like some of the high and low power positions they used in the experiment to let the listeners get a better idea on what is happening. Additionally, her story about she lost her identity and felt like she was faking it to make it was detrimental to her. Was enthralling as it provides a personal connection to her topic and herself. Lastly, she planed her speech beautifully. For example, her story at the end was a way to convince people that using body language to influence the view you have on yourself, Is not faking till you make it, But fake it till you become it. So to make the listeners know this is a way to improve your delf image
Which of course leads to her main argument which is that we can use our nonverbals to influence our view on ourselves. This idea is important as she is providing us with the ability to change the perspective, we have on ourselves through our body language, A language we use every day. Now that we know that people can use this easy tip by using their body language to communicate their power and confidence not just others but also to themselves. We know that some one who kicks back and put their feet on the table and the person who sits at the back of the class and tries to hide from the teacher gaze. One radiates control and contempt with their situation and the other radiates fear and uncertainty. Most importantly though it shows that we can change the view whether it be confident, power or stress by changing our posture. Also, while still on the topic of body language, the other point was how we react to others body language. One of the examples she used was the handshake between the British officer, Obama, and the British prime minister in the intro. Another example I can think of is a handshake between Bill Gates and the president of South Korea. The entire controversy was that Bill Gates shook the president hand with his hand in his pocket and, in South Korea this is along the lines or slouching or chewing gum. Now of course this Is more of a cultural conflict, but because of Bill Gates body language he accidently annoyed an entire country.
Lastly, what I have learned is that our body language is linked to our mental state no matter what. So, if one wants to boost their confident, strike a confident pose for a bit, or if they want to go into a conversation with a sense of power, do the wonder woman pose to feel powerful beforehand. There is an obvious connection to exploit that you can use for the better.
Nice Work PAT!
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Jennifer Mignano-Brady
September 20, 2020
Amy Cuddy uses a series of slide shows during her presentation to explain the aspects of nonverbal communication. Amy gives her presentation in the form of public speaking instead of a conversation, because she says that she never settled in one college because of her trauma, and every new college she entered, she had to give a presentation. Amy speaks to the audience to inform them of her tough life in college and to encourage them to never give up and follow their dreams.
One main argument Amy discusses in her speech is that a person’s nonverbals govern how people think about others, but if they can also govern how people think and feel about themselves. Amy says that it depends on a person’s emotions. For example, she imagines a person holding a pen in his teeth, which forces him to smile. Amy shows two types of hormones: a testosterone, the dominant hormone, and a cortisol, the stress hormone. As such, a person’s nonverbals can indeed govern how they think about themselves.
In this speech, I learned that people have more power when they feel more assertive and confident. Amy discusses a two-minute laboratory experiment about high-power and low-power poses, saying that high-power people have more testosterone and less cortisol. While in the workplace, I always judge people on their faces and body expressions. Whenever I feel I have done something wrong, I feel like a low-power person with more cortisol and less testosterone. Overall, I think Amy did a very good job at her speech.
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ReplyDeleteI believe Amy Cuddy is a fantastic public speaker. One skill she utilizes to effectively communicate her ideas is audience engagement. Right from the beginning she is able to engage the audience in her speech by having them evaluate their own posture and body language, an idea that is analyzed throughout her speech. She even has a camera pointed at the audience to show on the big screen behind her how the audience is reacting to her opening, which creates a feeling of tension and interest within the audience. Another skill Cuddy uses in her speech would be passion. Towards the end of her speech, she tells the audience about a real life experience she has had when she felt like she was faking her success and did not belong in the position where she was. This story really locks in how important it is to have confident body language and a confident mindset in order to achieve the goal you desire. It helps the ideas and studies mentioned in her speech circle back around and support her final point where she makes the statement “fake it ‘til you become it.” The last skill Cuddy uses is the inclusion of facts and studies in her speech. This information that she collected herself helps drive home her ideas about body language to the audience.
ReplyDeleteOne main argument Cuddy makes in her speech is the importance of body language and non-verbal communication while talking. This point is such an important aspect of speaking because confident body language helps create a confident speaker. Having powerful body language displays a confident persona towards others, which makes them more engaged and causes them to listen. Additionally, having confident body language can help speakers feel more confident in themselves. According to Cuddy, doing power poses before a speech or interview can help a person have a more confident mind and outlook on a situation than someone who has a low power, unconfident posture.
I have learned that having a confident mindset and confident body language not only has an effect on how other people perceive you but also on how we are able to accomplish our goals. Additionally, I learned that our mind and our body are more connected than we realize; a confident mindset creates confident body language, whereas confident body language creates a confident mindset.
A real world experience that I can relate to with Cuddy is the feeling of not belonging in a specific position of power. I was accepted for an internship in the beginning of the year and thought that it was a mistake for me being there since I believed my interview did not go very well. I felt like I did not know much nor was I that clever and sometimes had a hard time keeping up with the wealth of information I was being given. I had to overcome this dreadful feeling in order to effectively learn new skills and be more present with what was going on in the workplace. I pretended to know what I was doing in order to be able to keep up with my colleagues and make a name for myself in the workplace, just like Cuddy needed to pretend in order to feel like she belonged at Princeton.
I'm in a very similar predicament as you! Feeling out of place in a new work setting. Good luck to you!
DeleteExcellent Response Christopher !
ReplyDeleteAmy Cuddy is a very well spoken speaker that knows how to get her point across. As soon as she starts her speech she already has the audience hooked and thinking. She does this by asking a question that has to deal with the topic of her speech “Body language”. She as everyone in the room to evaluate their own in that moment which was a great way of hooking the audience. The next skill she uses which I thought was really effective was the visuals. The pictures of the high power poses and the low power poses made her speech come across in a whole new light. In addition the story she told about her accident engages the listeners even more. She organized the placement of the story perfectly, so you really do believe that body language can make a change in your life also.
ReplyDeleteThis leads to a main point of Cuddy’s about power posing. This point is very important in my opinion because it can really shape someone and their path. This is because your body controls your mind as she stated in her speech. The more you power pose and feel more in a position of power the more confident and outgoing you become as a individual. A example that she used was going into a job interview and how you sit before you are called in. I can relate to this in a way, before a big football game in high school I could see a difference in my performance on the field by the way I sat on the bus there. The more loosely I sat and the more fun had on the ride the more testosterone built up and I gained confidence. But on the other had I was scrunched up worrying about a certain package or team the more nerves would shoot through my body.
Cuddy also describes the concept of “ fake it till you become it”. She told an instance of one of her students that took this into perspective and how it changed her as a person. This I can relate to very well. In high school there was definitely classes that I was not very strong in, but I made the effort to act as if I was. This can really help you adjust to something you are not comfortable doing at that moment. I say this because at end of the day I passed the classes with better grades than I thought I would have achieved.
Lastly, I have learned a lot about how much your body language can affect other people, but how it affects you and your mind state also. I did not know that your body can affect your mind the same way you let your mind affects your body. Also that people in the position of power will willing take more risk than people who are not. That was very interesting to me and something I want to find out for myself. Over all I thought it was a great informative speech and taught me a lot of new things to improve myself.
Great Work Brandon!
ReplyDeleteAfter watching Amy Cuddy’s, “Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are”, speech it is recognized how powerful and well-organized of a speaker she is. Cuddy manages to keep her audience interested throughout her informative speech. She displays a sophisticated speaker by making direct eye contact, keeping well posture, and being active across the stage. She implements a variety of key skills within her presentation such as statistics that help to further support her ideas. By incorporating statistics, the audience is able to better trust the information being presented to them. She includes research from Tuffs University that helps support her ideas of the importance of body language. Cuddy also interacts with the audience by asking them questions and taking a quick survey. This keeps the audience involved and more intrigued. Cuddy’s presentation included lots of visuals that were displayed throughout to help grasp the attention of her viewers. She is able to keep everyone entertained and informed.
ReplyDeleteCuddy focuses on the comparison between body language and judgment. She emphasizes the idea that we as people are to be determined based off of our body language. It greatly affects our lives in way that we may not realize. Having poor body language gives off a sluggish appearance which people find to be unpleasant. Our nonverbal communication is just as important as the words that come out of our mouths are. Cuddy encourages that we have powerful body language which displays a confident individual. She also shares the idea of power poses and how it would help to create a more confident persona that would be detected by others.
A real-world experience that I can relate to in regards to Cuddy is pretending to feel like she belonged. I recently got a job that I am truly lucky to have received, but I don’t know much about what I’m doing and I feel like I just have to play along most of the time to seem like I’m fitting in. Cuddy speaks on the time she felt misplaced while being at Princeton University. She talks about how she pretended to know what was going on in order to seem like she belonged. I am very much in the same situation. In order to fit it, I do exactly what she did and pretty much fake it until I make it.
Amanda Lakharam
I agree with you Amanda, her opening was very clever and was a great way to get involved with the audience. I like looking at the different techniques different speakers use to engage their audience.
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ReplyDeleteI would evaluate Cuddy as a very skillful speaker. She managed to keep my attention throughout her whole TED talk using personal experiences and examples of body language that I can relate to. I was interested, her examples made me want to listen more. Having something that your audience can relate to is really helpful for your speech because they are most likely to listen and continue listening throughout the whole speech.
One main argument she mentions is the way you change your body language around others. For example she mentions that when someone has a wider stance or a more powerful, more open way of sitting down and standing, you would more likely do the opposite of them which is curl up or fold your hands. This is really important because sometimes people do not realize that we mirror the opposite of what we see. When she mentioned this example I was able to recall a few moments where I did these actions. With that being said, something I have learned from this TED talk is that confidence is key. If you watch yourself stand more open, more powerful as she mentioned, you are more likely to get through your day easier than someone who watches themselves be closed in.
Adding onto what I have learned, Cuddy also emphasises how important presenting yourself is to everyone else. For example slouching versus standing tall. You become more approachable and likable if you are standing straight rather than slouching. I've noticed that I appear more confident when I am standing up tall. However, it is a challenge for me because I always catch myself slouching. Hopefully I will grow out of that habit.
Zafirah, i agree with you're point of confidence being key and also enjoyed the last sentence as I relate to the challenge of not slouching .
DeleteAmy Cuddy’s Informative speech on body language is extremely inspiring, she really touches the hearts of all her audience and keeps them involved with her usage of multiple speaking skills. At the beginning of her speech she asks the audience to examine the way they are sitting in their chairs in an effort to get the audience involved from get-go. Throughout her speech Cuddy supplies the audience with many jokes backed by a usage of visuals as well using anecdotes such as one of her being involved in a car accident which had lowered her IQ and was thought to keep her out of college. Cuddy gets emotional explaining a time a girl had come to her feeling like she “wasn’t supposed to be here” a feeling that Cuddy is all too familiar with. She uses an experiment hosted on people with different body poses and statistics on how those certain poses change people’s hormones such as testosterone and cortisol levels.
ReplyDeleteThe main topic of Cuddy’s speech is power posing and how it affects not only an individual’s mentality, but also how people view and judge us. I completely agree on her assessment and I believe good body language is key to success in whatever situation you’re going into. It’s like ex NFL player Deion Sander once said, “you feel good, you play good” and throughout Cuddy’s speech she explains powerful physical stature actually has an effect on your mentality and how you feel. She explains the concept of “fake it until you make it” and how if you actually do fake how you feel until you make it, you will actually grow to become it. Cuddy express how tiny tweaks lead to big changes and it clearly shows as something as simple as being in a “powerful pose” can actually make a huge effect on one’s hormones such as cortisol and testosterone.
People showing less confidence through their body language could result as one viewing another as stressed and can also make one feel even more anxious furthering the importance of keeping a positive stature. When I had given my speech last class, I knew it would be important for me to maintain good eye contact as well as to conduct myself in an upright manner in an effort to display confidence in the subject in which I was talking about. Although I was nervous before hand, maintaining a positive body pose during my speech had given me the right mindset and as the speech prolonged, I felt better about my delivery and I think Cuddy’s speech testifies to me feeling that way.
Hello Jon,
DeleteI agree with you that she tries to connect and engage with her audience and you can see that throughout her speech. Also, you can see how passionate she is and how informative she is based on the information she provides for us and how she backs it up.
Aldair Perez-Reyes
ReplyDeleteCuddy is a well-organized and a stupendous speaker. A skill that she uses very well is the way she engages the audience and the way she backs up your ideas and/or statistics. She really knows how to grab the audience’s attention by using body language and also asking questions so the audience can really try to analyze what she is saying and think to themselves how they could practice or incorporate what she said into their own personal life. Also, it is how she smoothly transitions from one idea to another and how she supports her main points throughout her speech.
One main argument Cuddy makes in her speech is that body language plays a huge factor in our lives whether it is in public or at work. She goes into detail about the difference between the high-power poses and the low-power poses and how they make a person feel. For example, a person who makes a high-power pose is more likely to be more confident and also more likely to take more risk than a low-power pose, according to her studies. Also, body language can alter how a person could view you as and what they think about you.
Finally, I learned that having a confident body language is determined mentally, and having a confident mindset could help you boost confidence whether it is in school, work, or in public. I can relate to the speech because at the beginning when she was talking about the poses, I would normally do a low-power pose around anyone I didn’t know or in school so I wouldn’t be seen. Honestly listening to the speech made me learn a lot about how just small tweaks in our mind can alter our body and from that, we can achieve the outcomes that we plan for.
Brendan Mattis
ReplyDeleteAmy Cuddy’s “Body Language” was a very informative speech. After watching the video I would evaluate Amy Cuddy as a fantastic speaker for a number of reasons. One skill she used right in the beginning of her speech was interacting with the audience. She spoke to them about paying attention to their current body language. This enhances her speech by making the audience feel included in her speech. Another thing Amy Cuddy does right off the bat is tell a story. She tells the audience that she is a social psychologist and works in a very competitive business school. Amy Cuddy also uses visuals throughout the speech, one of them about opening up, includes a joke that makes the audience launch. Which is going to make the audience want to pay more attention.
One argument that Amy Cuddy makes is that body language can affect participation in the classroom. Amy Cuddy explains that this is important because participation makes up a large part of the MBA grade. This is significant because it is providing us a way to be better students, and better members of society by just fixing your posture. Body language can govern how we feel about others. If you see someone who is slouching and making themselves look smaller, you will most likely not think positively about this person immediately. They do not have a lot of confidence, and don't want to talk to others. If you are upright and more open, it gives this sense of confidence, and invitation for people to come over and speak with you. With better posture, you will most likely find yourself to be feeling happier and more confident.
From examining the speech I have learned that body language can affect the way you see others, they see you, and how you see yourself. One point Amy Cuddy was making was about body language during a job interview, which she also said was most relatable. I have only really gone through one real job interview, which I worked at a summer camp. My last job was from a family member, and my current job my sister already did gymnastics at this gymnasium and needed help, and they ended up just giving me hours. In my job interview for the summer camp, I remember not being on my phone, sitting upright, and I made conversation with the workers in the office. They were very friendly and I became good friends with them as the summer progressed. I kept good posture, and it made it easier for me to feel comfortable and act happier during the interview. I talked to my senior counselor during the summer and she said the interviewer said I was one of the best interviewees that had come in.
I agree Brendan, Amy Cuddy was amazing with interacting with all of her audience. That really helped her pull them in so they could focus on what she was saying. She never lost the interactiveness, she kept pulling them into what she was speaking about.
DeleteHanna Brozyna
ReplyDeleteCuddy is a powerful speaker; she engages her audience which helps with keeping them focused. Things that I have noticed that she does is use many examples by using pictures. This helps the audience she wants she is speaking because it pulls them in and now they can visually see what she is saying. Another thing she does is speak with the audience not at them. This is a big thing because no one ever wants to be spoken at, when you are spoken out people tend to ignore it or get uninterested. While she still had a powerful voice, she didn’t yell or talk down to the audience. In the begging of the ted talk she opened it with a question on how people are sitting right now to make the audience think. When the audience starts to think about how they are sitting they are already interacted with what she is speaking about.
Cuddy doesn’t just look in one direction, she keeps moving around so she can look at everyone in the room. Instead of just looking at one side of the room and only speaking to them she talks to everyone to keep everyone interested. If the speaker is looking the other direction the whole time you are not going to want to pay attention or really care about what the speaker is talking about. This makes the audience feel like she wants to speak to everyone, that she isn’t just there to get her point across. Another thing that she does is talking with her hands, this shows passion and that she’s interested in what she is talking about. When the audience see’s the speaker is passionate about something, they will start to get more interested and possibly think what is being spoken about could be informative or interesting.
Something that I have learned was the way someone sits could tell if they have a powerful mindset. I have never paid attention to how someone sits or even how I sit. She showed really described the differences between a powerful person and a non-powerful person. They had many differences that I didn’t even know about.
Nicholas Valentine
ReplyDeleteAmy Cuddy’s speech regarding your body language speech is crucial. She uses a wonderful job of satire and storytelling ability in a professional mannerism. After that, she quickly hooks the audience by showing them how they sit right now affects them. One main point of Amy Cuddy's was the use of the nonverbal expression of power and dominance. People struggle with the ability to feel powerless in such a powerful world and economy. People opening up and stretching out is a common form of expressing power, and people don’t always realize that a little change in your body language and make a major difference in how we present ourselves. Another main idea she expresses interest in is the ability of the body and mind to be connected subconsciously. What we look like may not describe how we may currently feel. For example, when she had people who might’ve felt powerless sit In a powerful posture she is proving that the mind may be able to start feeling powerful. Also the use of mirroring vs matching when people are having a one-on-one conversation and an interview. When one person is dominating the conversation the counterpart may the opposite and feel as if they are left powerless. People are known for not mirroring the person they are having a conversation with. Amy Cuddy was able to use the “fake it till you make it mentality” during her injury and recovery throughout college. She graduated from college just like the rest of us but may have done it a little longer. Amy also used her past experiences to help others. We may not know it but we cannot always control how we express our body language at all times. Currently we must recognize that our body language says more then we may think and we can now realize it and change how we present ourselves and how we can feel about ourselves
Cuddy is an amazing public speaking, she took control of her environment as soon as she walked onto the stage. In her speech she used her visuals to help guide the audience. But it the visual wasn’t the main focus. One of the main focuses was engaging with the audience. As so as she walked on the stage she started talking to the audience, and asked them to take a look at themselves and how they are sitting. Cuddly she had a camera point at the audience so they can see how they were positioned. Then she told them take they would come back to it and evaluate how they would change by the end her speech. By Cuddy do this right when start of her speech it keep the audience in engaged to see the difference that her speech will make.
ReplyDeleteOne of Cuddy main argument that discuss in her speech was nonverbal communication that comes from your body language can effect your life. Cuddy speak on having confidence, when you have powerful body language it can led to many things. Cuddy mention that many create judgment on your body language. And from those judges it can predict many life events, like if you get hired for a job or even someone thinking about going up to you to talk. When you have powerful body language it tends to make others be more interesting to what you are saying.
There are many things to take away from Cuddy speech. The main point that I took away from her speech that body language correlates with our mind. If you are stressing out about something in your mind it will show in your body language. She mentioned to do some poses before hand so you can build up confidence. And from that your body language will change and become more powerful.
Rebecca Ramsaroop