'Speaker Observation Paper\r'

'On Monday April eighteenth the Dublin depository library, in celebration of mankind twenty-four hour period, hosted environmental educator, activist, and author Dr. Linda Riebel. In her intromission she introduced the new(a) edition of her stack; The worldly concern Friendly diet Chain below the new title; The Green Foodprint. Her outlet was on food choices for healthy pile and a healthy planet. The purpose of her legal transfer was to show how anyone-of any lifestyle-can become an primer friendly eater. The presentation was held in a sm each(prenominal) room in the Library and the hearing turnout was surprisingly minimal. on that point were a total of four adults that attended.\r\n scorn the partially empty room, the speaker was cap equal to(p) captivate the audience instantly by opening with a personal make out story about how a hunting expedition trip to Africa ultimately change overd her life and as a result she became vegetarian. Dr. Riebel began her obstetri cal talking to by proclaiming, with enthusiasm, that the â€Å"Food Movement” has started. In the mental hospital of her speech she reveals her credibility on the subject. Dr. Linda Riebel is non only a vegetarian, but she likewise is a Psychologist, Eating Disorder Specialist, and generator of the acclaimed book, Eating to Save the Earth: Food Choices for a Healing Planet.\r\nShe emphasizes that her speech would not dwell on the bad and blackball but rather, focus on the solutions. The solution, she previewed, is already in strawman; organic food, local anesthetic food, meatless options and family farms. At her conclusion she reaffirms that what’s good for the planet and it’s creatures is as well as good for humans. She concludes by reiterating the good and positive, in that lot are moving in the correct direction. To further her message, she left the audience with information on where to find local farms, stores, restaurants, and more, for healthy sustain equal to(p) foods.\r\nShe pointed out the do good of having a diverse system of factory farm that takes advantage of our local areas resources, tradition, and taste. Also, she was proud to hail that the City of Dublin is launching a new seasonal farmers market start-off May 12. In addition to having the freshest in California-grown produce, she states, it w tubercular puzzle different â€Å" base of operations weeks” e genuinely month to showcase a variety of the local talent and attractions. In her speech, Dr. Riebel, pointed out that; just as we baffle a carbon footprint, we also hand a â€Å"foodprint â€Å"as well.\r\nOur â€Å"foodprint”, she explained, is the way in which our food systems contribute to greenho determination gasoline emissions and international climate change through with(predicate) the production, processing, packaging, shipping, storage and disposal of food. First she explains slightly of the environmental problems we are f acing right now. This included nearly information on how we are depleting our piddle. A vast thermionic vacuum tube reserve called the Ogallala Aquifer supports over one-fifth of the irrigated cropland in the United States and in the last forty years, farmers have pumped massive piths of water from the aquifer.\r\nWhile the need for water continues to grow, the amount available decreases rapidly. In some areas, farmers are consuming the groundwater at more than double the rate of natural recharge. She also talks about the agricultural enforce of some rainforest land and how this habitat decease affects wildlife today. Many commercial agricultural projects are still carried out on rainforest lands, although numerous of these revert to cattle ley after soils are depleted. She also make it a point to discuss pesticides.\r\nShe began this emergence with an interesting history of the original use of pesticides. Their mass introduction into terra firma 70 years ago, along with petrochemically-derived fertilizers, set U. S. farming down a costly and unsustainable path. on the way, community-scale farming was nearly destroyed, generations have suffered ill health ranging from cancer to autism and Parkinson’s, biodiversity has taken gravid hits, and the six mega-corporations who dominate the pesticide sedulousness have gotten very rich and very powerful.\r\nShe speaks of look forward to in that an organization called PAN( Pesticide Action Network) promotes the exclusion of highly hazardous pesticides and offers solutions that protect people and the environment. PAN works to loosen the pesticide industry’s control over global agriculture by holding accountable governmental bodies that are charged with correct pesticides. Dr. Riebel used a PowerPoint as her presentational aid. The PowerPoint presentation had appropriate artistry, appropriate face for ease of reading, appropriate layout of graphics and graphics were in good taste.\r\nThe s lides were very informative and did not take away from the boilers suit presentation. She included pictures and quotes that got my attention. She also used her new book The Green Foodprint to refer to many of her points. This made me insufficiency to buy her book to learn more. She did a good crinkle of relating the topic to current issues of today. The fact that she gave her speech in honor of Earth Day showed how she was trying to adapt her speech to this occasion. She was able to present her message with facts and information in a language that was easily apprehensible for the audience.\r\nShe explained unfamiliar terms and concepts and was able to advert her message to the audience by beguiling questions and answers from them. Her speech was enlightening and somewhat of a shock, considering some of the surprising facts she stated. The audience responded with sentiency and interest. The speaker did a great blood with her manner of speaking. She had confidence and poise. She used specific topics that had applicable value, she maintain accuracy in her statements, and she provided additional clarifying material.\r\nHer poise was shown by her controlled voice. The volume in her voice was loud decorous to be comfortably heard. Her use of power, footfall and pitch was appropriate for the emotion or thought she was trying to express. For example, when she was trying to cajole empathy from the audience when discussing the inhumane treatment of animals, she mouth slowly, and with compassion. She expressed a more evangelical language, specifically when she talked about the solutions much(prenominal) as shopping local and going organic.\r\nHer use of enthusiasm was appropriate to motivate and deviate the audience to make a change. She was able to stress important words such as â€Å"Foodprint” and â€Å"Organic” when presenting principal ideas. She maintained a technique of proper pausing to punctuate, to change thought or for emphasi s. Her personal contemplation showed proper attire and grooming. She had proper stick by standing straight and not fidgeting her hands. She did not show inappropriate seventh cranial nerve expressions and was able to maintain eye sense of touch with audience by directly addressing them.\r\nShe exerted a warmth feeling, manifested in her facial expression and tone of voice. She had a conversational delivery which she utilized conversational expressions. She used her frame to make descriptive gestures and emphatic gestures. This delivery was very effective because the audience was included. She happyly came across as well aware and educated on the topic. The fatality in her voice enticed the idea of change, especially in relation to the concept of Earth Day, and all the people in support of maintaining a healthy planet while eating healthy.\r\nOverall, I enjoyed this speech greatly. The speaker was very organized and confident in what she was saying. The urgency in her tone made me want to be part in the movement to creating a healthier planet and food. The delivery was very effective and it gave me a greater awareness about the food I eat and where it comes from and what’s in it. As she first stated in the germ of the speech, that she would focus on the positive , she was successful in creating awareness of the solutions all almost us.\r\n'