TU Tuesday Guest Speaker

Poise: I felt that he was comfortable with speaking to our class. He had good eye contact with everyone and tried to really understand us. H would not only anwser our questions, but he would also ask us questions. I think that he had a very good connection with us.

Clarity: I thought that he spoke very well. His tine of voice was very calm. He did not studer or mumble. He spoke in a low but understandable voice. I believe he talked so that everyone in the class could understand him. He did not try to make himself seem smart by using big fancy words that none of us would understand. 

Volume: He spoke at a nice volume. He was not screaming, nut he was not whispering. He was at a very good volume. Everyone in the room could hear him, no one had to have him repeat anything because he wasn't talking loud enough.

Information: I thought he gave us good information. When we asked how we should start out writing he told us to start with smaller pieces and build up to a book. Although he would go off track at times, but not to badly.

Organization: I thought that he was pretty organized. Everyone was able to understand his thinking paths and everyone could follow along with the conversation.

I tried to contribute to the conversation. I did ask a few questions and was very pleased with how he responded. I am shy around people I do not know, so it took a lot to ask someone new a question in front of the whole class. I thought our class did pretty good with carrying a conversation. Some people did get a little carried away or didn't talk at all, but the people that really did try to contribute to the conversation effectively did a good job.
I think you should invite him back for your future classes to talk with. He gave very truthful answers to our questions. He was fun to talk to because he seems like he really cared about our questions and answering them well. I would think that other classes would enjoy speaking with him too. I would like to have another speaker come in because it is very useful to have someone give you their opinion on writing and how to be a successful writer. It is interesting to see peoples advice to how they would recommend becoming a writer and how they them self became a writer.