9. Skill Builder Prepare the following special-occasion speeches.

a. Welcome. Prepare a speech of welcome for a guest from the community who is visiting your class to better understand your college’s o pportunities.

b. Introduction. Create an introduction for a guest from a prominent community business who is invited to speak to your class about job interview strategies.

c. Speech to honor. Construct and present a speech (3 minutes) that honors one of your classmates or a person or institution in your community whom you believe deserves r ecognition.

d. Award. Create an award for a classmate

(best team member, best listener, best speaker, most improved speaker) that reflects some achievement or activity during t he s emester.

e. Celebration dinner. Your work team has just met a very important project deadline and your work received rave reviews from your s upervisor.