The discussion focuses on the Identifying Values and Interests $-$ Audience Analysis

We explore our own and others values and interests to help get to know our online community and conduct audience analysis of our classmates, who are our audience for speeches in the course.

Understand your audience before speaking to them enables you to connect with the audience and adapt your speech to fit the needs, interests, and prior knowledge of your audience.

The discussion below provides us a way to learn about our audience so we can craft audience$-$centered speeches $($speeches that are relevant to the audience, speeches the audience is interested in and engaged with in meaningful ways$).$

A$.$ Imagine you were going to pick a best friend $-$ which top three of these values are most important to you in a firend? Which would you look for? 'Reply' to the initial post and share your top three values and why you chose them. Ambitious, Broadminded, Capable, Cheerful, Honest, Happy, Courageous, Helpful, Independent, Intellectual, Polite, Responsible

B$.$ Imagine you could control the outcome of your life. Which of the following represents the top three things you want most out of life? In your initial 'reply' to the discussion prompt share your top $3$ and briefly explain your reasoning. Comfortable life, Exciting life, Sense of accomplishment, Beauty, Peace, Equality, Family Security, Inner Harmony, Mature love, National security, Selfrespect, Social recognition

C$.$ The Personal Decathlon list. A decathlon is a track and field event made up of $10$ events. Imagine we were all entering a personal decathlon. What events would you win? List $5-10$ things you are really, really good at so that if you entered a competition, yourd $\text{'}w\text{'}$ everyone does $-$ like eating, sleeping, watching Netflix$/$Hulu$/$etc$.$ We want things unique to you!

Be sure to answer A$,$ B$,$ & C in your initial discussion post.

The discussion aligns with the content discussed in Chapter $3$ to help you better understand and learn about your audience, which as you know, will help you select a topic and customize your speech. $($SPC$101)$