First Impressions and the Pursuit of Speaker Credibility: An Active Engagement Exercise in the Public Speaking Classroom.

• In Event: G.I.F.T.S. Session I

Abstract

Teaching students about the importance of the correlation between speaker credibility and first impressions is often times a challenge. In an effort to showcase this very important correlation in the public speaking classroom, I have developed a role playing activity which actively engages students in the learning process. This interactive activity is divided into five sections and can easily be delivered in a one hour class session.

Author

• James McCoy, College of Southern Nevada