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Melissa Miller Reflection
I attended an event which was held at Bowling Green University. The topic of the seminar was "Nine Lives Later: What I've Learned About Getting Stuff Done" which was by Dr. Melissa Miller. Dr. Melissa is an expert on American Politics; her career is full of achievements. Besides, she is an associate professor at Bowling Green State University. Her speech was motivating and enthusiastic, she amazed us by giving her rules for completing our tasks successfully. She used many proofs and examples to prove her points, which I liked the most because her method was exceptional to make her points memorable. The majority of her audience were undergraduate and graduate students, and that made it perfect to give Dr. Miller the opportunity to focus on our demographic.
Dr. Miller is an expert on American Politics, and she is focusing on voting behavior, public opinion, women in the politician field, and politics relation with media. She is an associate professor who teaches in several areas such as political parties
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For instance, she used humor frequently, and it affected me and gave her a privilege to convenes us to follow her advice. The book advice in chapter 4 section 2 that a public speaker should use humor to make it easier for delivering her/his message. Another point I want to make relating to the e-book which is that Dr. Miller did like the book stated in chapter 6 section1 which is the audience analysis. Her topic was targeting her audience, and that means that she knew what evidence she should use, for instance, when she gave us the example for her Astronomy class which is a reality that we are facing at this point of our lives. The lecture was excellent even though I didn't like it at the beginning, but overall it was great and exciting. The speaker was beneficial and knew what she is doing, she took some time for reviewing her notes, but that didn't distract the lecture, so it was

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