Courtney’s speech on light pollution was very engaging, but
her delivery lacked some of the core skills that were evident with other
speakers such as Matthew. Both did a great job as far as the content of the
speech went, but Matthew’s delivery as well as his confidence made all of the
difference for me. He connected to his audience by posing a serious issue
without chastising those in his audience who had probably consumed alcohol over
the course of their college careers. I think that the reason that I liked
Matthew’s was that he didn’t make light of the dangers of alcohol, but he also
wasn’t ignorant to its ubiquity and general social acceptance. He navigated the
audience and allowed them to make the final say, but provided them with the
tools to make better decisions. Plus, his confidence really shone though. This
was contrasted starkly with Courtney’s speech, which I felt lacked the
confidence it needed in order to make a firm connection to her audience. In
short – all of the speakers had the logos and ethos, but Matthew had the
pathos. He drove it home by connecting on an intellectual and emotional level.
i agree content wise, that Matthew had a better speech. However, his delivery wasn't as good as Courtney's. Matthew stumbled on his words a lot, and instead of just moving on, he would just go back an fix the word. Which I agree is essential to do, if you mess up a statistic, not on general words. Ever time he stumbled, stopped and went back, he lost me more and more as an audience member. I had to tell myself, listen to this speech, because he has these good points. If it wasn't required that I listen, I would have stopped a long time ago. So is it better to speak eloquently and have less fact, or a lot of fact, but to get your point across poorly?
ReplyDeleteHi Ivan :)Both speeches were good in their own ways, but I do agree with you that Matthew’s speech seemed to have somewhat more depth and addressed more than Courtney's. His use of statistics helped me as the listener and hopefully his audiences understand how serious his topic was. You are completely on point when you discuss Matthew's delivery and how he was not trying to make alcohol consumption some hideous things, but was instead trying to bring light to the issue of the dangers that drinking can lead to. Courtney's introduction was however thorough and direct, which gave her that plus one in delivery.
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