These videos refreshed my memory of some helpful tips I learned my freshman year at USF. I always try to start my speeches with a narrative to get the audience’s attention. Personal experience is always best because it is unique and more interesting. I also like to use facts and statistics to show the audience how my topic influences the world. However, the speaker in the video was right when she mentioned that sometimes saying facts and stats may be too overwhelming for the audience, so it may be better to have a powerpoint or poster with these facts, which I will consider using for my next speech.
Something that is hard to notice is media credibility. It is so easy to believe everything you read online, in books, and in newpapers. In the future, I do have to think about how reliable the information really is because I tend to get most of my information from internet sources. A few years ago, I did not know what Wikipedia was, so I used it as a source and my information turned out to be incorrect.
I had never thought about how I am going to organize my speech, I guess it just happens as I go. However, now I know of the different types of organizational patterns that there are. I noticed that the speaker in the video mentioned the cause and effect pattern could be used for informational speeches. And I always thought transitions were sort of repetitive, but now I can see how they help the audience follow your speech better instead of bouncing from topic to topic.
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