Those Videos

The speech video 7.1, it talks about how narratives, audience perceptions and definitions, testimony and statistics can all contribute to the credibility and effectiveness of your speech. Narratives are fun, simple and should be short ways to capture the audiences' attention and create a simple, yet comfortable bond between the speaker and the audience. These are easy ways to let the audience know that you are entering with confidence and a story that could possibly be true. With every audience, every person has a their own view and definition of anything that may be said, so allowing yourself to make your speech unbiased will positively affect your outcome. I see the credibility factor as one of the more important ideas to any speech.

A speech without credibility, in my eyes, (besides personal narratives) are almost not worth saying. With that said, I believe that every single topic and speech is able to be credible, knowing that there are many views on every subject. We in society learn to trust those that are credible, be it your friends, or family, and tend to believe what they say, so long as they prove worthy. This applies directly towards speeches as well, where if the audience can catch a glimpse of not credible work, they won't like to listen.

Speech buddy video 8.1 helps us to break down how to organize our speeches. Spatial, topical, narrative, cause and effect and problem solution patterns are what are given to us. Each and every single pattern listed are extremely effective in any specific speech so long as it applies. For example, if one were to create a persuasive speech, a cause and effect and even possibly a narrative would be effective, showing the effects and personal impact that any particular event can have. I wasn't too aware of these ideas up until they were actually mentioned, to where I can actively categorize my speech and create a pattern to make it that much more effective. Lastly, transitions are important just as everything else we are taught about in public speaking. With basic transitions such as contrasting, chronology, causality, ordering and others, we learn to effectively let our audience know that we are moving on from a different main point and that they should prepare for a different set of ideas. That said, it is important because losing the audience at any point of your speech can deeply affect the outcome.

With the information provided by the videos, I think I will better prepare myself by thinking about the audiences' ideas more. I would learn to deliver my speech in a way where it is clear, credible and organized so that the outcome, and my grade, will come out better than I had done before.