Question 3

I liked the tips that the video section brought up. Everything they brought up were pretty good points. Keeping it short is sometimes hard to do because you feel that the entire message is very important, but if it is too long people will just tune it out. Embedding the video is important as well, even though its not crucial it really disrupts the presentation if you have to exit out of your slides then go to YouTube search for it then find it and play it vs playing it in your slide. Citing the source is very important too or I guess even citing the information that the video is referencing. This makes the video credible and not something someone came up with and made a quick video about their opinions. Making sure it is legitimate ties in to what I was just saying. Anyone can make a video and the speaker needs to make sure it has correct information before they show it to the class.

Question 2

I saw a speaker a while ago on the dangers of the industrial military complex. The speaker was fantastic. He used a wide array of images, charts, graphs, and some text lines. He sort of mimiced the Colbert Report in the sense that he would ask a question and then on his screen have the answer sort of mocking what he was saying. This type of humor really kept the audience intreged and ingaged. One of the things that he did well too was not a lot of text. Quotes are good, but long quotes or just blocks of information in text really make the audience loose intrests, or make them focus on what is on the screen rather than what you are saying. I think the only thing that he could of improved on more was the information provided, it was a little on the light side when it came to concrete information. Not saying he wasnt correct in what he was saying he just needed to back it up with a little more sources for information

Question 1

I don't fully understand the question so I will answer two different ways. Answer one is geared more to the speaker changing the information him/herself. Obviously this is unethical and should not be allowed. This is purely the speaker changing or creating information that is either very bias or flat out untrue. Answer two, which I think the question is more geared toward is that it is the speakers responsibility to produce accurate information. This means fact checking everything. So you have an image of a baby shooting someone to try to prove that guns are bad. Great, however you need to verify where you got this image from, check there qualifications, then check the source of the image and then check their qualifications. What most of us don't do is then try to find similar images or information about it as well. Try to disprove the image or information you have is one of the best ways to prove that it is a valid source of information and should be trusted.

Question 3

I liked the establish your credibility part of chapter 9. I think it is very important for people to understand why they should believe in what you are saying. I do not like people who are full of themselves that just list of their credentials in a pompous matter. A person need to state why they are credible carefully so they do not come off as elitist and turn off the majority of the audience. A simple little explanation on how and why you are familiar with the subject should do and then your knowledge of the subject as your talking should be enough for people to understand you as a credible source and be listening the whole time. The last little snip it at the end confused me a little bit like they just had a quote from the department of labor. To me that doesn't really show credibility that is just something they looked up which anyone now a days can do. So I don't think that just one line from a source is enough. 

Question 2

The main thing I need to work on is an attention getter. I think they are cheesy and are a ploy to get people to feign their interest. They should be interested already because the topics in our class our interesting and don't need some little magazine headline style intro. Anyways I liked the examples they gave like showing an image or playing a song. Ending my speech is always a hard thing to do. I just sort of stop usually do to time constraints and it is not effective at all. It feels like I just gave up on the speech which is not the case. I really like the thank the audience ending. It feels like that is something that will come naturally rather than just reciting the topics I just spoke to them about and also everyone likes to get thanked. I haven't decided yet, but I think my intro will be the definition of a GMO, which should get everyone's attention and then tell them it is in their food supply. That should really get people to listen...hopefully. The ending will probably be me just thanking everyone for listening and encouraging them to be good humans. 

Question 1

In chapter 9 I wasn't sure if I was supposed to like the cell phone ladies intro or if was really opinion based, but I didn't think it was that good. It asked to many questions and was a little confusing. The conclusions were pretty weak, however I did like the bigger guy ending. I am pretty sure we were not supposed to, but that guy and I share the same humor...I think and I like how he just walked off when he said it. The techno speech was very good. I felt like he said techno far to much. He just needed to say trance or hardcore. It felt like he was saying it just to take up time. Overall I thought his speech was good and his transitions were not as lame as others. The picture lady was very good as well and had a great flow. Epic pun thrown in which is always funny. Also myspace...enough said. In all seriousness she did a good job taking a very long and complex topic and made it interesting without being long and drawn out.