- Much of this information seems known, but it’s articulated
- Body language when speaking
- The limits of memorization
- Its connection with engagement
- Watching someone read is alienating for the audience
- Speaking tends to favor one main point
- It is often low on facts, figures, numbers
- Organization
- Be prepared
- Be focused
- Be relevant
- Dealing with extemporaneous speaking (Kairos)
- Take a moment
- Speak slowly
- Differences between writing and speaking
- Writing’s intimate because it’s done alone and read alone (usually)
- Speaking’s public because the audience helps co-create the situation
- Different notions of audience
- In speaking you adapt to the audience of the moment
- In writing you imagine/invoked a perfect audience
- He values description
- Accuracy isn’t as important as effect
- Although he doesn’t endorse lying/manipulation
- This position could be dangerous, in that it might permit outright manipulation
- Is language instrumental?
- It’s shared
- It can injure
- Presentation is certainly relevant
- Why is emotion cheaper than logic?
- Emotion is primitive
- Emotion is unpredicable
- Emotion is irrational
Logic is objective/can be proven or disproven
- Emotion can be subjective
- Emotions can lead to damage
- Emotions are temporary; logic is more longer lasting
- Who is the media for?
- Corporations play a large part
- Commercial ends
Including popular culture figures
- Locals?
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