On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > So he was a great man because he can memorize and deliver a line? > Sets the bar kinda low, doesn't it?
Oddly, no. Most people are really horrid public speakers. They have difficulty memorizing a speech and connection with an audience. Mastering pace, allowing natural crescendos in your volume and cadence to match the focus of your points, projecting your personality out to a good sized audience and making sure you talk to them all, not just the front row...that's really pretty difficult. And I hear that using a teleprompter well and talking to both a camera and a live audience at the same time is rather challenging. I've never done it though, so I can't say. Some people can write really good Op-Ed pieces. They can lay out a solid case, sometimes even with a decent emotional appeal. The impact of the writing will still be limited by its audience, however. And if you can find a really good orator that give that piece a more three dimensional presence, that gives it a strong aural and visual appeal, you have the potential to give the piece a far greater impact. Visual and aural input impact people in a far different way than reading text. The ability of really good public speakers to exploit that is a genuine skill and I think that it can take a decent argument and turn it into something that really resonates with people in a way that it otherwise wouldn't. There is significant value in that, I think. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323662 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
