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What types of support material do your friends find most convincing?
(For instance, books, reports, websites, expert testimony, etc.)
Several of my friends tend to trust websites and expert testimonies most
credible/ convincing. To them some books can be a little more outdated,
and one of my friends went as far to say that it's mainly older people who
write books now and younger who publish on the internet. They also
believe that older people's perspectives are limited due to most older
people being “more stubborn.”
Which of these materials do they find least convincing? Do their
evaluations change depending on the circumstances or what is being
discussed? (For instance, do you find Wikipedia or sharing sites to be
non-credible? or do you find them credible when they support credible
source material such as peer-reviewed materials?)
My peers believe websites such as wikipedia and sharing websites are
less convincing along with social media. The reason being is because
anyone can put anything they want on these sites. Someone who knows
nothing about the topic being discussed can upload an entire article, and
video on these sites. I would lean more towards their argument as well
against these types of support material.
What types of sources do your friends find most convincing? Which
sources do they find least convincing? Do their evaluations change
depending on circumstances or what is discussed? (peer-reviewed or
websites that end with a credible suffix, such as ".edu" or ".gov".)
My peers tend to trust sources that end with .com, and edu when it
pertains to research or any kind of scientific study. When it comes to
matters such as pop culture they would be more inclined to trust things
like social media or .gov websites. I would say the circumstance does
play a role depending on the matter.
Ask your friends to think about two people they consider to be very
different. If they wanted to try to convince each person of the same idea,
how would they have to adjust their strategies with each one? What
does this tell you about the need to adapt your presentations to
particular audiences?
When I asked my friends, the two people that they brought up were my
friends Marinna and Cassidy. The reason being is because Cassidy is a
more religious and spiritual person and has that outlook on life.
Meanwhile marinna has a more scientific and concrete outlook on life
(which causes some big debates). When trying to convince marinna of
something they would have to come with hard facts and evidence. When
influencing Cassidy they would have to come with more emotion and
passion. This tells me to know who I’m talking to so that the message
reaches the audience in the best way they can understand. This means
that I would talk to every audience in the same general manner.
What type of attention-getters do your friends find most effective? What
types of attention-getters do they find least effective? Do their
evaluations change depending on circumstances or what is discussed?
(statistics? analogies? quotes?)
For my friends the words on the attention-getters do matter, but the way
the words are said. No matter if it is a statistic, analogies, or quotes. It is
always about the tone of voice for them. The circumstances do change
when speaking upon things such as grief or morbid matters. At that point
analogies are the best attention-getter for them.
Ask your friends to describe the characteristics of what they would
consider an effective presentation. Limit their responses to those not
involving delivery.
The most effective presentations for them would be statistics. They want
to see the when, where, and how this affects my life. They then added
analogies because they can sometimes open up their minds to a new
perspective.
Ask your friends to recall an occasion when they listened to a
presentation that they considered confusing. What do they believe made
it difficult to understand? As a speaker, what would you have done
differently?
One friend told me of a presentation from high school that was confusing
because it had no order. She felt as though the presentation went from
one topic to another without finishing the first topic. Then three or four
notes later it’d jumped back to the first. As a speaker I would have made
my points clear and easy to follow along with. I would start and finish
each point before moving to the next.
"Ask a friend at school to recall the most recent lecture of his or her
classes. Would your friend consider the lecture more of an informative or
persuasive presentation? What characteristics of that lecture led to your
friend's judgment? Do you agree with their assessment?
The most recent lecture my friend had was the “decline in modern
architecture.” My friend is an architecture major and his professor
believes that architecture in earlier history has more character and
meaning in it. Now hers believes that architecture is all boxes and lines.
My friend believes that the professor was trying to persuade him more
than inform him and I would agree. Due to the fact that it is a more
opinionated topic, because I personally like the more modern style of
building now.
Ask a friend to describe a time when someone tried to explain
something, but your friend had difficulty understanding what that person
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was attempting to explain. What does your friend think caused the
difficulty in understanding? Based on what you now know about
informing others, what could that person have done differently to assist
in your friend's understanding and comprehension of the material?
My friend Marinna (the scientist) tried to explain to my friend Cassidy (
the spiritual one) that the food industry is unethical and immoral. Now
Cassidy is a full believer in christianity and believes that god gave
dominion over the cows, chickens, pigs, etc. Cassidy believes that what
went wrong is that marinna tried to “bulldoze” her with all these “random”
facts and statistics. What I would've done differently is I would have used
more analogies. This way it would have appealed more to her moral side
and let her see a new perspective in a way that is relatable to her.
Ask a friend to describe a time when someone tried to convince him or
her of something but was not successful. Why does your friend think that
he or she was not convinced? Based on what you now know about
persuasion, could that person have done anything differently to increase
the likelihood of convincing your friend?
Going back to the same topic of the food industry with my two friends
(Cassidy and marinna) I would say that marinna was unsuccessful
because she tried to straight out rebuttal Cassidy’s beliefs. Instead like I
previously stated I would’ve used more analogies vs facts and statistics.
Introduce a different perspective in a way that is somewhat relatable to
her. Another piece I would add is also making sure she knows that I
heard her perspective and still respects her even if she doesn’t agree
with me.
Ask your friends to describe the characteristics of an effective public
speaker. Limit their responses to those involving the delivery of a
presentation. Consider their responses regarding the guidelines and
criteria for delivering public presentations discussed in this chapter.
Most of my friends that I asked liked public speeches that are more
interactive. When the speaker is asking questions for them to answer to
themselves and really keep them engaged in that way. As well as
something focused and easy to understand. Almost all of them say once
things get slightly too hard to understand they’ve lost their attention all
together.
Ask your friends to describe the characteristics of an ineffective public
speaker. Limit their responses to those involving the delivery of a
presentation. Limit their responses regarding the guidelines and criteria
for delivering public presentations discussed in this chapter.
The most ineffective speeches for them is when the speaker comes up
not presenting themselves properly. They tend to not listen to people
who don't seem too confident in themselves. As I stated before, When
things get too complicated or not easy to understand the speaker loses
their attention all together. It is very hard to get their attention back after
it's been lost once.