Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Concept - Testimony
We've all heard of testimonies somewhere. I've heard and seen a testimonial on television and also when people go door to door and want to tell you about a product they're selling and what to get your testimonial on it. They want your opinions or experiences related to the item being sold or to a particular topic. In the book, it says that usually speakers "use testimony from experts, celebrities, and laypeople. The book tells me of three different types of testimonials. The first one is called Expert Testimony. It relies or rests on the individual or group's qualifications related to that topic. The second Testimony is called Celebrity Testimony, relating to the person's fame or star power. The third is called Lay Testimony, which involves individuals who have experience with a topic but aren't experts or are well known. I found this concept useful because maybe the next time we have our speeches we can include testimonials from someone to make our speeches more interesting. In our first speeches, we could've added some testimonials from some people and that might have made our speeches more interesting and may have our audience more interested. I found it interesting because I didn't even think you could add a testimonal into our speeches. I might consider adding it in one of my speeches.
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I like how you brought up the topic of testimonies in your blog. I believe that a testimony can be very effective in a speech because it is evidence from a real person that a certain event occurred or that a certain product works. It draws the audience in because they start to believe that what the speaker is talking about is authentic and valid. I also have never thought about incorporating a testimony into my speech. However, after reading your blog, I hope to try to add a testimony to the one of the last two speeches. A testimony is a great tool to drawing the audience in to listen to pay attention to your speech.
ReplyDeleteI’m glad that a lot of our class is noticing ideas and concepts that will make our next round of speeches more improved and it makes me excited to hear them. I’m really interested in the use of testimonials and am going to try and have one in my speech, now if I could just pick the right one it would be perfect. Especially because are next speeches will be for informative purposes it will be good to hear first hand accounts of experiences that tie into the subjects for all the speeches. I am learning more and more this week about a lot of concepts that I want to use in my speeches and why these keys will improve my speech skills.
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