I found that creditability is an interesting part of public speaking from the reading. I relate to creditability on an everyday basis at my work or as a graduate student in presenting my research. A person who does not have an impressive resume or a lot of notoriety on subjects yet it is important to establish creditability to your audience.
The book explained that audiences will have preconceived notions about a speaker. The audiences notions are based off of direct experience, advance publicity, or information. In my case, I have not had a lot of direct experience compared to my peers and definitely lack publicity. It is apparent that the creditability of a speaker in my position must come with the effective use of valid information.
Even with great information people can be turned off right away from the lack of experience or publicity. Which lead most of my interest to the introduction of the presentation. The introduction is described in the book as a tool for, "creating a desire in the audience to listen to the speech. (pg. 280)" The ability for a speaker to understand it's audience and provide an engaging exciting introduction is critical for any young or inexperienced speaker. Having a technique such as offering a person allusion or greeting, asking a rhetorical question, using a quotation, telling a humorous anecdote, etc. are great examples. I really like the idea of personal allusion or a reflective story that isn't too long. I always seem to be engaged when a person tells a short interesting story.
From the reading and in my experience creditability will bring active listeners. But, a lack of creditability in the beginning can bring in an audience with great information and an effective introduction.
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Hi chip9,
ReplyDeleteI would like to comment on your post about question #3. You mentioned, “It is apparent that credibility of a speaker in my position must come with the effective use of valid information.” However, I have to disagree with you here. I believe credibility comes from a person whose background is of integrity. For example, the well-known evangelist, Billy Graham, who I saw speak one year at the HP Pavilion. He is a mighty man of God, with a lot of integrity whom I admire tremendously. Whenever I hear him speak, I can believe what he says, because he speaks from the Bible, he is a man of God and his background is of high integrity.
In addition, you quoted from the book, “The ability for a speaker to understand it’s audience and provide an engaging exciting introduction is critical for any young or inexperienced speaker.” I have to agree with you, in that for a speaker to be able to influence or capture his audience, s/he will have to be able to engage their audience immediately with an intriguing introduction that will blow their socks off and grab their attention.
Hello Chip9! When you said, "It is apparent that the creditability of a speaker in my position must come with the effective use of valid information" are you referring to fact that you would need to present valid information and possibly your credentials in a speaking situation? I ask because of the previous comment.
ReplyDeleteYou bring up a good point about credibility. A speaker should try to gain credibility from the start. How would a speaker do that at the beginning of a presentation? How would you go about doing that during a presentation?
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