If there’s one thing that’s the most important when
giving a speech, it’s the credibility of information the speaker is giving.
This is a very common mistake in communication courses. Whenever you are about
to make a statement or fact, you need to have reliable data supporting your
case. Even if you’re not making an argument, but just trying to be informative,
giving examples from a particular source must be thoroughly researched. You
need to double check and cross-reference with other sources to ascertain whether
or not something is truly accurate. Having good amount of resources and data to
back up your claims is important because it creates a foundation for expertise on
any given subject. This allows the speaker not only give reliable facts, but
also creates self confidence when giving a speech. In short, reliable, creditable,
and validity in a speech are the three paradigms I felt were important in chapter
6.
My friend once told me that you could give the most persuasive and enlightening speech ever, but if you had no evidence you might as well have not even spoken at all. I am glad you mentioned creditability, it is of vital importance in a speech. Like how you could be arguing with a friend, and you ask them where did you get your information. Then they say some guy or off the internet. You almost instantly stop listen to what he has to say. He could be right, but you won’t believe him. No sources. No credibility. Then, no validation.
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