Discussion Post: Speech effectiveness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBvsjwcrsLo&feature=player_embedded


Al Gore’s speech on global warming is a very effective one. You can tell this even if you disagree with the point he’s trying to bring forth and sway you with. He does everything a good speech giver should do.
He plays to the crowd almost perfectly as the speech goes on and on. He gives them a call to action, such as when he said there has already been over a million community service hours logged in regards to environmental activities and he goes over the crowd and says he wants them all to be part of the next million.
The next part where he plays to the crowd is he tells them a story about when he was around their age, thirteen years old. The story was that him and other kids that were his age didn’t agree with some of the rules their elders had set. This play perfectly into the crowd because they’re all middle schoolers so they’re in that age rage where they have a greater chance of being rebellious. By telling them this story he plays off of their adolescent nature for rebellion and also connects with them because he is presenting himself as if he’s gone through something similar as well.
All in all, the speech was highly effective. Not going to comment on the subject matter as it tends to be a volatile subject with some but the speech in which he used to frame his subject can be looked at on it’s own as what a successful speech looks like.