Light Pollution and Drinking

The Light Pollution video was pretty dull. The speaker was giving the introduction to her speech on the effects of light pollution and possible ways to combat that issue. I did feel that she did a good job of outlining what her speech would be about in her introduction. However, there was no hook and nothing to grab and hold on to my attention. Also, I didn't like that it seemed that she was reading from a paper almost the entire time. She didn't really engage the audience and there was very little to no eye contact. She did look up every few seconds, but it gave the impression that she was forcing herself to do so just so she could give the allusion that her face wasn't buried in her notes.

I found the video on drinking to be much more effective. The speaker hooked the audience when he was pretending to vomit at the beginning of his speech. Then in giving so many viable statics, it gave his speech more weight and made it both more interesting and hard-hitting. Also, I thought that the use of visual aids made it easier for the audience to comprehend and take in the evidence that was being presented. The only thing that I think could have been improved upon was that the speaker seemed kind-of nervous, and didn't have great posture. However, at the risk of sounding like a knit-picker, I think overall he did a pretty good job.

In watching the video on light pollution I was able to see a good way to outline your speech within your introduction. The drinking video illustrated to me the importance of incorporating statistics and evidence in to your speech, as well as the importance of visual aids.