Words are not all that matter...

I think we are influenced by a large array of speakers everyday.  Unfortunately I can’t recall the name of the speaker who had  a significant impact on my life.  I’m sure with a bit of detective work I could find it though.  What  do remember is how mesmerized I was by her and her words.  First of all she was attractive and had a pleasant speaking voice.  She also had a way of speaking that, at least for me, felt like she was speaking directly to each person as an individual.  She had a sense of authority in her speaking, yet it still came across with a casual tonality to it.  Overall it was as much about how she presented herself as it was about what she was saying.  This reminds me of when Obama and Clinton were running for the Democratic representative for Presidential election, 2008.  Both said, in my opinion, really good things, but when it came down to deciding who to elect as my party’s representative my selection process became very simple.  I imagined the both sitting at my kitchen table, and them both telling me to have a good day. Then all I needed to decide was who I truly believed really meant it.  A lot of background research went into my final decision, but this is what it was simplified to in the end.

As for the worst speaker I have ever heard, well I honestly can’t say I “heard” him at all.  There once was a speaker who, from what I understand, had a good message to share.  Unfortunately I never heard the message due to the inappropriately graphic t-shirt he was wearing.  The t-shirt was so appalling and distracting that I, and others in my near vicinity, could not internalize what the speaker was saying.

As I mentioned previously, it is as much in how a speaker presents themselves as it is what they say, but you can’t have one without the other.


The Fur-Kid