One well-known speaker is the current vice-presidential
nominee, Paul Ryan. What makes him a good speaker is the fact that he
maintains eye contact with the audience, both present as well as through the
television cameras. Eye contact is a definite necessity to be a good speaker,
as it creates a feeling of being spoken to when the speaker is actually looking
at you instead of at a piece of paper or teleprompter.
The strongest characteristic as a speaker that he has is a
combination of credibility and power. The fact that he has been present as a representative
for as long as he has been shows that his constituents believe that he is doing
his job well, as well as that Mitt Romney has chosen him as his running mate.
In order to build ethos in his credibility would be to ensure that what he
speaks of he has been in support of since the beginning, and doesn’t change his
stance to make himself look better.
When I saw Paul Ryan at the Republican national convention I thought he had an impassioned speech. I think that Vice Presidents are brought on board mainly to help enhance the Presidential candidate. A Vice Presidential candidate can take more chances and be more aggressive in their commenting. This may be the passion I felt in his speech. His ethos comes from being the Chairman of the House Budget Committee and senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee. These powerful posts convey a certain gravitas.
ReplyDeleteI am always leery about all political promises, especially during the campaign season, so I will take what he says with a grain of salt.
I like the advice that you gave Paul Ryan, "to ensure that what he speaks of he has been in support of since the beginning and doesn’t change his stance to make himself look better"; Politicians do it all the time and lose their credibility. But, I also think that they need to keep reason with what they believe in and be flexible enough to accept changes when needed. In other words, if they change their opinion or decision because they acquire new information or found an old information to be false, than they should be able to do what they believe it's right. Anyway, I agree that Paul Ryan give the impression of a trustworthy person, which it's very refreshing.
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