In the reading this week the topic that I found most interesting was the over-arching idea of why you should consider using presentation media at all. I always want to do a good job at everything that I do, but I also prefer to not add extra work to assignments or to make anything harder than it has to be. I feel as though I usually do a good job in my speeches and have seen many effective speeches throughout the years (and even just this semester in our class) that have not used any sort of presentation media. When making a speech in a very small window I think that the opportunity to add another element to the speech can make the preparation more complex.
While it is true that the use of presentation media can ad more work to your speech, there are reasons why people do use it. In many cases it can be an effective way to share information. The sentence in the book that really stuck with me was the bullet point that, "You can use presentation media to illustrate an idea that can't be fully described by words alone." I think that a power point specifically, since that is what we will be using in our next speech, can be a very effective way to illustrate an idea that I can't fully describe in a way that my audience will completely understand. I also think that power point is an excellent way to graphically display facts and figures. When you say numbers to people I think that they often tune out or don't fully absorb their impact. When you see a number represented visually it can often have more impact and stick with you more.
"There's blood in my mouth 'cause I've been biting my tongue all week." -Rilo Kiley
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