Three viewpoints, one purpose
I was invited to a Rotary guest evening in Cambridge last night and spent an enjoyable evening listening to Doug Sanders, journalist & author of "Arrival City", Julie Spence, Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire 2005-2010 and Mohammad Razai, a 25yo clinical medical student at Cambridge, and former asylum seeker.
The interesting thing I noticed was the way in which the points were made: Without emotion. Factual. With the brief exception of Mohammad Razai - no-one could fail to be moved by his story of life in Kabul and being smuggled to the UK at the age of 15 after his father and uncle were imprisoned and murdered. Yet he too stuck to the facts.
Most of the time I am encouraging people to include an emotional draw into their presentations. To "bring them to life" by appealing to the listener's emotions. To make full use of Pathos.
Yet last night was a detailed, factual, grown-up discussion.
Interesting then that I can remember a few points made by Doug, a few points made by Julie and most of those made by Mohammad.
Perhaps emotion does have a part to play after all?
The interesting thing I noticed was the way in which the points were made: Without emotion. Factual. With the brief exception of Mohammad Razai - no-one could fail to be moved by his story of life in Kabul and being smuggled to the UK at the age of 15 after his father and uncle were imprisoned and murdered. Yet he too stuck to the facts.
Most of the time I am encouraging people to include an emotional draw into their presentations. To "bring them to life" by appealing to the listener's emotions. To make full use of Pathos.
Yet last night was a detailed, factual, grown-up discussion.
Interesting then that I can remember a few points made by Doug, a few points made by Julie and most of those made by Mohammad.
Perhaps emotion does have a part to play after all?
posted by Kate Atkin at 8:56 am
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