Inspiring others, although sometimes a difficult task, can be a lifetime goal for many people. It requires the ability to persuade and emotionally connect to one’s audience in order to inspire them. Ralph Waldo Emerson defines success as “to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived” (qtd. in Earhart). Waldo believes that success can be found by making someone else’s life better, so we decided to accomplish this by discussing the topic of bullying. Our goal was to inspire several groups of eighth graders to stand up to this issue of bullying. We chose to create a video presentation communicate our message about bullying and inspire our audience to make a difference about this issue. By doing this, we would “know even one
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Expressing positivity allows an audience to find hope and be inspired to contribute. In Ronald Reagan’s farewell address, he announces, “My friends, we did it. We weren't just marking time, we made a difference. We made the city stronger - we made the city freer - and we left her in good hands.” By praising his audience, Reagan is able to inspire his audience to further advance and improve society. Reagan regards his audience as “[his] friends” and says that “we made a difference” in order to communicate his message positively. Reagan inspires his audience by expressing optimism, which allows his audience to feel good about themselves and want to achieve more. Because Reagan is leaving as president, he motivates the people of America to continue to benefit the United States even when he is …show more content…
Providing the audience with positivity allows us to demonstrate to them that we believe that their contributions will certainly impact our cause. In our video, Bradden Johnson states, “As bad as it is, bullying can be stopped … Let’s end it!” Demonstrating to the audience that “bullying can be stopped” gives the audience hope and inspires them to join our cause. By being optimistic, we are able to show the audience that our goal of ending this bullying issue is possible with their help. We learned that expressing positivity allows the audience to find light in such a dark situation, such as bullying. In the feedback form, one mentioned, “It was powerful and made me feel like I wanted to make a difference.” Our use of optimism effectively inspired the audience to “[want] to make a difference” for the issue of
Expressing positivity allows an audience to find hope and be inspired to contribute. In Ronald Reagan’s farewell address, he announces, “My friends, we did it. We weren't just marking time, we made a difference. We made the city stronger - we made the city freer - and we left her in good hands.” By praising his audience, Reagan is able to inspire his audience to further advance and improve society. Reagan regards his audience as “[his] friends” and says that “we made a difference” in order to communicate his message positively. Reagan inspires his audience by expressing optimism, which allows his audience to feel good about themselves and want to achieve more. Because Reagan is leaving as president, he motivates the people of America to continue to benefit the United States even when he is …show more content…
Providing the audience with positivity allows us to demonstrate to them that we believe that their contributions will certainly impact our cause. In our video, Bradden Johnson states, “As bad as it is, bullying can be stopped … Let’s end it!” Demonstrating to the audience that “bullying can be stopped” gives the audience hope and inspires them to join our cause. By being optimistic, we are able to show the audience that our goal of ending this bullying issue is possible with their help. We learned that expressing positivity allows the audience to find light in such a dark situation, such as bullying. In the feedback form, one mentioned, “It was powerful and made me feel like I wanted to make a difference.” Our use of optimism effectively inspired the audience to “[want] to make a difference” for the issue of