I watched the ''Making a Difference Through the Special Olympics'' video. To me the purpose of the speech was to influence and persuade others to get involved and to become a volunteer for the Special Olympics. I believe the speaker was very effective in this speech. She was organized and new the information she was specking about. In the introduction she gave an amazing story about the Seattle Special Olympics and how every athlete involved wasn’t there for national attention, but instead ''the opportunity to flourish under the glow of their own spotlight.'' The introduction was very effective of drawing the audience in. The speaker made it to where you want to get involved by making this matter more personable by asking you to image that
