facts and stats

Statistics and facts seem to be appropriate for speeches where the speaker needs to prove a point of back up an opinion. Statistics can give his opinions credibility and help make stronger arguments. One of the videos from chapter 5 had a lot of statistics but I felt that it almost over powered the speaker and his ability to portray the important information. Sometimes statistics can be distracting because I tend to pay attention to the stats instead of the speaker. In speeches that are meant to inform about a certain subject, like alcohol awareness, stats can be great. I think that I will use statistics to help back my opinions instead of just listing off statistics. Using them for credibility is what I hope to do. I think using statistics on a personal experience might not help credibility because you had the experiences and then you try to justify or back up your experience with further knowledge. I will use sparingly and appropriately to have full effect of statistics instead of just confusing the audience. Facts and statistics are great when used throughout the speech and not just listed. They need to be used in certain points in a speech to bring out the full effect.