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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
I'm actually also doing a presentation sometime in May. Can I steal from you?
No objections about using EM's stuff. (With the usual disclaimers about safety first & being considerate behind the wheel.)
Can't speak for Will about stealing his stuff though.  |
You might be interested in researching a persuasive speech format called Monroe's Motivated Sequence. It depends on your audience. If you're speaking to people who are already interested in fuel efficiency, you can get away with getting right to the information. However, if you're speaking to the average consumer, you have a little more work to do.
The basic premise is that before you can tell someone what to do to, you need to tell them why they need to do it. You create a need step (most likely by discussing rising gas prices, wasted energy, emissions, economics etc...something that is easily relatable) and by the end the audience is asking YOU: 'what can I do!?', rather then you trying to convince them.
When done right, this is an extremely effective method of presenting to an audience that understands the implications of your topic, but simply is not as enthusiastic as you are.
In past presentations (non-hypermiling) I've made the mistake of getting too detailed with information, and unfortunately no matter how insightful the presentation may be, you usually lose the attention of the audience.
Hope this has helped.