I found this article titled " the danger of hiding who you are". I thought it was going to be on a different subject, nonetheless it was a good speech and had a good principle. Morgana spoke on being a lesbian and how it was to find that out on her own and then accept the fact and share it or not hide it from others.
I can see two aspects the speaker used to motivate the audience, the first being anticipation or hope. The speaker tried to emphasize the hope that she had found on the way of her journey while accepting and not hiding who she really was. This hope was meant to go to everyone in such a way that they too would accept who they really were and not hide anything whether it be their personality or like in her case, a lesbian.
The second thing part of the motivation I caught was cohesion or acceptance. This ties into the first being hope. She tried to give the audience hope to stop hiding their true selves and to accept themselves or others. She tells a story about a friend of hers. This friend's father had legal power and was involved in a bill that would allow businesses to deny business to gays. Her friend voted in favor of the bill. Morgana wondered how different that would have been had she told her friend years before that she was gay. She shares this story hoping people would be more cep ting to those around them.
I believe that these were her abilities. By sharing a few experiences she has had in her life, she was able to motivate people enough to give her a standing ovation. I would hope that meant the audience took it to heard and was compelled or motivated to change. This was done without much effort on the speakers part physically. I cannot say if it was emotionally or psychologically though.
The facilitator the speaker used was the place she was in. She was presenting this speech to an audience of what looked like business people which was fitting since she spoke a lot about her work. The signal was the presentation, the actual speech and the personal stories she was using during the whole thing. The spark that got people motivated I believe was somewhat the same, her personal stories and her happiness of not hiding who she was.
I cannot tell if this lead people to conviction or to motivation. The standing ovation sure shows the audience was moved or motivated by what was said. If conviction would be defined in this case by action I believe there were a few lead to conviction also. This would be members of the audience accepting who they truly.
I can spot two process premises the speaker hit upon one being needs no the other being emotions. The needs premise the speaker hit upon was self worth. To accept and then not hide who we truly are it takes us giving ourselves worth. We have to feel like we are worth something to be willing to do such things. The emotions she was getting at were happiness and joy. In this case I believe for herself nod for those that did not hide who they really were. The speaker was successful in trying to use these two premises to persuade her audience to act.
I appreciate her bravery. The idea of being paralyzed in fear of not being accepted is very real. I feel that is even more prevalent in the Mormon culture we live in. She articulates very well why one should be motivated to not keep silent your truth. I found the health ripple effects very interesting. Her admittance of missed opportunities to advocate equality is motivating. Our own fears of vulnerability and insecurities make being truly who you are a real challenge.
ReplyDeleteYou'll like this as well - http://www.ted.com/talks/caroline_casey_looking_past_limits
ReplyDeleteThis was a great motivational speech about facing fears in order to make a difference in this world. I liked how you caught on to her use of acceptance as a motivator. She also used emotion very well in order to draw her audience in to her cause. She attempted to related her experience to everyone, but I don't know if this is enough of a trigger to make people act and change. It is always hard to have someone say that you are not tolerant because you believe a certain way, even though this was the point that she was trying to make.
ReplyDeleteGreat job Taylor. Thanks for sharing this video.
One of the things she talked about it this speech was the law in Kansas to allow businesses to deny services based on sexual orientation. Why should that have anything to do with it? I'm sure these same businesses have served gay people before but just didn't know it. It reminded me of the fight to allow gay scouts into the program. Don't they realize that there have always been gay scouts in the program? I can't think of better, more solid principles for all boys to learn, gay and straight, than the scouting principles. What better place could they be? These principles of dedication to God, Family and Country as well as our responsibility to help others at all times, being trustworthy, loyal, friendly, courteous, kind, brave and doing good daily are good things for all humans to live by regardless of sexual orientation. Good post Taylor!
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