Part 1 of the book They Say, I Say begins with an anecdote of a speaker at a conference having to do with sociology. The speaker talks about a psychologist who’s work is very controversial. Through the book’s commentary, it is presented that the speaker has lost the audience. The speaker did this buy only giving their view on the psychologist’s work and not referring to the psychologist’s critics. This mistake was described as only presenting the “I Say” part of the speech. The book emphasizes that the correct way the speaker could have started is giving the audience substance on the critics’ stance on the psychologist’s work. This way the audience would have been given content for which they would be able to base their stance on the issue off of.
What I learned: In this chapter, I learned multiple ways to introduce the content surrounding a certain issue when giving a speech. One example is to put yourself in the position of the audience and be able to find certain aspects of your speech that they might be unable to grasp. Another piece of advice given by the book is to give your audience the basic knowledge of the topic that you are speaking on so they won’t be left behind by your speech
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