Timeline for How to open a serious speech?
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| Mar 20, 2019 at 21:43 | vote | accept | Galastel supports GoFundMonica | ||
| Mar 14, 2019 at 16:38 | comment | added | Amadeus | @MonicaCellio I agree completely. I would even say mild humor would work. What I meant was that Galastel's issue is a Holocaust memorial, and we know anybody we talk about that is being memorialized there met a tragic end. But if she knows a good story about a victim, from a survivor or family member, an endearing story about them, even a little humorous one, humanizes the victims; and makes a happy life cut short more poignant and worth grieving. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 16:18 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | I was at a memorial for the victims of a shooting in my community, and the main speaker began with a story about one of the deceased that was specifically not tragic -- showing us that this was a real person with a real life and not just a statistic. Not humorous (that might have felt out of place), but something that showed us what kind of person she was. I found it very effective. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 3:10 | comment | added | Cyn | I was going to answer this question but I can't come up with anything better than this. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 2:15 | comment | added | wetcircuit | Great answer! Stick with your tools as a writer. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 0:00 | history | answered | Amadeus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |