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The Common Houseplant That Hasn’t Flowered in Almost 60 Years
The pothos plant grows really well in a lot of places, so you’d think they’d be easy to coax blossoms out of, but even the greenest thumbs haven’t seen this plant bloom naturally in over 60 years! Why are the pothos petals so shy?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What Aristotle and Joshua Bell can teach us about persuasion - Conor Neill
Imagine you are one of the world's greatest violin players, and you decide to conduct an experiment: play inside a subway station and see if anyone stops to appreciate when you are stripped of a concert hall and name recognition. Joshua...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How to use rhetoric to get what you want - Camille A. Langston
How do you get what you want, using just your words? Aristotle set out to answer exactly that question over two thousand years ago with a treatise on rhetoric. Camille A. Langston describes the fundamentals of deliberative rhetoric and...
Curated Video
How to Build Trust. And Why it Matters in Influence & Persuasion
There is no way you can persuade someone who does not trust you. Trust is a vital part of Influence and persuasion. So, let’s look at how to build Trust. We already have a very popular video about trust, that discusses Maister, Green,...
Curated Video
Closing: How to Finish Your Presentation and Close with Real Impact
People will most easily remember two parts of your presentation: the start and the finish. So, you need a powerful way to close. Let’s take a look at some of my favorite ways of closing. Get our Presentation Skills Toolkit, which...
Curated Video
The Core of Influence & Persuasion: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos - Character, Reason, and Emotion
The earliest thinker in the Western tradition whose ideas about influence and persuasion come down to us was Aristotle. He asserted that we need three things to build a persuasive argument: ethos, logos, and pathos. In English, these...
Curated Video
How to Craft a Compelling, Persuasive, and Powerful Presentation
There are four questions you need to ask – and answer – if you want to craft an excellent presentation, which your audience will find compelling, persuasive, and powerful. Let’s look at them. Get our Presentation Skills Toolkit, which...
Curated Video
Understanding Rhetoric
“Understanding Rhetoric” will assist students in learning how to make an effective argument by balancing pathos, logos, and ethos appeals.
Executive Finance
The Softer Side of People Management in Finance Transformation
This video discusses the importance of people management in finance transformation, and how leaders can use emotional connection and praise to engage and empower their team. The speaker shares personal principles and tools, such as...
Rachel's English
Do ❌NOT❌ Say These 5 Words Wrong! Part 1
These five words are tricky but I can help! English isn’t a phonetic language and that makes it tough for students like you who are trying to improve their pronunciation. But with my help you’ll learn exactly how to pronounce these...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
What is Logos?
What is Logos for public speaking? As Aristotle might say, a logos definition is, a rhetorical appeal, a way of persuading listeners. Logos = Appealing to listeners' sense of rationale and logic, responding to an audience's need to hear...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
What is Pathos?
What is Pathos in public speaking? We'll look at Aristotle's concept and give practical tips on how to use this rhetorical appeal to be more persuasive. Pathos = Appealing to your listeners' or audience's emotion. You can do that through...
Executive Finance
The Principles of Persuasive Presentations
This video is a lesson for presenters on the most important principles of persuasion, including focusing on the audience's needs, incorporating ethos, logos, and pathos, and appealing to the four basic human desires of profit, pleasure,...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Ethos Pathos Logos
Ethos, pathos, and logos in public speaking give an important introduction to Aristotle's Rhetoric that we can use to improve the persuasiveness of your presentations and public speaking. Ethos: Personal credibility. We can establish our...
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Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) sleeping on rubbish dump, Mumbai, India
Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) sleeping on rubbish dump, Mumbai, India
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INTERVIEW: Julia Leigh on the inspiration behind her idea and the pathos of the film at the Sleeping Beauty Interviews at London England. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images Entertainment Video)
INTERVIEW: Julia Leigh on the inspiration behind her idea and the pathos of the film at the Sleeping Beauty Interviews at London England. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images Entertainment Video)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Civilians, POWs, and the US Army in Bonn, Germany, during World War II
VS US soldiers in streets of the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn / white flag waves from upper window; pan down to soldiers on street / soldiers enter house with white flag hanging from wrought iron balcony / German civilians in...
TED-Ed
How to Use Rhetoric to Get What You Want
Introduce your orators to the art of persuasion, to ethos, logos, and pathos, with a short video that summarizes the key points in Aristotle's treatise on rhetoric.
Curated OER
What is Logos, Ethos and Pathos?
The differences between logos, ethos, and pathos are explained in this informative video. The narrator uses photos and text to aid his explanations.
Texas A&M University
Introduction to Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
Begin the study of persuasive writing with a short video that introduces and briefly defines ethos, pathos, and logos; Aristotle's three tools of rhetoric.