Speaking on the retirement from a longstanding career, Joshua Kamerer immediately establishes pathos through his verbalized excitement for reaching a tremendous milestone. Joshua motivates his audience by adding personally engaging anecdotes of the impact of specific audience members with an easy to follow message. Joshua is relaxed, holds eye contact, and speaks clearly holding a steady rate, volume, and pitch. Joshua’s introduction was heartfelt and genuine, and applied an appropriate amount of emphasizing gestures. Vocalized pauses were avoided, proper articulation of words was apparent, and inflection patterns were not distracting. Overall, Joshua was clearly prepared and practiced in his special occasion retirement speech delivery.
