Classic Rhetoric/Aristotle
Part 1:
• Kairos (timing, context, story of the present or history/roots/origin story)
• Ethos (trust/credibility,including quotations or association with heroes or experts or models of doing)
• Pathos (emotional appeals, emotional triggers)
• Logos (logical, data, reasoning)
• Mythos (Cultural)
Part 2:
• Common ground (values, goals, etc….)
• Identity/character
• Community/belonging
• Contrast (before & after, etc…)
• Metaphor
• Analogy
• Alliteration
• Parallelism
• Example
• Story
• Multi-disciplinary and/or systems theory or industry specific standards/decision-making model (Topics)
• Visual, auditory, Kinestetic/experiential (internal/external) (mostly visual, action, emotional***)
Part 3:
• Positioning, Juxtaposition
• Voices on both sides
• Myths, assumptions, schemas, history, lessons, (voice in head/visual in head)
• Opportunity cost (clearly, dramatically)
• Memory
• Questions
• Coaching/Consultive selling
• Decision-making
Part 4:
• Aristotelean logic models (?)
Part 5:
• Social psychology models
• Sales models
• Negotiation models
• Pitch models
My thoughts on proposals and critical thinking.