The Vermont Tech Jam Is A Huge Annual Career And Tech Expo...

The Vermont Tech Jam is a huge annual career and tech expo hosted at the Champlain Valley Exposition building. People go here to see the latest technologies that companies from all around Vermont have to offer, as well as college students being able to meet tech employers from around the state as well. I volunteered to go to the Tech Jam to see all the booths and events going on, and to support Champlain’s LCDI, where I currently intern. The Vermont Tech Jam had a strong rhetorical effect due to the event’s purpose to express new technologies in a fun a nd creative manner. The Vermont Tech Jam hit all 3 rhetorical appeals; ethos, logos, and pathos. The Tech Jam was very credible because all the companies there were all quite well known, also because they brought with them their own projects and technologies to show everyone. For example, students from the University of Vermont had a booth where they showed off a working electric go kart. They could demonstrate and expla in its workings, and therefore appealed strongly to ethos due to UVM’s high credibility, and their student’s ability to convey highly advanced information. Tech Jam also used logos, by using reasons, evidence, and logic. They were able to do this by having all the booths being represented by successful companies, so it was only logical to attend if you were interested in today’s technology, and maybe even getting a job interview from one of the companies attending. Pathos was also touched upon by the Tech