scott porter ted evaluation
TRANSCRIPT
Colin Powell: Kids Need Structure
Former United States Secretary of
State
Former United States Secretary of
State
Colin Powell
Colin Powell’s thesis was that kids need structure in their everyday life.
Colin used a story about a picture from a school visit he recently had to connect with the
crowd right away.
He keep the crowd involved by telling
stories that got them to laugh and
stay engaged.
What TED Commandment did he use?
Colin used mostly commandment number 3
because he has a passion to for kids to have structure.
I give Colin a 5 for his fantastic engagement
with the audience. He used hand
gestures, personal stories, and moved around the stage to show is passion of
this topic.
He could use a very more
moments to let the crowd to absorb the
information he is giving out. I personally felt
he was speeding
through his speech.
Colin used a few examples from
Garr Reynolds by making sure he
was very genuine with what he was speaking about. All of his stories
had a lot of emotion and drive
the really connected with the audience.
After listening to Colin Powell speech I learned that I need to make sure when speaking to a crowd, I keep a lot of drive
and passion into my stories. This will give my audience more connection to the information being presented
One of the other many things that I learned from Colin speech was to make sure that I have great eye contact with the audience and not stare at one spot while giving
my speech.
Colin had a lot in common with Ken Robinson, one of which they both had stories upon
stories of things that have happened in their life time to show their points.
One major thing between Colin’s speech compared to Ken’s is that Colin is more humorous at times. I found that the crowd response was great with this style of
speaking. It showed to me that the crowd was connected from beginning to the end.
One major suggestion I have for my classmates is to make sure you keep good eye contact with your
audience. If you do this as well as tell personal stories to show examples, you will keep the interest of your
crowd throughout your speech.
Citations and Linkshttp://www.ted.com/talks/colin_powell_kids_need_structure.html
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