Drive Change Analysis

TED talks are part of a non-profit organization devoted to spreading ideas around the world. Ideas are usually spread in the form of short, powerful talks, which are usually 18 minutes or less. TED began by covering Technology, Entertainment and Design (note: origin of the TED acronym), but now, TED talks embrace almost all topics, ranging from science to business to global issues, in more than 100 languages. TED events and videos help share ideas in communities around the world. The goal of TED talks is to show great ideas and spark conversations.

Unlike ethos, she related more to pathos because mainly throughout her speech she wanted the audience to feel the emotions that she felt back in 1998 and the emotions she has been feeling over the past decade. Even though in the TED talk video she did not insert any physical images, but while she was speaking she did want the audience to have a visual image of her sitting in an interrogation room, listening to hours upon hours of taped phone calls from a year ago, listening to all her conversations that she hardly remembers and she ponders over the content of the tapes that she hasn’t heard of in over 8 months. She then proceeds to fast forward about 12 years to 2010 when social media became a national phenomenon. Just imagine having the thought of your personal business whether it be conversations, or photographs, aired out in the newspaper and on television and having people ridicule you through the newspaper, but now with the awakening of social media, you must deal with those

I find these few lines very interesting from the TEDTalk. The notion that even though the kids were imprisoned they still saw it as home. I also love how he introduced the TEDTalk using Star Trek to uprise such a great concept of equality, love, and unity. He talks about the crew, stating working with people from all over the world of many different races, cultures, and heritages, all working side-by-side, with a mission “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before” (Takei, 2014). This is a great metaphor of comparing how our World should be and is now. Finally, I really enjoyed this TEDTalk, it was very insightful and inspiring and really gets one

When watching a TED talk you automatically know your going to leave with some new profound thought or have your ways of thinking changed slightly. The primes behind TED talks is “Ideas worth spreading” right there in their mission statement is what persuasive speech is. In Ms. Alexander’s TED talk she did just that, she spread the idea to her audience of what the future of race in America will look like if we don’t seek to change the social, economical, and political policies that almost certainly put people in america as legal second class citizens.

Increasing the power and impact of speaking through behaviors to avoid and skills to master stands the perceived thesis of Julian Treasure’s TED Talks on “How to speak so that people want to listen” (2013). Likening the human voice to learning how to master an instrument, Treasure immediately establishes ethos with his heterogeneous audience by focusing his main idea on a simple, highly relatable topic, with dynamism, directness, and a palatable sense of expertise. Strategically applying non-repetitious doses of anecdotes to support his claims, the weighty supporting ideas are lightened and balanced creating ease of listening – audience members respond with laughs and smiles solidifying their bond and entertainment to the topic.

Soldner began her TED Talk by using ethos as a form of persuasion with the audience. She does this by describing walking into the World Food Program building in Rome, Italy as a confident Ph.D. student, armed with a prototype tool developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In her description of this event, she is able to connect with the audience and build rapport by using a style of speech and tone that includes a mix of humor, humility, and a clear understanding of logistics optimization. Soldner’s story allowed her to use ethos with the audience in a subtle but entertaining way. Soldner used her story to highlight her experience and understanding of the needs of humanitarian organizations, and the value

On the event that I might be invited to give a TEDtalk I would choose to address the importance of using honest and genuine language. I believe that the connotations and origins behind individual words, regardless of the language hold an underestimated amount of weight. The truly fascinating element of language is the evolution of specific words and their meanings over time. From the nascent beginnings of a phrase and it’s first appearance throughout history it will inevitably undergo a remarkable transformation due to the emotional attachment and baggage that it will accumulate over the years. Words are like people, only with a much larger life span, therefor gaining a much more comprehensive collection of injuries and experiences.

The night marked the sixth Fletcher Faces of Community, which is a Ted Talk style event featuring students from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Freidman School of Nutrition's Arts of Communication classes, taught by Lecturer Mihir Mankad.

Beats that defy boxes by Reggie Watts. Reggie gives his Ted Talk about life. He does it in the most confusing way. He gives his speech almost mocking someone. He might be mocking TedX itself or other smart people, but his speech is about inspiration in life. He also uses beat boxing to disorient you. His main idea is to confuse you. He starts out speaking French, then transitions to using a Einstein esque voice to give his speech.

Poetry is a form of an impactful and influential style of literature, purposely emphasizing and expressing an author’s voice and message. After experiencing firsthand bullying and witnessing others being bullied, Shane Koyczan has become a forceful advocate in spreading awareness about bullying. He writes emotion evoking poems that he will produce on stage or in videos in which he includes a visual background and music. Vancouver’s Olympics included a performance of one of Shane Koyczan’s famous poems that moved the world watching the opening ceremonies. Two of Shane’s most stunning poems are “To This Day” and “Troll.” “To This Day” was published February 19, 2013 as an introduction to his new anti-bullying project in hope that the, “message (will) have a far reaching and long lasting effect in confronting bullying” (2013). The later poem, “Troll,” was published September 14, 2014 as another poem to confront bullying. Both poems are brilliant and full of heart grabbing moments that spread an understanding of bullying and why it should be stopped. There are also many differences between the poems that make each unforgettable. Shane Koyczan is passionate about spreading awareness to stop bullying and he uses his talent of creating powerful poetry to make his message impactful and memorable.

After watching this TED Talk, I completely agree with your assessment that Amy Cuddy uses excellent logos and pathos to create her speech. She shows graphs of her research which adds greatly to the logos part of her invention. Logos was important because without concrete evidence her ideas seem unlikely to work and a little bit crazy. In addition, her story combined with the story of the student she helped make a compelling pathos statement that encourages people believe in her and her message. While I believe that facts are of the utmost importance, having emotions involved helps people understand the topic and makes the whole issue more real for them. In this case, the story Cuddy told also served to prove that she was an expert in her

The speech I chose to critique is Kelley Mc Gonigal: How to make stress your friend (TED TALKS 2013). Her speech contained a persuasive style and encouraged the audience to look at stress in a positive aspect. The main idea of her speech implied that stress only has a negative aspect on your body if you mentally think that all stress is bad. Within seconds of her speech she had the audience captivated by her statement saying “I have a confession to make”. This engaged the audience with the enthusiasm to find out what her confession actually is. Kelly involved her audience by having them raise their hands according to her questions thus making the topic relevant to their lives. The speech contained multiple examples of her use of humor to entertain

The speaker is Dave Isay, the founder StoryCorps and winner of the 2015 TED Prize. He opened the first StoryCorps booth in 2003 at New York’s Grand Central Terminal. He is delivering his speech behind a podium in an auditorium to a large audience at an official TED conference. The speaker stated his purpose very clearly at the beginning of the speech. He wanted to convince the audience that having a meaningful interview with someone can be one of the most important moments in both of your lives. This idea interested me because I found it hard to believe that a simple interview could be so influential, especially because it is such a tiny portion of an individual's life.

After opening the Ted.com website, trying to make the decision on which topic to choose was difficult. Coming across the video by BJ Miller was uplifting and felt like the best choice. The argument follows a claim of cause with an ethical argument. This talk is about what happened to the person telling the story and his realization about rethinking how death should be dealt with. Miller (2015) said in his podcast "Nowhere are the effects of bad design more heartbreaking or the opportunity for good design more compelling then at the end of life, where things are so distilled and concentrated. There are no do-overs".

Kelly Mc Gonigal was another TED talk I watched. What I establish that was powerful and moving from this presentation , is that Kelly master the presentation ,in conjunction with the way she distributes the topic was impressive. What I cherished the most about this presentation was that stress is a major factor in our world today, a cluster of people like me can relate to this topic. I can say that the speaker did a fascinating job developing the content its self. What contrived the content appealing was that kelly talked about how stress can affect many body organs .She is a health psychologist. Additionally, afraid that what she been teaching is affecting many people. She talked about the study . In our daily life hundred of people die