We think that Ms. McGonigal is much better speaker than Mr. Levitin. We delighted to watch how she delivers her message clearly and simply. Also, she involved humor through her talk in elegant ways that help her to connect with her audience. Her background slides were supportive and very simple to understand biological process that we are not familiar with. Above all, her talk was built logically in a brilliant, creative and interesting way. On the other hand, we didn't enjoy that much from Mr. Levitin talk, mainly because his monotone speech. He looked tired and had bad performance on the stage. We think that he should be more charismatic speaker and to be or look more passionate about his topic. Also, we don't think that he used good examples
This ethical appeal is key in convincing her intended audience of her message and being a rhetorical success. McGonigal begins the talk by stating how she has had numerous years of experience in dealing with stress. She proclaims at the beginning of the speech that she is a health psychologist and has ten years of experience in dealing with stress. This appeal is essential in convincing both her audiences. Her experience can be very convincing to the critical thinkers and scholarly leaders who get accepted and attend the TED conventions. These leaders will listen to someone who has been educated and has experience. It would be much harder to convince an audience of doctors and teachers of an argument if she did not have experience in the subject at hand. The same train of thought can be applied to her other audience consisting of people who are looking for help in dealing with stress can take comfort in the fact that McGonigal has ample experience. They are more open listening to someone who has field experience and years of education in the subject than someone who doesn't. McGonigal uses this appeal to her professionalism to her advantage by constantly referencing her experience as a health psychologist. With this experience comes exposure to statistics and research which can lead to the next major appeal she
Once again his overall posture and confident level was excellent. The speaker shows passion for the subject he is speaking on from the hand movements when he speaks on poverty and domestic abuse as being trivial (a means to an end). The speakers volume was just right he spoke high enough for the back of the room could here, and the speech was easy to understand. When given a speech a speaker should consider his audience in the wording of his speech, is he giving a speech to children for educational purposes or a group of college students, this is call no one left behind so the entire audience is on track.
I think that the way he talked was very intriguing and made me want to continue listening. I also think that the way he projected his voice was very powerful, I could tell that he truly cared about what he was talking about and that he knew what he was talking about.
By using this strategy at the very beginning of his presentation, he assures his audience that he is well informed on the subject and this makes his audience more inclined to be persuaded by his argument. Mckinnely pairs this strong introduction with a professionally designed powerpoint slides that further building his credibility. From the start of his presentation Mckinnely succeeds in constructing a strong reliable foundation from which he can build his
Levitt and Dubner make sure to inform their readers about their research through logical reasoning. This is supported by the way they discuss
While I was listening to the audio recording of his speech, he sounded so confident when talking to them. He was a persuasive speaker and spoke to his audience with respect and honesty. He began his speech with a strong hook which I believe caught the attention of his listeners and myself. “I
She spoke very clearly and her tone was very easy for me to understand and listen. She put many of the facts she spoke about into situations that her audience could better understand, which made it easier to follow along and comprehend. This also made it seem like more of a conversation instead of just a speech. Because she was familiar with her speech, she hardly relied on her notes during delivery and made good eye contact throughout.
The main points were clear, with the transitions feeling a bit lacking. She spent an equal amount of time on the body paragraphs but they were way too short, as the full speech fell a minute behind the minimum required presentation time. The was no slang, but there were some grammar and syntax issues, which are not completely the fault of the speaker, but are the fault of subject-verb agreement in native language. I would be lucky to do so well in a second language. She used effective imagery with her rhetorical questions, but could have done better imagery application with the soft information.
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While a good presentation can deliver the insights of a topic and allows the audience to clearly understand a textual topic in a visual and more memorable way, a bad presentation can also make the audience more confused for even the things that they already know. Unlike how most people think, presentation is not all about the quality of the contents of the presentation but it greatly depends on aspects such as presenter’s confidence, quality of slides, and speaker’s methods and preparation for that particular topic. The most complicated and boring topics can seem so interesting by the audience,
He also gives examples of situation that makes the reader or listener understand more on what he is talking about. He supports everything he is talking about with details that connect to his main points. He also uses a paper to help him remember what he is talking about, but he doesn’t keep his eyes on paper. His eye contact was good; he didn’t keep his eyes on paper for a very long amount of time. For example, he looked down for a second then looked back at the crowd. He keeps the same tone and energy throughout the whole speech. He went through everything without rushing His pace was slow in the beginning but as he talks his pacing began to be okay when he was stating the things that were happening. His tone was a higher on the main point that would make the audience be more into the points that he is trying to make. His posture was better good for the speech; he wasn’t doing anything but standing. However, this speech was one of the good ones that was given in the past
To give a rhetorically convincing speech Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz suggested that “you want your organizational structure to be crystal clear. So offer an overview of your main points toward the beginning of your presentation” and “avoid long, complicated sentences and use straightforward syntax”(349). Both Melissa Fleming and Anand Giridharadas began their speeches with a story. Fleming’s story was about a young, refuge man, named Hany, who realized the importance of education and took his high school diploma when his life was in danger. This opening story engaged the audience and allowed Fleming to introduce her main point in the beginning of her presentation. Fleming also uses straightforward syntax when she is speaking. Those two reasons
Mario Capecchi was a great speaker with a very high intelligence level. The crowd he spoke for was confused at some points but he managed to use his power point slides to grasp attention. His slides were to the point but mainly went over my head. The wording was hard
By relating to the audience he was able to affectively target the audience, he was able to do this by speaking with passion and dedication that he felt for this topic. His argument was that there needs to be more precautions in order
I liked Neil Pasricha’s speech because he presented his family in a nice and funny way. Also, I liked how he presented his life in the speech. He started by explaining to the audience how his life was going smoothly in the beginning, but then started to spiral downwards. Especially how his wife broke his heart. After all the problems and difficulties he has encountered in his life, I was impressed by the way he choose to live the rest of his life positively. Believing that the biggest pleasures in life stem from the smallest acts, Neil Pasricha became the creator of the best blog in the world, but in the beginning his mother was his only reader. In his speech, he shows the audience how his “Three A’s of awesome”, Attitude, Awareness, and Authenticity