Ted-Talk

“Stop trying to be good people.” It is only human to be biased. However, the problem begins when we allow our bigotry to manifest into an obstacle that hinders us from genuinely getting to know people. Long time diversity lawyer, Verna Myers, in her 2014 Ted Talk, “How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them” discusses the implicit biases we may obtain when it comes to race, specifically black men. Myers purpose is quite like the cliché phrase “Face your fears.” Her goal is to impress upon us that we all have biases (conscious or unconscious). We just have to be aware of them and face them head on, so that problems such as racism, can be resolved. Throughout the Ted Talk, Verna Myers utilizes an admonishing

You are requiring me write about this ted talk because there was alcohol in my room. Having alcohol in my room was a mistake that will not happen again and hopefully this video will help me improve as a person and see where I went wrong. Alcohol is a huge problems and college and maybe this ted talk will express those problems even more.

In “Why I keep speaking up, even when people mock my accent,” Safwat Saleem, shows his passion and his courageous side when speaking in his Ted Talk, describing the main idea of there not being such a thing of normalcy, as well as arguing that individuals should be confident and accept who they are from their special qualities. Agreeing with Saleem (2016), however to also consider it has become common in today’s society to want to be normal. Therefore many people would not agree with wanting to be exactly known as quote on quote ‘normal’ but they may want to assimilate to norms because that person is or may be in a unique way socially accepted.

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

Is the English language being looked down upon due to the way newer generation are using the language?

The Ted Talk By Isacc Lidsky is an interesting speech that convey a very important message. Lidsky starts his argument with a fascinated story of a little girl talking with her dad about the gold fish. Lidsky uses this story to tell his experience in a very rhythmic way of presenting. As he says that the father of the little girl, explain that the fishes "swims backwards by wagging his head" to his little girl. Lidsky uses this phrase to show the matter of factly. This is a common fact that everyone knows that fish can not swim backwards and and absolutely not by wagging their heads. however the little girl accepted because her father told her. Lidsky uses this story to clear his point and he makes a rhythmic and powerful analogy that, people

When it comes to choice it always seems to be a love hate relationship: we hate making them, but we can’t live without them. Anyone can all look back to a time in our lives where they wish someone could just pick for us, or times when we wish there were more to choose from. All Americans have many choices, and it is such a part of our daily lives that we don’t even realize it. Barry Schwartz and Sheena Iyengar‘s TED talks bring up interesting ideas about choice, how people deal with them and their affects. They both state that although choice is good, it can also have negative effects. Schwartz explains what most people believe and experience with choice, while Iyengar shows cultural differences in choice making. Both Schwartz and Iyengar

“Obstacles are put in your way to see if what you want is really worth fighting for.” I think this quote is so powerful and so true because lots of things people do they have to go outside of their comfort zone, and it is not easy. Fear of course is a big one for a lot of people, roller coasters, spiders, heights, public speaking, competing, and so much more. Of course getting over fears and overcoming that, is possible but most likely people don't have to deal with that everyday of their lives. In the TED talk by Anindya Kundu he talks about grit, he says it is the desire to be successful, the perseverance and passion for long term goals.

In the Ted Talk, Every kid needs a champion, by Rita Pierson goes over the importance of a teacher and student connection. I have watched this Ted Talk many times since but never get tired because of the passion and motivation Ms. Pierson demonstrate. There are many instances when Ms. Pierson demonstrated how she implemented Glasser’s theory of fulfillment in the classroom. When Ms. Pierson talks about the class she was given of lower level students but still made them feel worthy. “I am somebody. I was somebody when I came and I’ll be a better somebody when I leave. I am powerful and I am strong. I deserve the education that I get here. I have things to do people to impress and places to go.” This saying helped the student feel belong, freedom, and power.

In the TED Talk “How Augmented Reality Will Change Sports... and Build Empathy,” by Chris Kluwe, it is stated that augmented reality will have many effects on sports and on society. For example, if an athlete was to use this form of technology, it could give him/her an extra second that he/she would need to react. In his talk, Kluwe states, “Well, imagine you're the quarterback. You take the snap and you drop back. You're scanning downfield for an open receiver. All of a sudden, a bright flash on the left side of your visor lets you know, blind side linebacker is blitzing in” (18). In this case, the quarterback is given a little extra time to get out of the way as the linebacker rushes in. These seemingly insignificant advantages can actually

The Ted talks I decided to analyze for this assignment all focused on environmentally friendly ways to build or enhance existing structures. I watched several Ted talks, but decided to focus on Greening the Ghetto, The Tradeoffs of Building Green, and Eco-Friendly Drywall because I liked these 3 presentations the most. Building and it’s effects on the environment is a topic I developed an interest in as a child. I grew up the daughter of a soldier and therefore had opportunities to see parts of the world and meet people living in them that an ordinary tourist would not. Even as a child it was easy to connect the quality of environment to quality of health and living conditions. Healthy environment generally equates to healthy, happy people. I have also had the opportunity to see how pollution effects people, animals, land, and water in both urban and rural areas. All of these presentations made good and effective use of still photography in their Ted Talks. Eco-Friendly Drywall also used a few, kind of hokey, but effective graphics.

Managers are leaders, leaders are managers, these concepts have long been thought to be synonymous. Ideally, for a manager to be good, the former is the case, but this is not always the case. Further, one doesn’t have to be a manager to be a leader. Anyone can be a leader. They are the people who exhibit superior interpersonal qualities that allows them to create connections to obtain a desired outcome; these are informal leaders (Sullivan). Everyone knows that one or two informal leaders, the people you just get behind and follow because they are so charismatic and influential. They don’t stand up to be recognized, they simply do it, as it comes natural to them. Managers on the other hand are placed in a position of power by an organization

Actually, in a TED talk by Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, she debunked the notion that extroverts are the most successful people in the world. She has the facts to prove that introverted leaders give better results than extroverted leaders.

In the TED talk “Go ahead, make up words” Erin McKean has explained and demonstrated that we all have rules that lives in our brains, she gave the example with an animal by naming it a Wug, she would demonstrate two of the same animals and she would ask the audience what would these two animals would be called .The audience answered “Wugs”, exactly I would think too, to place an S behind that word because of plural. Erin McKean has demonstrated that we have rules of grammar that exist within us without have acknowledged of that rule. That rule of placing a letter in plural touch me deeply because as funny as it sounds, it is common sense. I would understand that without learning about the rule due to the sense of the context of words, it is

The ted talk “The Linguistic Genius of Babies” by Kuhl (2010) tells about babies are genius on language learning, and shows some results of research as proof of this idea. The article “Learning a Language as an Adult” by Pakenham, McEntire, and Williams (2013) shows an idea about the “critical period hypothesis”, children during this period learn much better than people older than this age, especially in pronunciation, because their brain activities are different than adults during this time. Personally, I totally believe the idea of children younger learn better, because the scientific research and data are shown to audiences, and they are persuasive enough. And I do see proof in my life, like four of my Korean friends who came China around