- Summarize the talk in 4-5 sentences. Who, what, and why did you choose it.
- What about it made for a good presentation. Discuss which of the four aspects of giving a good presentation stuck out most to you. (good story, good delivery, stage presence, multimedia)
- Include a link to the presentation in the post.
Friday, March 23, 2018
What makes a good presentation II
We've been discussing what makes a good presentation in class and now it's your turn to explore it further. For our final blog post of Q3 I want you to re-visit TED and choose a video on a topic you are interested in. There are thousands of fascinating presentations that are designed to inspire and motivate. For this post you must:
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Mac Bernett is a children's book writer who likes bringing books to reality. He speaks with confidence and you can see the passion he has in what he does. He wrote a book about a kid nd a blue whale. In the cover of the book he has an address to which kids can send letters t get a whale. They don't get a whale but rather they get a picture of a whale and a number for them to call them. I chose this presentation because I loved to read since I was a child.
ReplyDeleteI choose a talk called “Activism Needs Introverts.” It was given by a woman named Sarah Corbett, who is a “craftivist”. She wants to push introverts, people who are quieter and shyer, to be activist and let their voice be heard. Her solution is ‘intimate activism’; she hosts craft circles, where she and other introverts stitch messages on items such as handkerchiefs and deliver them to the people they want to hear them. I chose this talk because there are a lot of things I’d like to speak up about or change, but I’m an introvert and am too afraid of crowds, confrontation, and people to go to events like rallies or marches.
ReplyDeleteSarah gave a strong presentation. She was not fidgety on stage. She delivered her story confidently. Also, her multimedia was not distracting or overwhelming.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_corbett_activism_needs_introverts#t-825539
The TED talk I watched was given by Zachariah Mampilly. The talk was about how democracy is changing because of protests around the world and their contribution to politics and the government. He specifically talked about Africa throughout much of the talk, referencing certain political activists who act as the voices of the poor and neglected people in society. He also talks about how these protests have stopped representatives who do not have the best interests of people in mind from coming into office. This presentation was very good because it followed the stories of different African protests and their impacts on the world. The delivery was well put together and included pictures to help the audience visualize what Zachariah was saying. He also had a very good stage presence and his body gestures were relevant to what he was referring to. Lastly, he utilized multimedia by using notecards and PowerPoint slides during his presentation.
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Nancy Lublin is part of a company who was in the business of society change. they started to get alarming texts form teenagers then they started a text only life line service. when a teen is suffering from any situation ranging from an uncomfortable situation to bullying. what stood out to me is that she told us a few texts that the company received to created this hotline.
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Deletesorry i forgot to put the link in the actual post.
I choose the talk on Why school should start later for teens by Wendy Troxel. She discusses the benefits of sleep and how the lack of sleep of students negatively affects our society. She explains that because adolescents don’t release the hormones that make us sleepy until around eleven o’clock at night, while children and adults release the earlier, waking an adolescent up at six is the equivalent of waking up and adult at four. This lack of sleep contributes to the moodiness and irritability associated with adolescence, as well as many other dangers.
ReplyDeleteWendy Troxel was a very good presenter, she included stories and real life examples as well as facts in her presentation. She also had good stage delivery, she incorporated the audience into her talk, asking them questions and real life examples of sleep deprivation in adolescents.
https://www.ted.com/talks/wendy_troxel_why_school_should_start_later_for_teens
ReplyDeleteThe TED talk I watched was given by Valerie Kaur, a social justice activist, and was titled “3 lessons of revolutionary love in a time of rage.” She began her talk by explaining the feeling of giving birth, using it as a way to describe love as not only a rush of feeling, but as “sweet labor, fierce, bloody, imperfect, life giving, and a choice we make over and over again.” She knows that love can be a cheesy answer to anything, but she then introduces the idea of revolutionary love, explaining its three main aspects through personal stories. Her first lesson is to love others, seeing them not as strangers because our stories can connect all of us. Her second lesson is to love our opponents, tending to their wounds and not participating in oppression against them. We must learn to forgive, because “forgiveness is freedom from hate.” Finally, her third lesson is to love yourself. This requires you to “breathe and push.” We need to breathe together and push together in order to cause real, positive change in our hate-filled world.
This woman is an excellent and powerful speaker, and her presentation was one of the best I’ve ever seen. She told a story from her life and connected it with her idea of revolutionary love. She didn’t pace, and she paused when necessary. Every way she moved had purpose, even her hand movements, which added to her great presence. She even allowed herself to get emotional when she spoke about her son, and her fear that he might face hate crimes in this world. She had simple multimedia, only pictures. This was a very impactful presentation.
https://www.ted.com/talks/valarie_kaur_3_lessons_of_revolutionary_love_in_a_time_of_rage/transcript
For my TED talk, I chose Isaac Mizrahi’s discussion on fashion design and creativity. I picked his because I’m very interested in fashion design and how designers get their inspiration and creativity. When watching his talk, he presented it with humor, reality, and stories/examples from his own life. Mizrahi says that, for him, his inspiration does not come from research but from movies and how the color and light makes it look "impossible." I am taking a Saturday college course at FIT and my assignment is to create a big collection and I need some form of inspiration. I’ve learned that for myself, inspiration is very hard to find and in most cases, it comes from things that can be extremely random. Along with his comment, he featured short clips of many famous actresses from the 50s and 60s including Natalie Wood, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Barbra Streisand, and Elizabeth Taylor (my personal favorites). His body language shows how comfortable and confident he was in what he presented. Overall, I found Isaac Mizrahi’s presentation very informative, enjoyable, and would recommend it to anyone interested in fashion.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.ted.com/talks/isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion_and_creativity#t-206736
The TED talk that I watched was one given by Melissa Garren. She gave a speech about microbes and bacteria in the ocean, that there are so many of, but few people tend to think about. This topic is somethings that she is very passionate about, which I could tell by her stage presence. She knew the topic that she was sharing with people, and she knew where she was going with each sentence that she said. Garren was confident in her speech and was able to keep me interested throughout the entire thing. I don't like the ocean, but I thought that her speech might interest me, because it was called, "The Sea We've Hardly Seen." Although she hasn't changed my mind on the ocean, she gave a very good speech.
ReplyDeleteI watched the TED talk "What do we know about the generation after millennials?" by Jason Dorsey which talks about my generation, Gen Z or iGen. It talks about how we are shaping the future. It was a good talk because the speaker walked around, used anecdotes, related to the audience, and seemed confident.https://youtu.be/4f16o9Q0XGE
ReplyDeleteI watched Sandrine Thuret give a speech on neurogenesis, which is the process by which the brain cells of adults grow and develop. THAT IS RIGHT, THE BRAIN CELLS OF ADULTS! Usually when we think of brain development we think of children, but it happens in adults too. Neurogenesis is stimulated by certain activities like learning, and stunted by things like drug use. An increase in neurogenesis can lead to a decrease in depression, and a decrease of neurogenesis can contribute to an increase in depression.
ReplyDeleteThe speech that Sandrine gave was had very good delivery and she had very good stage presence. It was very interesting and interactive. At certain points she even had the croud shout out answers. I learned a lot from this and think that it was a very good presentation.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sandrine_thuret_you_can_grow_new_brain_cells_here_s_how?referrer=playlist-how_the_brain_takes_care_of_it#t-546210
I watched a video called 'How Young Blood Might Reverse Aging,Yes Really'. In this video, they talk about a experiment they conducted with an older mouse and a younger mouse. They put the younger mouses blood into the older mouse, and found shocking results. See, when blood gets older, then the heart, brain, and muscles do as well. Surprisingly when you put young blood in someone older, then it can heal the older person's brain, heart, and muscles from getting diseases that usually come with old age. I have learned so much from this video, I hope you watch it soon and I find it interesting like I did.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.ted.com/talks/tony_wyss_coray_how_young_blood_might_help_reverse_aging_yes_really
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I watched a Ted talk called "A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender" by Lee Mokobe because I believe that equality is important whether it is racial or gender-related.It is a poem about how we learn to accept's societies beliefs about us or who we are based on stereotypes and assumptions before we learn to love ourselves. It talked about how being comfortable in your own skin seems less important than being a disappointment, "a shame."It also spoke about how loving yourself should be more important than what other people think of you. I was inspired and am grateful to Lee for sharing his story.
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