Full Sail UniversityPublic Speaking Online

Class 1205

Michael Kelsey’s

TED Talk Evaluation

Introduction to the slides

“Education is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.” (Sugata Mitra)

1The TED Commandments

2Comparison

of Speakers

3Tips for Public

Speaking

The TED Commandments

“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” (Ken Robinson)

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4. Connect with people’s emotions

5. Don’t Flaunt your ego

6. No selling from the stage!

1. Dream Big

2. Show us the real you.

3. Make the complex plain

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7. Feel free to comment on other speakers’ talks

8. Don’t read your talk

9. End your talk on time

10. Rehearse your talk

2 Comparison: Sugata Mitra vs Ken Robinson

“Creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” (Ken Robinson)

Sugata MitraBoth speakers where very similar. Where Ken Robinson spokeabout the decline in education, Sugata Mitra offered the solution.Both captured the attention of the audience with comedy, but Kept them interested with passion.

More about Mitra

• Followed all the commandments great, but shinned by connecting with people’s emotions.• He kept the audience laughing.

• In terms of dynamism Mitra is a 4.• The accent was hard for me to get by, other than that

perfect!

Be Creative!

Keep the audience entertained, but stay on topic.

What I learned from Mitra and Robinson

3 Tips for Public Speaking

“You can do it!” (Guy in almost every Adam Sandler movie)

Practice your speech. The more comfortable you are, the less afraid you will be.

Use a friend or relative to help you and provide constructive feedback.

Don’t be afraid

» Be natural

» Do NOT read your speech!

Tips continued…