Good Bye Public Speaking!

I met my goals for this class of Public Speaking. I wanted to learn how to speak better in front of crowds and learn how to create and write better speeches. The class ranged from creating our own speeches to portraying another character and by doing this we learned how to not just portray what we wanted to say, but what someone else had said. What gave me most success was being able to memorize my speeches quickly. This allowed me to finish my speech early in class and then be able to work on the next speech and outline what I was going to do next. I am most proud of the structures of my speeches. I believe I wrote them very well and came up with interesting topics with each assignment. I need to work on the way I deliver my speeches. sometimes my eyes wonder or I mess up with what I say, also Sometimes I move around to much which will make me look nervous. The biggest thing I will take away from this class is how to structure a good speech and how to use pathos, ethos, and logos to make speeches more interesting and credible.Also, I will miss the candy.

Ted Talk. Link

https://youtu.be/UuJy1nCa1tI

How to Make My Ted Talk Better

My Ted Talk right now is a little disorganized. I have notes of what I am going to say during it and what images I am going to use, but it is not yet laid out as neatly or as organized as I would like. I need to go through the notes and organize them into paragraphs and add breaks where I will explain either the photo, a quote, or a photographer.
Once I have done that I need to carefully read through my speech and make sure it a) makes sense and b) everything flows. With this, I also need to add more to the part about myself as a photographer to help establish more credibility. Also, I need to find photos that I have taken to show throughout the talk. I am not sure yet if it would be better to do a slide show where each image is its own slide or if I could do a movie and have photos just run throughout it.
When I talk about documentaries I am going to add the question, "Who here has ever cried while watching a documentary or a film based on a true story?" BY doing this I will draw in the attention of the audience and this will then lead me to a smooth transition into talking about how documentations give people a voice and how they do that by making people feel something.
For my conclusion I need to decide what my takeaway should be whether it is my thesis or something else. I think my thesis is strong, but I need to find a way to add to my conclusion without sounding repetitive. I think I will add more photos to the end as a montage, but I need to figure out a stronger ending with more meaning to make the viewers feel something.
The photos I add with vary from landscape to portraits and abstract to help attract attention and by mixing the types of images it helps maintain attention and many people get fascinated by what photographers can do.

Research For Ted Talk

Thesis: Photography and videography gives a voice to those who do not have one.

Introduction:

Photography is another form of storytelling and it gives people an outlet to express their emotions or what they are going through. The Saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words” is proof of this. Yes, someone can read a long paragraph describing someone's pains, but a photo can do that and even explain more. Because if this photography can show pain, happiness, and other emotions. Photography also leaves room for the viewers interpretation, which allows for new stories to emerge. Photographers and videographers are another means of communication for these people. Documentarians share the story of a person or a group of people.

• Photography and videography allows for someone to express what they are going through or how they feel without having to stand in front of a crowd
• These people do not have a voice either because they are a minority or they do not have the power in their community.

Myself:

Photography has always been an interest of mine because of the power it has and its ability to help bring awareness and how it helps people. I began this interest in my freshman year photography class that I originally took just to get an easy A. My photography teacher however told me how she went to intercity schools and worked with kids in a photography program to help them and give them an outlet. Another inspiration of mine was Annie Lebowitz whose photography has always intrigued me.

Videography:

• Gives a voice to the scared or to someone who needs a voice
• documentaries such as: The Dragon Lives Here interview people who have had Heroin addictions or have lost people from heroin addictions
• This gives a voice to someone who may have a heroin addiction. the goal is to bring awareness and to help someone who may be struggling.
• Nicole Van- Slyke said, “I wake up at 5 and stay in the office untill 11 just going throughand editing my film. I am the oice of these people so I want to make sure I can do my best because I am telling their story.”

Photography examples:

Great Depression:

• This image is depicting a Woman with her children holding onto her during the Great Depression. Photography during the Great Depression gave a glimpse into the lives of those that suffered through it. Just by looking at this Woman and her tattered clothes with her children hanging on to her shows that she is not happy. This photo along with many other photos from the Great Depression have very similar characteristics such as a stern face and a lot of images have children in them. What could these people say that would be as powerful as these images showing their struggle. A visual is much more emotional and meaningful then someone writing about the struggles.

Refugee:

This is Sharbat Gula and to us she looks like teenage girl, but her story is incredible. This photo was taken by Steve McCurry and it was published into the National Geographic. Sharbats stunning eyes are what got her on the cover of National geographic and her story. Her story begins with the loss of her parents during an air raid in Pakistan. After trudging through mountains with her grandmother brother and sisters she ended up at this refugee camp. The meaning behind this photo is the pain and suffering one endures when having to flee their home. This photo gives a voice to all of those refugees who had to flee their homes and who have been through so much pain and loss, but also showing their strength and courage.

Conclusion

Ted Talk: The Power of One Image

(Not finished with outline)

Thesis: Photography and videography gives a voice to those who do not have one.

Introduction:

• Photography and videography allows for someone to express what they are going through or how they feel without having to stand in front of a crowd
• Photographers and videographers are another means of communication for these people. Documentarians share the story of a person or a group of people.
• These people do not have a voice either because they are a minority or they do not have the power in their community.
• “A picture speaks a thousand words”

Myself:

Photography examples:

Great Depression:

• This image is depicting a Woman with her children holding onto her during the Great Depression. Photography during the Great Depression gave a glimpse into the lives of those that suffered through it. Just by looking at this Woman and her tattered clothes with her children hanging on to her shows that she is not happy. This photo along with many other photos from the Great Depression have very similar characteristics such as a stern face and a lot of images have children in them. What could these people say that would be as powerful as these images showing their struggle. A visual is much more emotional and meaningful then someone writing about the struggles.

Refugee:

Videography:

• Gives a voice to the scared or to someone who needs a voice
• documentaries such as: The Dragon Lives Here interview people who have had Heroin addictions or have lost people from heroin addictions
• This gives a voice to someone who may have a heroin addiction. the goal is to bring awareness and to help someone who may be struggling.

Conclusion

What Makes a Good Ted Talk

Ted Talks are videos of people who give speeches through an organization called Ted. These videos and speeches are called Ted Talks. Many famous people have done Ted Talks such as Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, and Stephen Hawking. The point of a Ted Talk is to convey a message or bring awareness to certain topic. There are many characteristics that make up a good Ted Talk and these points are crucial to creating a good, well written Ted Talk.

First, the speaker must be very passionate about what he or she is talking about. This person usually has prior knowledge on the topic. If someone is passionate about their topic it will result in a better speech, the person’s attitude throughout the speech will be cheerful and positive. When a speaker has a captivating attitude during a speech, the viewers will stay engaged and will believe that you really know what you are talking about.

Second, going along with what I stated above about how the speaker will want to do a speech on something they have prior knowledge on, the speaker will want to have credibility. This credibility could come from research or the speaker may have done or worked on something relating to their topic. These examples can come in forms of ethos. For example, one  Ted Talk we watched there was a man who did 7 years of research and interviewed 500 people. When he stated this he established credibility, credibility will reassure your viewers that what you are saying is reliable and it is not just your single opinion. This is why when giving a speech you do not want to sound bias. If you sound bias then you will lose credibility.

Thirdly, the topic needs to be relevant. A topic that is not very relevant will not be as effective as something that is very relevant today. An example of this is in the speech where the lady talked about how asking kids “what do you want to be when you grow up?” This, she says, conforms them and their thoughts on what they can be when they grow up. This is a relevant topic because kids are the future and we should not limit kid’s abilities to be anything they want to be.

Fourthly, a good Ted Talk needs to have visual aids. It is hard for any human to sit for 18 minutes and watch someone speak. Visual aid grabs the audience’s attention and by doing this maintains a tentative audience. In one ted talk about the ocean a man does not have very strong talking points and that is because his visual aids pretty much said his speech for him. He had tons of underwater videos of how sea animals camouflage themselves to survive and how they actually look exactly like their surroundings. Within his speech you could hear gasps of amazement and that shows that the audience was intrigued and entertained throughout the story.

These things are essential to a good ted talk. The speaker must be passionate about their topic, they must establish credibility, the topic must be relevant, and visual aids are necessary.

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The Ted Talk Above all Ted Talks

Possible topics:
1) Photography gives an outlet to people who do not have a voice
2) Hard work is your best friend
3)  The danger of  silence