TED Talk Speech Reflection

There are many aspects that are incorporated into making a good speech ranging from how loud you are able to project your voice to your self-confidence. The long list of things can either make or break a speech and through analyzing the TED talk speeches, all essentially well thought-out and delivered stories there are things that each of the individuals could work on to improve the effectiveness of their speech no matter the objective.

In the first video I watched, Zak Ebrahim tells the story of how is father was a terrorist and how he decided to choose peace once his father presented him an opportunity to follow in his footsteps. Zak Ebrahim’s delivers the story with a very calm demeanor with little emotion in his voice. The tone throughout gives off an almost melancholy vibe rather than emotional.  In order to improve Ebrahim’s speech, once the story is over, I would suggest being a little more lively almost motivational. He tends to stand very still and talk with his hands and not move around. The speech has the potential of being more motivational with the use of syntactical devices such as anaphora as well as a more interactive demeanor. The speech would be very much improved with slight adjustments in body language and overall tone.

http://www.ted.com/talks/zak_ebrahim_i_am_the_son_of_a_terrorist_here_s_how_i_chose_peace#t-413702

In the second video I watched, Sally Kohn tells a story about the use of social media and how it is used to provoke personal attacks on people generally more focused on people of color, homosexuality, or that are just slightly to the left of the social norm. She tells her audience that what we click on when we use the internet is more than just a private encounter but you are actually more likely to encounter things of the same nature if you do click on it rather you didn’t. Sally manipulates a light tone throughout the speech as well as comedy to keep her audience intrigued. However, Sally could manipulate her body language and voice projection to emphasis her points as well as improve her speech overall. The speech however overall was delivered very well, slightly confusing in some  aspects however overall the delivery and effectiveness was great.

http://www.ted.com/talks/sally_kohn_don_t_like_clickbait_don_t_click#t-158600