PUBLIC SPEAKING1209

Alexis Mainor

Who is the speaker that you choose and what is the thesis of the speech ?

Rob Legato “The art of creating awe”

“When we're infused with either enthusiasm or awe or fondness … it changes what we see. It changes what we remember.” –Rob Legato

Rob Legato “The art of creating awe”How did the speaker capture the attention of the audience in the intro?

How did the speaker maintain the engagement of the audience throughout the speech ?

The speaker captured the audience first with an introduction filled with humor and consistent visual aspects. Rob throughout his speech had visual clues to keep the audience from only being able to focus their eyes on him.

Rob maintained the audiences attention by simply including them into his presentation. Despite it was “lecture” he engaged the audience like he was having a conversation with all them. He also did this by also trying to make the audience try to figure out the next steps in his presentation, try to figure out his next move.

Apollo 13 remade footage

Rob Legato “The art of creating awe”Which of the TED commandments does the speaker best follow? How / why?

Keep Dreaming Big

Rob kept dreaming big by revealing behind the scenes looks at how he recreated Apollo 13 as well as how he integrated major keystones in Titanic, such as the underwater ships shot which was actually a combination of James Cameron’s footage and a rendered model ships that Rob Legato used to recreate the Titanic’s discovery in the depths.

Fake Apollo 13 footage.Even though no one had actual footage of this sequence. When people see it the feeling they get from seeing his remake makes them feel as though it is real footage.

Rob Legato “The art of creating awe”Which of the TED commandments does the speaker best follow? How / why?

Showed his true self

Rob Legato didn’t hold anything back when talking about his experience on Apollo 13. Rob shared his struggles as wells as his triumphs with making the film. He struggled with trying to make the actually launch of look. He wanted to use the original footage but people kept having their own interpretation of what was going on in the video. Some saw different camera angles that weren’t , while some astronauts thought the Rob recreation was very inaccurate but also felt like the original footage was fake. So it just goes to show that peoples memories are all different.

Rob Legato “The art of creating awe”Which of the TED commandments does the speaker best follow? How / why?

Don’t fluent your ego Don’t Boast

Although Rob has worked on many different projects he never boasted about his work or success. He was humble and thankful to each people that he worked along with for each one of projects always gave credit where it was due.

Complex seemed simple

Rob Legato “The art of creating awe”Evaluate the speaker in terms of dynamism from 1-5 (highest). What could the speaker have done to increase dynamism?

Based on Rob’s dynamism I would have to rate him a 4 out of 5 only because there were points I felt as though Rob rambled which can be a good thing in some moments however I felt his rambling took him out of the liveliness roll that he may have been before he would start to try to hard. Pushing to hard for reaction from the audience.

Rob Legato “The art of creating awe”What tips were used from Garr Reynolds or Nancy Duarte?

Garr Reynolds and Nancy Duarte recommended Humor, Storytelling, imagery that improves the presentation and small amounts of text on images should be used in Presentation.

Rob Legato “The art of creating awe”What have you learned about delivery based upon watching your presenter?

Delivery is all about engaging the audience finding your own way to connect.

Making sure that you don’t lose the crowd with un-needed explanations

Rob Legato “The art of creating awe”Compare your speaker to Sir Ken Robison

What they had alike

Rob and Ken both engaged the audience

Both made sure to get a laugh in every moment they could

Rob Legato “The art of creating awe”Contrast your speaker to Sir Ken Robison

Things they didn’t have in common

Rob didn’t focus much on his thesis or explaining how the mind interrupts the awe moment. While Ken got his humor across as well as educating the audience on his main thesis

Rob Legato “The art of creating awe”What tips can you give your classmates for their upcoming speeches based ONLY on your TED talk

TELL STORIES Make them feel Give visuals