Colin Powell: Kids Need Structure

Former United States Secretary of

State

Former United States Secretary of

State

Colin Powell

Colin Powell’s thesis was that kids need structure in their everyday life.

Colin used a story about a picture from a school visit he recently had to connect with the

crowd right away.

He keep the crowd involved by telling

stories that got them to laugh and

stay engaged.

What TED Commandment did he use?

Colin used mostly commandment number 3

because he has a passion to for kids to have structure.

I give Colin a 5 for his fantastic engagement

with the audience. He used hand

gestures, personal stories, and moved around the stage to show is passion of

this topic.

He could use a very more

moments to let the crowd to absorb the

information he is giving out. I personally felt

he was speeding

through his speech.

Colin used a few examples from

Garr Reynolds by making sure he

was very genuine with what he was speaking about. All of his stories

had a lot of emotion and drive

the really connected with the audience.

After listening to Colin Powell speech I learned that I need to make sure when speaking to a crowd, I keep a lot of drive

and passion into my stories. This will give my audience more connection to the information being presented

One of the other many things that I learned from Colin speech was to make sure that I have great eye contact with the audience and not stare at one spot while giving

my speech.

Colin had a lot in common with Ken Robinson, one of which they both had stories upon

stories of things that have happened in their life time to show their points.

One major thing between Colin’s speech compared to Ken’s is that Colin is more humorous at times. I found that the crowd response was great with this style of

speaking. It showed to me that the crowd was connected from beginning to the end.

One major suggestion I have for my classmates is to make sure you keep good eye contact with your

audience. If you do this as well as tell personal stories to show examples, you will keep the interest of your

crowd throughout your speech.

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