TED Evaluation Slideshow

By: Nathan “Shane” Cohran

Don Tapscott:

Four Principles for the open WorldDon Tapscott is the chair of Maxie Insight and has written 14 books about aspects of the new world. Don takes a look at our digital connected hypercollaborative world. Don can see the future coming and he works to identify the new concepts that we need to understand in a world that is transformed by the internet. Don is one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation, media, and the economie and social impact of technology.

Don’s Quote:

“To me this is not an information age. It’s an

age of networked intelligence, it’s an age of

vast promise.”

Thesis:

Four principles for the open world, and how

technology is taking over the industrial world.

Don captured the attention of the audience by

adding humor to a personal story he was

telling. He also captured it by relating his

speech to a topic that the vast majority of

today’s population is captivated by:

Technology through computers, internet and

social media.

Don maintained the attention of the audience

throughout his speech by his motivational

speaking on the openess of the world through

new technology of industrial social media. Don

also used videos showing how technology was

captivating the internet and the young people

of today’s society, along with a little humor.

Don followed the

majority of the

commandments in

his speech and

presentation. But, I

think he most

accurately followed

II, VI, & VIII.

The reason that I chose these

commandments is because he

wasn’t afraid to share his insight into

how the world is transferred by the

internet. He has a great dream of

how technology will revolutionize

this new world, he see’s into the

future. He never flaunted anything

about himself or his company, and

he never tried to sell anything from

the stage.

On the dynamism scale I give

Don Tapscott a:

4/5

He could have related more to the audience

through humor and personal stories. Humor

would have kept the audience more alert

interested.

Some of the tips that were used from

Garr Reynolds and Nancy Duarte was

the use of visuals to capture the

audiences attention, and the art of

storytelling.

What I learned:

What I have learned about

delivery from watching Don is that

you have to capture and keep the

audiences attention. You have to

prepare your presentation to be

appealing and interesting to the

audience.

Remember to relate to your

audience. You can do this by

using humor and telling stories of

personal experiences. Get them

involved in your presentation as

much as possible.

Compare

Don Tapscott and Sir Ken Robinson differ

greatly on their speaking style. Don uses more

factual information than Ken does. He also

dosen’t have the same technique to keep the

audience engaged and entertained.

Sir Ken Robinson has a special way of

connecting to his audience. He keeps their

attention through humor. He uses real life

experiences through stories to keep them

laughing, this puts the audience on a closer

personal level with him.

Tips for Delivery of Future

Presentations

Involvement – Get the audience involved in your presentation.

Relate – Always relate to your audience through storytelling

and personal experiences.

Knowledge – Show a clear and thorough knowledge of the

topic.

Humor – Use humor to keep the audience interested and alert.

Visual – Use interesting and colorful visuals on your topic.

Thank you for allowing me the

opportunity to entertain you with my

slideshow. I hope you enjoyed it and

I look forward to viewing your

slideshow and offering my feedback.

Please feel free to leave your

feedback of mine.

Nathan “Shane” Cohran

Image Sources

http://www.ted.com/speakers/don_tapscott.html

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content/uploads/2010/11/sir-ken-robinson.jpg

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-tapscott/

http://www.ted.com/talks/don_tapscott_four_principl

es_for_the_open_world_1.html