Amy Purdy:

Living Beyond Limits

Snowboarder

Skateboarder

Wakeboarder

Inspirational speaker

Actor

Natalie Asport / Public Speaking 1211

Thesis:We can do anything in our minds, but believing in our dreams and facing our fears head on allows us to live our lives beyond our limits.

To capture the attention of the audience, Amy started with asking

the audience a question:

“If your life were a book, and you were the author,

how would you want your story to go?”

Amy kept the audience engaged by talking about her personal stories. She kept the audience’s attention with humor, paused to emphasize

significant details, and used the element of surprise.

Amy used the fourth TED commandment the most because the speech was centered on her inspiring story to prove a point. Specifically, using her personal story as a motivator for the audience.

Thou shalt tell a story

IV.

In terms of dynamism, I would rate Amy’s Living Beyond Limits a…

5!

She was well spoken and showed an optimistic attitude throughout the speech. With her humor,

she showed that she was enjoying presenting.

Her delivery was powerful. Her tone, choice of words, and timing made the presentation

a very inspiring one.

Like how Nancy Duarte mentions,

“consider including imagery that powerfully

illustrates a point”,

Amy incorporates

pictures in her presentation

that send strong and clear

messages to the audience.

Tips by Garr Reynolds, Amy

also manages to keep simplicity in

her delivery, getting her point

across in an efficient way that

captivates the audience.

Only including essential facts of

her story, the presentation

flowed naturally and felt down to

earth.

Based upon Amy’s presentation, I have learned that the flow of your presentation

matters and eventually ties everything together.

Also a personal story will help ground your speech. She described the agony of the use of her legs and made a joke about it, so why not put humor in your topic, even if it is serious.

Both Sir Ken Robinson and Amy Purdy give personal and specific examples that help captivate their

audiences. There also was humor in their presentations.

The similarities:

Sir Ken Robinson spoke from an analytical and objective

point of view with facts, analysis, and a steady tone

while Amy Purdy spoke more from an emotional stance and a personal endeavor she had. Her content and delivery was

more emotionally and subjectively driven based on her tone of voice and subject

matter.

The differences:

Tips

Speech Deliveryon

Ground your message with personal examples that will remind your audience that you are like them.

Grab your audience’s attention with a question for thought that relates to your topic of discussion.

For example, as used in Amy Purdy’s

speech,

“If your life were a book,

and you were the author,

how would you want your

story to go?”

Pause often

to emphasize points and keep your audience intrigued, interested, and wanting more.

Lighten up,

put some humor in.

Put your heart in what you are saying.

Believe in what you are saying.

Citations• http://direct.coresites.mporatrons.com/cooler/wp-content/uploads/2012

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tepark.jpg• http://amypurdy.com• http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_purdy_living_beyond_limits.html• http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/video/living/2010/05/31/ted.sir.ken.robinson.

ted.416x234.jpg• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Sir_Ken_Robinson

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Nancy Duarte and Garr Reynolds• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh4SegWhnOE&feature=youtu.be• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT9GGmundag&playnext=1&list=PLCB

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