TED TALKS

JORDAN JACKSON

Steve JobsHow To Live Before You Die

Thesis:

Find out what you love and pursue it. There is always opportunities in life’s

setbacks.

Jobs captured the audiences attention by starting off his speech in an

unorthodox manner.

“I decided to drop out and trust that it will all work out ok. It was pretty

scary at the time but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever

made.”

Jobs maintained the audiences attention by using humor and really

capitalizing on points within his personal stories.

CONNECTING THE DOTS

“You have to trust in something. Your gut, destiny, life, karma whatever. Believing that the dots will connect

down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn

path and that will make all the difference.”

Some of the tips Jobs used form Nancy Duarte and Garr Reynolds was humor

and storytelling.

Jobs used the 3rd TED commandment to relay his ideas to his audience.

Dynamism Rating

I give Steve Jobs a Dynamism Rating of 3.5.

Jobs could have used better eye contact with the audience.

Jobs could have used his hands more to tell his story.

Jobs could have had more of a personality behind his voice. It was

very monotone even when he delivered the punch lines.

Sir Ken Robinson had more of a personality in his speech and he used a great deal more of humor

than Steve Jobs.

I prefer Sir Ken’s delivery style over Mr. Jobs, however they both got the point across without losing the audiences

attention.

I learned that telling a humorous personal story, but not just any

personal story. One that was very embarrassing or something you failed at just to let the audience

know what you too are human and everyone makes mistakes.

Tips for Classmates

I personally like to use humor as my main focus. Not only does it help

build rapport with my audience but when I do make a joke and the

audience laughs it gives me much more confidence to continue my

speech and keep making more jokes.

Thank you for taking the time out to read my presentation. I hope you

enjoyed it!

Take it easy,Jordan Jackson